Michael McGuire (actor)

McGuire was born in 1934.[1] A Wisconsin native, he attended Beloit College.[4] He began his acting career in 1964, appearing in the Broadway play The Passion of Josef D.[5] He appeared in such other Broadway plays as Child's Play,[1] Hey Fever,[1][6] and That Championship Season,[7] for which he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, shared with Charles Durning, Walter McGinn, Richard Dysart and Paul Sorvino, in 1972.[8][9] He also received an Outer Critics Circle Award for the same performance.[10]

McGuire began his screen career in 1968, playing Dr. Bryan Angell in the television soap opera One Life to Live. From the 1970s to the 2000s McGuire guest-starred in television programs including Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Columbo, Mannix, Kojak, Wonder Woman, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rockford Files, Taxi, The Long Days of Summer, Family Ties, All in the Family, M*A*S*H, The Golden Girls, Knots Landing, Dark Shadows, Newhart, Remington Steele, Highway to Heaven and The West Wing.[11][12] He also appeared as Professor Sumner Sloan in three episodes of Cheers, including the pilot episode.[13][14][15] He also starred in the short-lived comedy series Empire.[16]

McGuire's film credits include Coming Apart, They Might Be Giants, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Blade,[12] Larry,[17] Report to the Commissioner,[11] Hard Times,[12] The Hunted Lady,[12] The Great Wallendas,[12] Home to Stay,[18] Like Normal People,[11] Sanctuary of Fear,[11] The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd,[11] Blinded by the Light,[11] Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again,[11] Bird,[12] The Karen Carpenter Story,[11] and A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation.[12]

McGuire retired in 2008, last appearing in the Broadway play August: Osage County,[1] as the patriarch Beverly Weston.[10][19][20]

• Coming Apart (1969)[11]
• Where's Poppa? (1970)[11]
• They Might Be Giants (1971)[11]
• Blade (1973)[12]
• Larry (1974)[11][17]
• The Gun (1974)[12]
• Report to the Commissioner (1975)[11]
• Hard Times (1975)[12]
• The Keegans (1975)[12]
• The Hunted Lady (1977)[12]
• The Great Wallendas (1978)[11]
• Home to Stay (1978)[11][18]
• Like Normal People (1979)[11]
• Sanctuary of Fear (1979)[11]
• The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)[11]
• The Long Days of Summer (1980)[12]
• Blinded by the Light (1980)[12]
• The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)[11]
• Partners (1982)[12]
• Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)[12]
• Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988)[11]
• Bird (1988)[12]
• The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)[12]
• A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation (1989)[11]

• Michael McGuire at IMDb
• Michael McGuire at AllMovie
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