Joseph Campanella obit

Joseph Campanella, Veteran Character Actor, Dies at 93

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The Emmy and Tony nominee appeared on such shows as 'The Bold Ones,' 'Mannix' and 'One Day at a Time.'

Joseph Campanella, the handsome, ever-present character actor who appeared on scores of TV shows, including The Bold Ones, Mannix, One Day at a Time and The Colbys, has died, his daughter-in-law confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 93.

Campanella, who received a Tony Award nomination in 1962 for best supporting actor for his performance in A Gift of Time opposite Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland, died Wednesday of natural causes, Sandy Campanella said.

The tall, rangy actor from New York was often recognized — sort of. “Say, Mac, you’re my favorite actor and I know your name, but I can’t think of it,” was a typical greeting, he once observed. When responding to fans who asked his name, Campanella often cracked, “Myrna Loy.”

Campanella received an Emmy Award nom for playing private eye Joe Mannix’s boss on the first season of the 1967-75 CBS series Mannix. His character's name, Lew Wickersham, was a sly reference to then-MCA head Lew Wasserman and Lankershim Boulevard, an entryway to Universal Studios.

However, Intertect, the heartless crime-fighting corporation that Wickersham headed, was written out after the first season as Mannix (Mike Connors) went out on his own, and Campanella’s contract was not renewed.

The actor also appeared in the recurring role of Ed Cooper, the ex-husband and father on CBS' One Day at a Time, and was Barbara Stanwyck’s love interest on the Dynasty ABC spinoff The Colbys. And he portrayed a former boyfriend who resurfaces on a 1973 episode of CBS' The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

In 1987, Campanella joined the cast of the daytime drama Days of Our Lives, portraying a hard-nosed politician, and he appeared on other soap operas like The Bold and the Beautiful and The Guiding Light.

He played David Hasselhoff's dad on Baywatch, and his numerous other TV appearances include Marcus Welby, M.D., Medical Center, Ironside, Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, The Fall Guy, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Voyager and The Practice.

His older brother, pugnacious actor Frank Campanella, died in 2006 at age 87.

Joseph Campanella was born Nov. 21, 1924, in New York City. From a large Sicilian family, he spoke Italian before English. He attended Holy Cross, then served in the Navy during World War II.

He received a B.A. from Manhattan College in English literature and went to grad school at Columbia in speech and drama. During the time, he also was offered a baseball contract by the New York Giants but turned it down.

Campanella worked as a radio sportscaster in Lewiston, Pa., then returned to New York as a broadcaster in the foreign-language unit of the Voice of America. After studies with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, he began his professional acting career as a TV stuntman. That led to roles in many live TV presentations, including Studio One, Kraft Theatre and Philco Playhouse.

During this period, he commuted to California to appear in such series as Chrysler Theatre, Run for Your Life, The Big Valley, The Fugitive, The Doctors and the Nurses, The FBI and Mission: Impossible.

Campanella made his Broadway debut in 1962's short-lived The Captains and the Kings, starring Dana Andrews. This was followed by his performance in Garson Kanin’s Gift of Time and then a stint as Judy Holliday's leading man in Hotspot.

Campanella moved to California in 1969 to star as Brian Darrell in the lawyer segment of Roy Huggins' The Bold Ones, which also starred Burl Ives and James Farentino. He was a longtime resident of Toluca Lake and named honorary sheriff of the neighborhood.

His film appearances included Murder, Inc. (1960), The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967), the rodent thriller Ben (1972), Child Under a Leaf (1974) and Meteor (1979).

Campanella also did extensive voice work. He was the narrator for National Geographic Specials and The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau documentary series in the 1970s and heard on commercials for products ranging from Maybelline to BMW.

He also hosted The New This Is Your Life series.

Campanella married singer-dancer Jill Bartholomew in May 1964 (they met when both were in Hotspot), and they had seven sons.

"Before I met Jill, acting was everything," he once said. "But Denzel Washington, who used to be a neighbor, said it best: 'Acting is making a living; family is life.' I choose to stay with my family."

Campanella's family released the following statement on Thursday: "The passing of our father Joseph Campanella brings deep sorrow to our family and friends but also profound gratitude that he is at peace and appreciation for the man he was and the life he lived. He died peacefully with his loving wife beside him after a full 93 years of life, and we celebrate him as an artist whose professionalism and talent profoundly influenced so many with whom he worked and especially as a father and husband who valued love and family above all. As an actor, coach, benefactor and friend, our father’s positive impact on people of all generations, from his sons to old colleagues and Little League baseball players, is immeasurable. His memory and legacy of kindness and generosity will live on in his wife Jill, their seven sons, four daughters-in-law, eight grandchildren and countless others. "

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1960      Murder, Inc.       Panto    Uncredited

1964      The Young Lovers             Prof. Reese        

1967      The St. Valentine's Day Massacre              Albert Wienshank           

1972      Silent Running   Neal - Berkshire' Captain (voice)                Uncredited

1972      Ben        Cliff Kirtland      

1974      Child Under a Leaf           Gerald  

1977      Mission to Glory: A True Story    Father at San Bruno Mission       

1979      Meteor                 General Easton

1980      Defiance              Karenski              

1980      Hangar 18           Frank Lafferty   

1981      Earthbound        Conrad

1983      Great Transport                German Major  

1987      Steele Justice     Harry    

1988      The Game           Schekel                

1990      No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers         John Alexander

1990      Body Chemistry                 Dr. Pritchard      

1990      Down the Drain                 Don Santiago    

1990      A Show of Force                Walker Ryan      

1990      Club Fed               Vince Hooligan

1991      Last Call                Morris Thayer   

1991      Cafe Romeo        Nino     

1992      Original Intent   Judge May           Direct-to-video

1992      Space Case          General Maxwell             

1992      Dead Girls Don't Tango Rheinhardt         

1993      Magic Kid             Tony      Direct-to-video

1993      The Force Within              Police Chief        

1994      Save Me               Barton

1994      Too Bad About Jack                        

1995      Hologram Man Dr. Stern              Direct-to-video

1996      The Glass Cage LeBeque             

1997      James Dean: Race with Destiny Winton Dean     

1997      Dust       Mayor Grites     

1998      The Right Way                  

1999      Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain                Professor Hunnicut         

2006      The Showdown The Announcer Short film

2007      The Dukes           Giovanni Zorro

2007      The Legend of God's Gun              Narrator              

2008      For Heaven's Sake            Donald Meeks  

2009      Lost Dream         Emil      

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1952      Suspense             Townsman          2 episodes

1952–1955          Studio One          Police Sgt. Monahan / DOG Company Soldier       2 episodes

1955–1957          Robert Montgomery Presents    Tony      3 episodes

1956–1958          Kraft Television Theatre                                3 episodes

1957      The United States Steel Hour      Jacques                Episode: "Haunted Harbor"

1958      Decoy    Sergeant              Episode: "My Brother's Killer"

1958      Omnibus                              Episode: "Capital Punishment"

1959      Armstrong Circle Theatre                              Episode: "The Man with a Thousand Names"

1959      New York Confidential   Ernie      Episode: "Incident at Fulton Market"

1959–1962          Guiding Light      Joe Turino          

1960      Startime               Repairman          Episode: "The Man"

1961–1962          Naked City          Dr. Rutland / Dutton / Detective Dutton                 3 episodes

1962      Alcoa Premiere Marc Malatesta                 Episode: "The Hands of Danofrio"

1962      The Untouchables           Vince Dastille     Episode: "The Floyd Gibbons Story"

1962–1963          Route 66              Whit Spencer / Perry Hall              2 episodes

1962–1965          The Nurses         Dr. Ted Steffen / Dr. Adam Nemets          31 episodes

1963      The Doctors        Alec Fielding       Episode: "In Sickness and in Health"

1963      East Side/West Side        Chuck Severson                Episode: "No Hiding Place"

1963      Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre                Frank Mancini    Episode: "Corridor 400"

1963–1964          Combat!               Lt. Douglas / D'Amato    2 episodes

1963–1968          The Virginian      Walker / Corbett / Pedro Lopez 3 episodes

1964      Espionage            Ben Ashman       Episode: "We the Hunted"

1964      The Eleventh Hour           Pete Ceballos     Episode: "87 Different Kinds of Love"

1964      The Lieutenant Major Jason Clark             Episode: "Lament for a Dead Goldbrick"

1964      Suspense             A driver                Episode: "I, Buck Larsen"

1964–1967          The Fugitive        Capt. Ralph Lee / Deputy Harry Banner / Jesse Stransel / Lieutenant Spencer        4 episodes

1965      For the People   Dr. Ted Steffen Episode: "Act of Violence: Part 2"

1966      Shane    Barney Lucas      Episode: "Killer in the Valley"

1966      Twelve O'Clock High        Father Roman    Episode: "The Duel at Mont Sainte Marie"

1966      The Road West Tom Burrus         Episode: "Power of Fear"

1966–1967          The Big Valley    Martinson / Francisco De Navarre             2 episodes

1966–1972          The F.B.I.             Ken Meade / John Anthony Harris / Fritz Moline                 3 episodes

1967      Run for Your Life               Ward Cooper     Episode: "A Rage for Justice: Part 2"

1967      The Wild Wild West        Talamantes         Episode: "The Night of the Wolf"

1967      The Invaders      Father Joe Corelli             Episode: "Storm"

1967      Captain Nice       Kincade                Episode: "Beware of Hidden Prophets"

1967–1968          Mission: Impossible        Captain Miklos Cherno / Dr. Helmut Cherlotov    2 episodes

1967–1969          Insight   Mike / Irwin / Deliverer / Roger 4 episodes

1967–1972          Mannix                 Lew Wickersham / Dr. Graham Aspinall 25 episodes

Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (1968)

1968–1970          The Name of the Game Ben Fisher / Charles Thorndyke 2 episodes

1968–1972          Gunsmoke          Jack Norcross / Amos McKee       2 episodes

1969      Any Second Now              Doctor Raul Valdez          Television film

1969      The Whole World Is Watching    Brian Darrell       Television film

1969      The Doris Day Show        Roger Flanders Episode: "The Con Man"

1969      Lancer   Douglas Blessing               Episode: "Devil's Blessing"

1969–1972          The Bold Ones: The Lawyers        Brian Darrell       26 episodes

1969–1975          Ironside                Judge John Fredericks / Curtis Whitney / Harry Peters / Raymond Otis Baker         4 episodes

1970      Paris 7000           Alex Prokosch    Episode: "No Place to Hide"

1970      Bracken's World               Sampson Wilkes               Episode: "A Beginning, a Middle and an End"

1970      A Clear and Present Danger         Jordan Boyle      Television film

1970–1971          Marcus Welby, M.D.       Howard Garsen / Ignacio Ladera / Leo Maslow    3 episodes

1970–1971          Night Gallery      Father / Simms 2 episodes

1971      Alias Smith and Jones     Jake Carlson       Episode: "The 5th Victim"

1971      Murder Once Removed Lt. Phil Proctor   Television film

1971      And Then They Forgot God                           Television film

1971–1972          Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law             Alan Hamilton / Dr. Eric Gibson 2 episodes

1972      The Sixth Sense                 Paul Crowley      Episode: "The Man Who Died at Three and Nine"

1973      The Mary Tyler Moore Show       Tom Vernon       Episode: "Remembrance of Things Past"

1973      You'll Never See Me Again            Lt. John Stillman               Television film

1973      Honor Thy Father             Narrator (voice)                Television film

1973      Assignment Vienna         Frank Cort           Episode: "Soldier of Fortune"

1973      Drive Hard, Drive Fast     Eric Bradley        Television film

1973      The Rookies        Joe Mannley       Episode: "Get Ryker"

1973      The President's Plane Is Missing                 Col. Doug Henderson     Television film

1973      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak                     Episode: "The Things I Never Said"

1973–1975          Medical Center Colson / Duncan               2 episodes

1974      Tenafly Dr. Poston           Episode: "Man Running"

1974      The Magician     Frank Mitchell   Episode: "Shattered Image"

1974      Skyway to Death               Bob Parsons       Television film

1974      Unwed Father   Scott Simmons Television film

1974      Police Story        Vitale    Episode: "The Gamble"

1974      Lily                         Television film

1974      Petrocelli             Arthur Holbrook               Episode: "The Golden Cage"

1974      Terror on the 40th Floor                Howard Foster Television film

1974      Hit Lady                Jeffrey Baine      Television film

1974      McCloud              Victor Rhigas      Episode: "The Concrete Jungle Caper"

1975      Khan!                    Episode: "Mask of Deceit"

1975      Journey from Darkness Dr. Schroeder    Television film

1975      Sky Heist              Captain Monty Ballard   Television film

1975      Barbary Coast    Austin Benedict                 Episode: "Sauce for the Goose"

1975      Matt Helm          Corbett                 Episode: "Death Rods"

1975      The People's Lawyer       Announcer          Television film

1976      Police Woman   Joseph Carbeau                Episode: "Angela"

1976      The Rockford Files            Arnold Bailey     Episode: "In Hazard"

1976      Child Abuse        Announcer          Television film

1976      Friday Night Burn             Announcer          Television film

1976–1982          One Day at a Time           Ed Cooper           8 episodes

1977–1982          Quincy, M.E.       Dr. Styer / Lt. Alex Markesian / Charlie Barnes / Attorney Jules Draper      4 episodes

1978      Fantasy Island    Brian Faber         Episode: "Return to Fantasy Island"

1978      Ring of Passion Paul Gallico         Television film

1978      What Really Happened to the Class of '65?            Racklin Episode: "The Misfit"

1978      Pearl      Narrator               Television miniseries

1978      Greatest Heroes of the Bible       Pharaoh               2 episodes

1978–1980          Vegas    Bruno Moretti / Stewy Wilson    2 episodes

1980      The Plutonium Incident Harry Skirvan     Television film

1981      The Brady Brides              Inspector Rankin               Episode: "The Siege"

1981      Jessica Novak     Larry Baker         Episode: "The Boy Most Likely"

1981      Trapper John, M.D.          Dr. Julian King    Episode: "Future Imperfect"

1982      My Body, My Child          Joe Cabrezi         Television film

1982      The Comic Book Kids       Burl Bonnix        

1983      Matt Houston    Nick Harrigan     Episode: "A Novel Way to Die"

1983      This Is Your Life Host      

1984      Airwolf Gen. Elliot Sandhower   Episode: "Firestorm"

1985      Hotel     Russ Turnbull     Episode: "Illusions"

1985–1986          The Colbys          Hutch Corrigan 8 episodes

1985–1987          Murder, She Wrote         George McDaniels / George Knapp           2 episodes

1986      Crazy Like a Fox                 Bart Simian         Episode: "Hyde-And-Seek"

1986      The Love Boat    Nabil El Masri     2 episodes

1987      The Golden Girls               Al Mullins            Episode: "To Catch a Neighbor"

1987      Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius Jack Berners       Television film

1987–1988          Mama's Family Mr. Hanson         3 episodes

1987–1992          Days of Our Lives              Harper Deveraux              Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (1989)

1988–1989          Dallas    Joseph Lombardi, Sr.       3 episodes

1988–1989          Beauty and the Beast      Dr. Peter Alcott 3 episodes

1989      Reel to Real        Narrator              

1989      21 Jump Street Hunt Samperton               Episode: "The Dreaded Return of Russell Buckins"

1989      Superboy             The Phantom     Episode: "The Phantom of the Third Division"

1989–1991          Knots Landing    Deputy District Attorney / Judge Percal 3 episodes

1990      Paradise               The Horseman   Episode: "The Gates of Paradise"

1990      Over My Dead Body        Leon Geary         Episode: "Carrie Christmas and a Nappie New Year"

1991      The Everlasting Adventure Series                             

1991      P.S. I Luv U          Dellacourt           Episode: "Diamonds Are a Girl's Worst Friend"

1991      Memories of Midnight   Father Konstantinou       Television film

1991–1992          General Hospital               Jimmy Everett  

1992      Terror on Track 9              Chief Mleczko    Television film

1992      Dark Justice        Carter Pruitt       Episode: "Happy Mothers Day"

1992      Pauper's Dream                Narrator               Television film

1993      Baywatch             Al Buchannon    Episode: "A Matter of Life and Death"

1993      Batman: The Animated Series     The Crime Doctor / Dr. Matthew Thorne (voice) Episode: "Paging the Crime Doctor"

1993      Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman George Thompson           Episode: "Strange Visitor (From Another Planet)"

1994      Renegade            Henry    Episode: "Carrick O'Quinn"

1994      The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.             Mickey Ryder     Television film

1994–1997          Spider-Man        Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard (voice)                20 episodes

1996      Walker, Texas Ranger     Victor DeMarco                 Episode: "Rodeo"

1996      Charlie Grace                     Episode: "I've Got a Secret"

1996–1997          Pacific Blue         Mr. Tataglia / Joseph Tataglia      3 episodes

1996–1997          Road Rovers       The Master / Prof. William F. Shepherd (voice)   13 episodes

1996–2005          The Bold and the Beautiful           Jonathan Young                97 episodes

1997      Touched by an Angel      Clive Hathaway Episode: "Charades"

1997      L.A. Heat              John Guidell       Episode: "National Security"

1998–2001          The Practice       Judge Joseph Camp         5 episodes

1999      Early Edition       MacGruder         Episode: "The Last Untouchable"

1999      The Great Builders of Egypt         Narrator               Television film

1999      Melrose Place    Barry Denott      3 episodes

1999      G vs E    Dr. Townsend    Episode: "Evilator"

2000      Who Is This Jesus?           Narrator               Television film

2000–2001          That's Life            Joe         11 episodes

2001      Biography            Host       Episode: "Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice"

2001      The Apostle Paul: The Man Who Turned the World Upside Down                St. Paul (voice) Television film

2001      Star Trek: Voyager           Federation Arbitrator     Episode: "Author, Author"

2002      The Division        Judge Miles King               Episode: "Brave New World"

2002      The Glow             Ben Goodstein Television film

2003      The Guardian     Ralph Longo       Episode: "Let God Sort 'Em Out"

2004      Cold Case             Nelson Episode: "Factory Girls"

2007      Christmas at Cadillac Jack's          Joe Jenkins          Television film

2008      CSI: Crime Scene Investigation    Grissley Geezer Episode: "Bull"