Michael McGuire (actor)

Michael McGuire is a retired American film, television,^[1] and theatre actor.^[2]

Michael McGuire
Occupation(s)	Film, television and theatre actor (retired)
Years active	1968–2008

Life and career

A Wisconsin native, McGuire attended Beloit College as an undergraduate and later the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in 1958.^[3][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,^[3] Hey Fever,^[3][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,^[3] as the patriarch Beverly Weston.^[10][19][20]

Partial filmography

• 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]
• The Golden Girls (1989), episodes: "Sick and Tired", parts 1 and 2