Michael McGuire (actor)

Michael J. McGuire (June 30, 1930 – December 15, 2017) was an American film, television and theatre actor.^[1][2][3]

Michael McGuire
Born	Michael J. McGuire (1930-06-30)June 30, 1930 Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	December 15, 2017(2017-12-15) (aged 87) Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–2008

Life and career

McGuire was born in Wisconsin. He attended Beloit College.^[4] He began his stage 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,^[6] Hay Fever,^[6][7] and That Championship Season,^[8] for which he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, shared with Charles Durning, Walter McGinn, Richard Dysart and Paul Sorvino, in 1972.^[9][10] He also received an Outer Critics Circle Award for the same performance.^[11]

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.^[12][13] He also appeared as Professor Sumner Sloan in three episodes of Cheers, including the pilot episode.^[14][15][16] He also starred in the short-lived comedy series Empire.^[17]

McGuire's film credits include Coming Apart, They Might Be Giants, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Blade,^[13] Larry,^[18] Report to the Commissioner,^[12] Hard Times,^[13] The Hunted Lady,^[13] The Great Wallendas,^[13] Home to Stay,^[19] Like Normal People,^[12] Sanctuary of Fear,^[12] The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd,^[12] Blinded by the Light,^[12] Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again,^[12] Bird,^[13] The Karen Carpenter Story,^[12] and A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation.^[13]

McGuire retired in 2008, last appearing in the Broadway play August: Osage County,^[6] as the patriarch Beverly Weston.^[11][20][21]

Death

McGuire died in Burbank, California on December 15, 2017, at the age of 87.^[22]

Partial filmography

• Coming Apart (1969)^[12]
• Where's Poppa? (1970)^[12]
• They Might Be Giants (1971)^[12]
• Blade (1973)^[13]
• Larry (1974)^[12][18]
• The Gun (1974)^[13]
• Report to the Commissioner (1975)^[12]
• Hard Times (1975)^[13]
• The Keegans (1975)^[13]
• The Hunted Lady (1977)^[13]
• The Great Wallendas (1978)^[12]
• Home to Stay (1978)^[12][19]
• Like Normal People (1979)^[12]
• Sanctuary of Fear (1979)^[12]
• The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)^[12]
• The Long Days of Summer (1980)^[13]
• Blinded by the Light (1980)^[13]
• The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)^[12]
• Partners (1982)^[13]
• Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)^[13]
• Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988)^[12]
• Bird (1988)^[13]
• The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)^[13]
• A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation (1989)^[12]
• The Golden Girls (1989), episodes: "Sick and Tired", parts 1 and 2