Michael McGuire
Biography
Michael McGuire was an American actor of stage, television and film. Born in Wisconsin, he attended Beloit College and began his stage career in 1964 with a role in The Passion of Josef D. on Broadway. Later Broadway work included Child's Play, Hay Fever and That Championship Season, a performance that brought him a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance in 1972, shared with Charles Durning and others, as well as an Outer Critics Circle Award. His screen career started in 1968 with the soap opera One Life to Live, where he played Dr. Bryan Angell, and he went on to guest roles in many series, among them Columbo, Kojak, Taxi and Cheers, where he played Professor Sumner Sloan in three episodes. His films included They Might Be Giants (1971), Blade (1973), Hard Times (1975), Report to the Commissioner (1975), Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982), The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983) and Bird (1988). He retired in 2008.
87years old at death
- Born
- Died
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Bryan Michael McGuire and Michael David McGuire
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 18 years1970 to 1988
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Behind the award
McGuire won a 1972 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for That Championship Season, sharing the prize with Charles Durning, Walter McGinn, Richard Dysart and Paul Sorvino.
First role
In 1964, McGuire started his career in the theater. That year he appeared in The Passion of Josef D, a play staged on Broadway.
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