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American actor (born 1934)
Michael McGuire
Occupation(s)Film, television and theatre actor (retired)
Years active1968–2008

Michael McGuire is a retired American film, television, and theatre actor.

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. He began his acting career in 1964, appearing in the Broadway play The Passion of Josef D. He appeared in such other Broadway plays as Child's Play, Hey Fever, and That Championship Season, for which he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, shared with Charles Durning, Walter McGinn, Richard Dysart and Paul Sorvino, in 1972. He also received an Outer Critics Circle Award for the same performance.

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. He also appeared as Professor Sumner Sloan in three episodes of Cheers, including the pilot episode. He also starred in the short-lived comedy series Empire.

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

McGuire retired in 2008, last appearing in the Broadway play August: Osage County, as the patriarch Beverly Weston.

Partial filmography

References

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  13. "10 must-see 'Cheers' moments, from Sam and Diane's 1st meeting to the finale". TODAY.com. July 10, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  14. Nemetz, Dave (September 30, 2022). "Cheers' 30 Best Characters, Ranked". TVLine. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
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  18. ^ "McGuire, Advent 'Clown' Also in 'Home to Stay'". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. April 30, 1978. p. 200 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
  19. "Michael McGuire Joins the Cast of August: Osage County". Broadway Buzz. February 27, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  20. Isherwood, Charles (July 16, 2008). "A Fiery New Incarnation of a Monster of a Mother". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

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