Joseph Campanella
Known for: Acting
Born: November 21, 1924
Died: May 16, 2018
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Actor Joseph Campanella's father, a Sicilian immigrant, was an early member of the American Federation of Musicians; perhaps as a result, the younger Campanella remained active in liberal "underdog" political causes all his life. At eighteen, Campanella became one of the youngest-ever skippers in the wartime navy. He went on to attend Columbia University, then began his acting career on the New York stage and in TV soap operas. Over the next three decades he would portray Joe Turino on The Guiding Light, Alec Fielding on The Doctors, Dr. Ted Steffen on the nighttime TV serial The Doctors and the Nurses and Senator Harper Devereaux on Days of Our Lives. Additional TV assignments for Campanella included the role of Mike Connors' boss on the first season (1967-68) of Mannix; attorney Brian Darrell on four seasons (1969-73) of The Bold Ones; and Hutch Corrigan on the 1985-86 season of The Colbys. He also narrated several National Geographic Specials, and was host of the syndicated 1983 revival of This is Your Life. A steadfast film supporting player, Campanella was finally awarded a lead in 1972's "rampaging rat" thriller Ben, only to find that his was the second name above the title: "Leave it to me," Campanella remarked with his usual self-deprecation, "to get second billing to a rat in my first big starring movie." Recent credits include a "guest voice" role as Dr. Thorne on the Fox Network's Batman: The Animated Series. Joseph Campanella is the brother of Frank Campanella, a character actor usually cast as uniformed big-city cops.
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Filmography
74 movies · 93 TV shows, newest first
9.0
For Heaven's Sake
2008
10.0
Christmas at Cadillac Jack's
2007
5.1
The Dukes
2007NR
The Showdown
2006
7.0
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
7.0
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004
7.7
Cold Case
2003
7.5
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
2002
5.4
The Glow
2002
NR
America's National Parks: The Sights and Sounds of Yellowstone National Park
2002
7.0
The Guardian
2001
7.1
The Division
2001
7.0
All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus?
2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000NR
The Roman War Machine
1999
7.1
L.A. Heat
1999
NR
The Great Builders of Egypt
1999
7.8
Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain
1999
10.0
Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice
1998
6.8
James Dean: Race with Destiny
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
2.4
The Glass Cage
1996
7.4
Early Edition
1996
6.9
Road Rovers
1996
5.3
Pacific Blue
1996
8.0
Charlie Grace
1995
4.1
Hologram Man
1995
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
6.4
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
1994
8.3
Spider-Man
1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
4.5
Save Me
199410.0
Too Bad About Jack
1994
NR
Dark Dreams
1993
5.1
Magic Kid
1993
6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
6.5
The Force Within
1993
3.8
Terror on Track 9
1992
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
5.8
Melrose Place
19926.0
Cafe Romeo
1992
4.2
Original Intent
1992
4.0
Dead Girls Don't Tango
1992
6.1
Search for the Great Sharks
1992
10.0
Space Case
1992
4.8
Memories of Midnight
1991
6.4
P.S. I Luv U
1991
4.5
Last Call
1991
5.5
Club Fed
1990
5.3
A Show of Force
1990
4.3
Down the Drain
1990
4.5
Body Chemistry
1990
6.7
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
1990
6.7
The Game
1988
7.4
Beauty and the Beast
1987
4.7
Steele Justice
1987
7.3
21 Jump Street
19877.5
Death Diploma
1987NR
The River That Harms
1987
6.3
The Colbys
1985
10.0
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
7.2
Crazy like a Fox
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.6
Airwolf
19847.0
This Is Your Life
1983
7.5
Great Transport
1983
NR
The Great Transport
1983
7.5
Mama's Family
1983
6.3
Matt Houston
1982
6.8
Hotel
1982
7.0
Computers Are People, Too!
1982
9.0
My Body, My Child
1982
7.0
Jessica Novak
1981
8.0
The Brady Brides
1981
5.0
Earthbound
1981
5.2
Hangar 18
1980
6.4
Defiance
1980
6.5
The Plutonium Incident
1980
7.0
Knots Landing
1979
5.2
Meteor
1979
6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.0
Pearl
1978
6.9
Vega$
1978
6.9
Dallas
1978
7.0
Ring of Passion
1978
6.0
Return to Fantasy Island
1978
6.0
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
7.0
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
6.8
One Day at a Time
1975
7.8
Matt Helm
1975
8.3
Barbary Coast
1975
5.3
Sky Hei$t
1975
7.0
Journey from Darkness
1975
6.0
Khan!
1975
4.0
Child Under a Leaf
1974
3.7
Hit Lady
1974
4.5
Terror on the 40th Floor
1974
6.4
Police Woman
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
7.2
Petrocelli
1974
7.0
NOVA
1974
5.3
Unwed Father
1974
5.3
Skyway to Death
1974
6.3
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
6.8
Toma
1973
6.8
The Magician
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
5.0
Honor Thy Father
1973
7.0
You'll Never See Me Again
1973
7.0
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1972NR
The Trouble With People
1972
6.9
The Rookies
1972
6.1
Ben
1972
9.0
Drive Hard, Drive Fast
1972
6.4
Silent Running
1972
6.3
The Sixth Sense
1972
NR
And Then They Forgot God
1971
4.9
Murder Once Removed
1971
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.8
Night Gallery
1970
NR
Zoos of the World
1970
7.7
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
7.0
A Clear and Present Danger
1970
7.2
McCloud
1970
NR
Wild River: The Colorado
1970
6.4
Medical Center
1969
6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
4.7
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969
9.0
The Whole World Is Watching
1969
6.8
Any Second Now
1969
5.6
Lancer
1968
6.2
The Doris Day Show
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
6.3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.9
The Invaders
1967
6.3
Captain Nice
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
6.2
Shane
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
6.2
The Big Valley
1965
7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
7.1
National Geographic Specials
1965
4.0
The Young Lovers
1964
7.2
12 O'Clock High
19645.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
10.0
Espionage
1963
7.3
The Fugitive
1963
7.9
Combat!
1962
5.8
The Nurses
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
6.7
Route 66
1960
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
6.8
Startime
1959
10.0
New York Confidential
1959
5.7
Naked City
1958
6.5
Decoy
1957
6.6
Four Boys and a Gun
1957
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
7.0
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
19477.5
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