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name: "Joseph Campanella"
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born: "21 November 1924"
died: "16 May 2018"
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# Joseph Campanella

Actor. Born 21 November 1924 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Died 16 May 2018.

## Details

- **Born:** 21 November 1924, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 16 May 2018
- **Also known as:** Joseph Anthony Campanella
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campanella, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1343823, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121144

## Biography

Joseph Anthony Campanella was an American character actor. Born on 21 November 1924 in Manhattan, New York City, he died on 16 May 2018 in Sherman Oaks, California. He attended Manhattan College, where he earned a BA in English literature, and studied speech and drama at Columbia University. He served in the US Navy during the Second World War.

Campanella appeared in more than 200 television and film roles from the early 1950s to 2009. His credits include Joe Turino on the soap opera *Guiding Light*, Lew Wickersham on *Mannix*, Brian Darrell on *The Bold Ones: The Lawyers*, and Harper Deveraux on *Days of Our Lives*. He voiced Neal, the Berkshire Captain, in the 1972 film *Silent Running*, and provided voices for animated series including *Spider-Man* (as Dr Curt Connors/The Lizard) and *Batman: The Animated Series*. He also narrated National Geographic specials and received Emmy and Tony Award nominations.

He was the brother of actor Frank Campanella.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Silent Running* (1972), Fi1m 76, as Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/silent-running.md)

## Complete filmography (162)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *For Heaven's Sake* (2008), as Donald Meeks
- *Christmas at Cadillac Jack's* (2007), as Joe Jenkins
- *The Dukes* (2007), as Giovanni Zorro
- *The Showdown* (2006), as The Announcer
- *Spider-Man: The Venom Saga* (2005), as Dr. Curt Connors (voice)
- *Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock* (2004), as Doctor Curt Connors (voice)
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Nelson Miller
- *Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin* (2002), as Doctor Curt Connors (voice)
- *The Glow* (2002), as Ben Goodstein
- *America's National Parks: The Sights and Sounds of Yellowstone National Park* (2002), as Narrator
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, as Ralph Longo
- *The Division* (2001), series, as Judge Miles King
- *All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus?* (2000), as Narrator (voice)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Grissley Geezer
- *The Roman War Machine* (1999), series, as Narrator
- *L.A. Heat* (1999), series, Actor
- *The Great Builders of Egypt* (1999), as Narrator
- *Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain* (1999), as Professor Hunnicut
- *Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice* (1998), as Narrator
- *James Dean: Race with Destiny* (1997), as Winton Dean
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Judge Joseph Camp
- *The Glass Cage* (1996), as LeBeque
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, as MacGruder
- *Road Rovers* (1996), series, as Master (voice)
- *Pacific Blue* (1996), series, as Joseph Tataglia
- *Charlie Grace* (1995), series, Actor
- *Hologram Man* (1995), as Dr. Stern
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Federation Arbitrator
- *The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.* (1994), as Mickey Ryder
- *Spider-Man* (1994), series, as Dr. Curt Connors (voice), Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard (voice), Lizard (voice)
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Clive Hathaway
- *Save Me* (1994), as Barton
- *Too Bad About Jack* (1994), Actor
- *Dark Dreams* (1993), as Phil
- *Magic Kid* (1993), as Tony
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as George Thompson
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Victor DeMarco
- *The Force Within* (1993), as Police Chief
- *Terror on Track 9* (1992), as Chief Mleczko
- *Batman: The Animated Series* (1992), series, as Matthew Thorne (voice)
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, Actor
- *Cafe Romeo* (1992), as Nino
- *Original Intent* (1992), as Judge May
- *Dead Girls Don't Tango* (1992), as Rheinhardt
- *Search for the Great Sharks* (1992), as Narrator (voice)
- *Space Case* (1992), as General Maxwell
- *Memories of Midnight* (1991), series, Actor
- *P.S. I Luv U* (1991), series, Actor
- *Last Call* (1991), as Morris Thayer
- *Club Fed* (1990), as Vince Hooligan
- *A Show of Force* (1990), as Walker Ryan
- *Down the Drain* (1990), as Don Santiago
- *Body Chemistry* (1990), as Dr. Pritchard
- *No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers* (1990), as John Alexander
- *The Game* (1988), as Schekel
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as Dr. Peter Alcott
- *Steele Justice* (1987), as Harry
- *21 Jump Street* (1987), series, as Hunt Samperton
- *The River That Harms* (1987), as Narrator
- *The Colbys* (1985), series, as Hutch Corrigan
- *Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story* (1985), Actor
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, as Al Mullins — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Bart Simian
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as George Knapp, George McDaniels
- *Airwolf* (1984), series, as Gen. Elliot Sandhower
- *Great Transport* (1983), Actor
- *The Great Transport* (1983), series, Actor
- *Mama's Family* (1983), series, as Mr. Hanson
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Nick Harrigan
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Russ Turnbull
- *Computers Are People, Too!* (1982), as Narrator
- *My Body, My Child* (1982), as Joe Cabrezi
- *Jessica Novak* (1981), series, Actor
- *The Brady Brides* (1981), series, Actor
- *Earthbound* (1981), as Conrad
- *Hangar 18* (1980), as Frank Lafferty
- *Defiance* (1980), as Karenski
- *The Plutonium Incident* (1980), as Harry Skirvan
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Deputy District Attorney
- *Meteor* (1979), as General Easton
- *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, Actor
- *Pearl* (1978), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor
- *Dallas* (1978), series, as Joseph Lombardi, Sr.
- *Ring of Passion* (1978), as Paul Gallico
- *Return to Fantasy Island* (1978), as Brian Faber
- *What Really Happened to the Class of '65?* (1977), series, Actor
- *Mission to Glory: A True Story* (1977), as Father at San Bruno Mission
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Attorney Jules Draper, Charlie Barnes, Dr. Styer
- *One Day at a Time* (1975), series, as Ed Cooper
- *Matt Helm* (1975), series, as Corbett
- *Barbary Coast* (1975), series, Actor
- *Sky Hei$t* (1975), as Captain Monty Ballard
- *Journey from Darkness* (1975), as Dr. Schroeder
- *Khan!* (1975), series, Actor
- *Child Under a Leaf* (1974), as The Husband
- *Hit Lady* (1974), as Jeffrey Baine
- *Terror on the 40th Floor* (1974), as Howard Foster
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Arnold Bailey — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, Actor
- *Petrocelli* (1974), series, as Arthur Holbrook
- *NOVA* (1974), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Unwed Father* (1974), as Scott Simmons
- *Skyway to Death* (1974), as Bob Parsons
- *The President's Plane Is Missing* (1973), as Col. Doug Henderson
- *Toma* (1973), series, Actor
- *The Magician* (1973), series, as Frank Mitchell
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Honor Thy Father* (1973), as Narrator (voice)
- *You'll Never See Me Again* (1973), as Lt. John Stillman
- *The ABC Afternoon Playbreak* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Trouble With People* (1972), as Detective (Story 3)
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *Ben* (1972), as Cliff Kirtland
- *Drive Hard, Drive Fast* (1972), as Eric Bradley
- *Silent Running* (1972), as Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/silent-running.md)
- *The Sixth Sense* (1972), series, Actor
- *And Then They Forgot God* (1971), as Arthur Thompson
- *Murder Once Removed* (1971), as Lt. Phil Proctor
- *Alias Smith and Jones* (1971), series, Actor
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Simms, Simms (segment "The Nature of the Enemy")
- *Zoos of the World* (1970), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), series, as Tom Vernon — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)
- *A Clear and Present Danger* (1970), as Jordan Boyle
- *McCloud* (1970), series, as Victor Rhigas
- *Wild River: The Colorado* (1970), as Narrator
- *Medical Center* (1969), series, as Colson
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Leo Maslow
- *The Bold Ones: The Lawyers* (1969), series, as Brian Darrell
- *The Whole World Is Watching* (1969), as Brian Darrell
- *Any Second Now* (1969), as Doctor Raul Valdez
- *The Doris Day Show* (1968), series, as Roger Flanders
- *Lancer* (1968), series, Actor
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Charles Thorndyke
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Lew Wickersham
- *The St. Valentine's Day Massacre* (1967), as Albert Wienshank
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Curtis Whitney, Raymond Otis Baker
- *The Invaders* (1967), series, as Father Joe
- *Captain Nice* (1967), series, Actor
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Dr. Helmut Cherlotov, Captain Miklos Cherno — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Shane* (1966), series, as Barney Lucas
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Fritz Moline, John Anthony Harris, Ken Meade
- *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Francisco De Navarre, Martinson
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Ward Cooper
- *National Geographic Specials* (1965), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *The Young Lovers* (1964), as Prof. Reese
- *12 O'Clock High* (1964), series, as Father Roman
- *Espionage* (1963), series, as Ben Ashman
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Jesse Stransel, Deputy Harry Banner, Capt. Ralph Lee, Lieutenant Spencer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Combat!* (1962), series, as D'Amato, Lt. Douglas
- *The Nurses* (1962), series, as Dr. Ted Steffen
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Pedro Lopez, Corbett, Walker
- *Route 66* (1960), series, as Whit Spencer
- *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Vince Dastille
- *Startime* (1959), series, as Repairman
- *New York Confidential* (1959), series, Actor
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Detective Dutton, Dutton, Dr. Rutland
- *Decoy* (1957), series, as Sergeant
- *Four Boys and a Gun* (1957), as Policeman killed during robbery (uncredited)
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Amos McKee, Jack Norcross
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Tony
- *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Joseph Campanella](https://film.one/media/person/1273401/gallery-b1f99b33d87c.jpg) Joseph Campanella — CBS Television

Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Joseph_campanella_1965.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Ken Curtis as Festus Hagen and guest star Joseph Campanella from Gunsmoke. (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1273401/gallery-6327a2b70ac5.jpg) Photo of Ken Curtis as Festus Hagen and guest star Joseph Campanella from Gunsmoke. (1968) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Ken_Curtis_Joseph_Campanella_Gunsmoke_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Zina Bethune, Joseph Campanella and Diana Hyland in a scene from the prime time television drama The Doctors and the Nurses. (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/1273401/gallery-064a14d06d2f.jpg) Photo of Zina Bethune, Joseph Campanella and Diana Hyland in a scene from the prime time television drama The Doctors and the Nurses. (1965) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Zina_Bethune_Joseph_Campanella_Diana_Hyland_The_Doctors_and_the_Nurses_1965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joseph Campanella](https://film.one/media/person/1273401/gallery-7c705eb8527b.jpg) Joseph Campanella — Image via TMDB
- ![Joseph Campanella](https://film.one/media/person/1273401/gallery-8472684a8758.jpg) Joseph Campanella — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 1989: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (nominated), for *Days of Our Lives*
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 1962: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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