Born: November 21, 1924 – Died: May 16, 2018
Joseph Campanella, a gaunt and wavy-haired Sicilian-American actor, graced the screens of countless TV series and telemovies during the dynamic era of the 1960s and 70s. With an enduring passion for the stage and screen, Campanella remained an in-demand talent well into his eighties. Born on November 21, 1924, his affinity for show biz blossomed at a young age, starting as a teenage sports announcer before venturing into acting. His brother Frank also pursued an acting career. Known for playing priests, police officers, and doctors, Campanella's portrayal of characters with volatile or tortured dispositions captivated audiences. His contributions to the entertainment industry are noteworthy, including an Emmy Award nomination for his recurring role in "Mannix."
Early Life and Career
Joseph Campanella initially studied architecture and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature. He further pursued a Master's Degree in speech and drama at Columbia University.
Campanella's start in the industry began with his foray into anthology television in 1952, which eventually led to numerous guest credits on various TV series. His first major successful role came as Lew Wickersham, the suave, scientifically-minded head of the Intertect detective agency, in the series "Mannix." This role earned him an Emmy Award nomination.
While Campanella never had one specific role that catapulted him to stardom, his longstanding and diverse career solidified his reputation as a talented actor. He continued to portray a wide range of characters, particularly priests, police officers, and doctors, throughout his career.
Campanella's contributions to the entertainment industry earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and two total nominationsduring his career.
While Joseph Campanella may not be considered an iconic or legendary figure in Hollywood, his prolific work on television and film certainly left a mark on the industry. His talent and ability to portray characters with depth and complexity endeared him to audiences throughout his career.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lost Dream | Emil |
| 2008 | For Heaven's Sake | Donald Meeks |
| 2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) | Grissley Geezer |
| 2007 | Christmas at Cadillac Jack's (TV Movie) | Joe Jenkins |
| 2007 | The Legend of God's Gun | Narrator |
| 2007 | The Dukes | Giovanni Zorro |
| 2006 | The Showdown (Short) | The Announcer |
| 1996–2005 | The Bold and the Beautiful (TV Series) | Jonathan Young |
| 2005 | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga (Video) | Dr. Curt Conners (voice) |
| 2004 | Cold Case (TV Series) | Nelson |
| 2003 | The Guardian (TV Series) | Ralph Longo |
| 2002 | The Glow (TV Movie) | Ben Goodstein |
| 2002 | The Division (TV Series) | Judge Miles King |
| 1998–2001 | The Practice (TV Series) | Judge Joseph Camp |
| 2000–2001 | That's Life (TV Series) | Joe |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) | Federation Arbitrator |
| 2001 | The Apostle Paul: The Man Who Turned the World Upside Down (TV Movie) | St. Paul (voice, uncredited) |
| 2000–2001 | Biography (TV Series) | Host | Narrator |
| 2000 | Who Is This Jesus? (TV Movie) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain | Professor Hunnicut |
| 1999 | Good vs Evil (TV Series) | Dr. Townsend |
| 1999 | Melrose Place (TV Series) | Barry Denott |
| 1999 | The Great Builders of Egypt (TV Movie) | Narrator |
| 1999 | Early Edition (TV Series) | MacGruder |
| 1998 | The Right Way | Angelo Peretti |
| 1997 | L.A. Heat (TV Series) | John Guidell |
| 1994–1997 | Spider-Man: The Animated Series (TV Series) | Lizard | Dr. Curt Connors (voice) |
| 1997 | Dust | Mayor Grites |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) | Clive Hathaway |
| 1997 | James Dean: Race with Destiny | Winton Dean |
| 1996–1997 | Pacific Blue (TV Series) | Joseph Tataglia | Mr. Tataglia |
| 1996–1997 | Road Rovers (TV Series) | The Master | Prof. William F. Shepherd (voice) |
| 1996 | Charlie Grace (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1996 | The Glass Cage | LeBeque |
| 1996 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) | Victor DeMarco |
| 1995 | Spider-Man Cartoon Maker (Video Game) | Dr. Curt Connors (voice) |
| 1995 | Hologram Man (Video) | Dr. Stern |
| 1994 | Too Bad About Jack | Unknown |
| 1994 | The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (TV Movie) | Mickey Ryder |
| 1994 | Renegade (TV Series) | Henry |
| 1994 | Save Me | Barton |
| 1993 | The Force Within | Police Chief |
| 1993 | Dark Dreams (TV Movie) | Phil |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV Series) | George Thompson |
| 1993 | Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series) | The Crime Doctor | Dr. Matthew Thorne (voice) |
| 1993 | Magic Kid (Video) | Tony |
| 1993 | Baywatch (TV Series) | Al Buchannon |
| 1992 | Space Case | General Maxwell |
| 1992 | Dead Girls Don't Tango | Rheinhardt |
| 1992 | Pauper's Dream (TV Movie) | Narrator |
| 1992 | Dark Justice (TV Series) | Carter Pruitt |
| 1992 | Terror on Track 9 (TV Movie) | Chief Mleczko |
| 1987–1992 | Days of Our Lives (TV Series) | Harper Deveraux |
| 1991 | Memories of Midnight (TV Mini Series) | Father Konstantinou |
| 1991 | P.S.I. Luv U (TV Series) | Dellacourt (as Joe Campanella) |
| 1991 | Cafe Romeo | Nino (as Joe Campanella) |
| 1991 | The Everlasting Adventure Series (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1989–1991 | Knots Landing (TV Series) | Judge Percal | Deputy District Attorney |
| 1991 | Last Call | Morris Thayer |
| 1990 | Over My Dead Body (TV Series) | Leon Geary |
| 1990 | Club Fed | Vince Hooligan |
| 1990 | Original Intent (Video) | Judge May (as Joe Campanella) |
| 1990 | A Show of Force | Walker Ryan (as Joe Campanella) |
| 1990 | Down the Drain | Don Santiago |
| 1990 | Body Chemistry | Dr. Pritchard |
| 1990 | No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers | John Alexander |
| 1990 | Paradise (TV Series) | The Horseman |
| 1988–1989 | Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) | Dr. Peter Alcott |
| 1989 | Superboy (TV Series) | The Phantom |
| 1989 | 21 Jump Street (TV Series) | Hunt Samperton |
| 1988–1989 | Dallas (TV Series) | Joseph Lombardi, Sr. |
| 1989 | Real to Reel (TV Series) | Narrator |
| 1988 | The Game | Schekel |
| 1987–1988 | Mama's Family (TV Series) | Mr. Hanson |
| 1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (TV Movie) | Jack Berners |
| 1987 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) | Al Mullins (as Joe Campanella) |
| 1985–1987 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) | George McDaniels | George Knapp |
| 1987 | Steele Justice | Harry |
| 1986 | Veliki transport (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1985–1986 | The Colbys (TV Series) | Hutch Corrigan |
| 1986 | The Love Boat (TV Series) | Nabil El Masri |
| 1986 | Crazy Like a Fox (TV Series) | Bart Simian |
| 1985 | Hotel (TV Series) | Russ Turnbull |
| 1984 | Airwolf (TV Series) | Gen. Elliot Sandhower |
| 1983 | Veliki transport | Unknown |
| 1983 | Matt Houston (TV Series) | Nick Harrigan |
| 1982 | The Comic Book Kids (TV Series) | Burl Bonnix |
| 1977–1982 | Quincy M.E. (TV Series) | Dr. Styer | Lt. Alex Markesian | Charlie Barnes ... |
| 1976–1982 | One Day at a Time (TV Series) | Ed Cooper |
| 1982 | My Body, My Child (TV Movie) | Joe Cabrezi |
| 1981 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) | Dr. Julian King |
| 1981 | Jessica Novak (TV Series) | Larry Baker |
| 1981 | The Brady Brides (TV Series) | Inspector Rankin |
| 1981 | Earthbound | Conrad |
| 1980 | Hangar 18 | Frank Lafferty |
| 1978–1980 | Vega$ (TV Series) | Bruno Moretti | Stewy Wilson |
| 1980 | Defiance | Karenski (as Joe Campanella) |
| 1980 | The Plutonium Incident (TV Movie) | Harry Skirvan |
| 1979 | Meteor | General Easton |
| 1979 | Adventures of the Polar Cubs | Narrator | Muu (voice) |
| 1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible (TV Series) | Pharaoh |
| 1978 | Pearl (TV Mini Series) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1978 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (TV Series) | Racklin |
| 1978 | Ring of Passion (TV Movie) | Paul Gallico |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) | Brian Faber |
| 1976 | Friday Night Burn (TV Movie) | Announcer |
| 1976 | Mission to Glory: A True Story | Father at San Bruno Mission |
| 1976 | Child Abuse (TV Movie) | Announcer |
| 1976 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) | Arnold Bailey |
| 1976 | Police Woman (TV Series) | Joseph Carbeau |
| 1975 | The People's Lawyer (TV Movie) | Announcer |
| 1975 | Matt Helm (TV Series) | Corbett |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast (TV Series) | Austin Benedict |
| 1975 | Sky Heist (TV Movie) | Captain Monty Ballard |
| 1975 | Journey from Darkness (TV Movie) | Dr. Schroeder |
| 1975 | Khan! (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1973–1975 | Medical Center (TV Series) | Colson | Duncan |
| 1969–1975 | Ironside (TV Series) | Judge John Fredericks | Curtis Whitney | Harry Peters ... |
| 1974 | McCloud (TV Series) | Victor Rhigas |
| 1974 | Child Under a Leaf | The Husband |
| 1974 | Hit Lady (TV Movie) | Jeffrey Baine |
| 1974 | Terror on the 40th Floor (TV Movie) | Howard Foster |
| 1974 | Petrocelli (TV Series) | Arthur Holbrook |
| 1974 | Lily (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1974 | Police Story (TV Series) | Vitale |
| 1974 | Unwed Father (TV Movie) | Scott Simmons |
| 1974 | Skyway to Death (TV Movie) | Bob Parsons |
| 1974 | The Magician (TV Series) | Frank Mitchell |
| 1974 | Tenafly (TV Series) | Dr. Poston |
| 1973 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1973 | The President's Plane Is Missing (TV Movie) | Col. Doug Henderson |
| 1973 | The Rookies (TV Series) | Joe Mannley |
| 1973 | Assignment: Vienna (TV Series) | Frank Cort |
| 1973 | Honor Thy Father (TV Movie) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1973 | You'll Never See Me Again (TV Movie) | Lt. John Stillman (as Joe Campanella) |
| 1973 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) | Tom Vernon |
| 1968–1972 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) | Jack Norcross | Amos McKee |
| 1967–1972 | Mannix (TV Series) | Dr. Graham Aspinall | Lew Wickersham |
| 1966–1972 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) | Ken Meade | John Anthony Harris | Fritz Moline |
| 1972 | Ben | Cliff Kirtland |
| 1972 | Silent Running | Neal - Berkshire' Captain (voice, uncredited) |
| 1971–1972 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) | Alan Hamilton | Dr. Eric Gibson |
| 1969–1972 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV Series) | Brian Darrell |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense (TV Series) | Paul Crowley |
| 1971 | And Then They Forgot God (TV Movie) | Arthur Thompson | Narrator |
| 1970–1971 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) | Howard Garsen | Ignacio Ladera | Leo Maslow |
| 1971 | Murder Once Removed (TV Movie) | Lt. Phil Proctor |
| 1970–1971 | Night Gallery (TV Series) | Father (segment "Miss Lovecraft Sent Me") | Simms (segment "The Nature of the Enemy") |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) | Jake Carlson |
| 1968–1970 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) | Ben Fisher | Charles Thorndyke |
| 1970 | A Clear and Present Danger (TV Movie) | Jordan Boyle |
| 1970 | Bracken's World (TV Series) | Samson Wilkes |
| 1970 | Drive Hard, Drive Fast (TV Movie) | Eric Bradley |
| 1970 | Paris 7000 (TV Series) | Alex Prokosch |
| 1969 | Lancer (TV Series) | Douglas Blessing |
| 1967–1969 | Insight (TV Series) | Mike | Irwin | Deliverer ... |
| 1969 | The Doris Day Show (TV Series) | Roger Flanders |
| 1969 | The Whole World Is Watching (TV Movie) | Brian Darrell |
| 1969 | Any Second Now (TV Movie) | Doctor Raul Valdez |
| 1963–1968 | The Virginian (TV Series) | Walker | Corbett | Pedro Lopez |
| 1967–1968 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) | Captain Miklos Cherno | Dr. Helmut Cherlotov |
| 1964–1967 | The Fugitive (TV Series) | Capt. Ralph Lee | Deputy Harry Banner | Jesse Stransel ... |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Albert Wienshank |
| 1967 | Captain Nice (TV Series) | Kincade |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) | Father Joe |
| 1967 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) | Talamantes |
| 1966–1967 | The Big Valley (TV Series) | Martinson | Francisco De Navarre |
| 1967 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) | Ward Cooper |
| 1966 | The Road West (TV Series) | Tom Burrus |
| 1966 | 12 O'Clock High (TV Series) | Father Roman |
| 1966 | Shane (TV Series) | Barney Lucas |
| 1962–1965 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) | Dr. Ted Steffen | Dr. Adam Nemets (as Joe Campanella) |
| 1965 | For the People (TV Series) | Dr. Ted Steffen |
| 1964 | The Young Lovers | Prof. Reese |
| 1964 | Suspense (TV Series) | A driver (as Joe Campanella) |
| 1963–1964 | Combat! (TV Series) | Lt. Douglas | D'Amato |
| 1964 | The Lieutenant (TV Series) | Major Jason Clark |
| 1964 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) | Pete Ceballos |
| 1964 | Espionage (TV Series) | Ben Ashman |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) | Frank Mancini |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side (TV Series) | Chuck Severson |
| 1963 | The Doctors (TV Series) | Alec Fielding |
| 1962–1963 | Route 66 (TV Series) | Whit Spencer | Perry Hall |
| 1962 | Days of Wine and Roses | Man at Party (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Untouchables (TV Series) | Vince Dastille |
| 1962 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) | Marc Malatesta |
| 1961–1962 | Naked City (TV Series) | Dr. Rutland | Dutton | Detective Dutton (as Joseph A. Campanella) |
| 1960 | Murder, Inc. | Panto (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Startime (TV Series) | Repairman |
| 1959 | Deadline (TV Series) | First Sergeant of B Company |
| 1959 | New York Confidential (TV Series) | Ernie |
| 1959 | Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1958 | Omnibus (TV Series) | (segment) |
| 1958 | True Story (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1956–1958 | Kraft Theatre (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1958 | Decoy (TV Series) | Sergeant |
| 1957 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) | Jacques |
| 1955–1957 | Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) | Tony |
| 1957 | Four Boys and a Gun | Policeman Killed During Robbery (uncredited) |
| 1956 | I Spy (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1953–1955 | You Are There (TV Series) | Trojan Soldier |
| 1952–1955 | Studio One (TV Series) | Police Sgt. Monahan | DOG Company Soldier |
| 1954 | The Mask (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1953 | Rocky King, Detective (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1952 | Guiding Light (TV Series) | Joe Turino (1959-1960) |
| 1952 | Suspense (TV Series) | Townsman (uncredited) |
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