Joseph Campanella
Acting
- Born:
- 1924-11-21
- Died:
- 2018-05-16
- Place of birth:
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
For Heaven's Sake
Christmas at Cadillac Jack's
The Dukes
The Showdown
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Cold Case
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
The Glow
America's National Parks: The Sights and Sounds of Yellowstone National Park
The Guardian
The Division
All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus?
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Roman War Machine
L.A. Heat
The Great Builders of Egypt
Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain
Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice
James Dean: Race with Destiny
The Practice
The Glass Cage
Early Edition
Road Rovers
Pacific Blue
Charlie Grace
Hologram Man
Star Trek: Voyager
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
Spider-Man
Touched by an Angel
Save Me
Too Bad About Jack
Dark Dreams
Magic Kid
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Walker, Texas Ranger
The Force Within
Terror on Track 9
Batman: The Animated Series
Melrose Place
Cafe Romeo
Original Intent
Dead Girls Don't Tango
Search for the Great Sharks
Space Case
Memories of Midnight
P.S. I Luv U
Last Call
Club Fed
A Show of Force
Down the Drain
Body Chemistry
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
The Game
Beauty and the Beast
Steele Justice
21 Jump Street
Death Diploma
The River That Harms
The Colbys
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
The Golden Girls
Crazy like a Fox
Murder, She Wrote
Airwolf
This Is Your Life
Great Transport
The Great Transport
Mama's Family
Matt Houston
Hotel
Computers Are People, Too!
My Body, My Child
Jessica Novak
The Brady Brides
Earthbound
Hangar 18
Defiance
The Plutonium Incident
Knots Landing
Meteor
Trapper John, M.D.
Pearl
Vega$
Dallas
Ring of Passion
Return to Fantasy Island
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
The Love Boat
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Quincy, M.E.
One Day at a Time
Matt Helm
Barbary Coast
Sky Hei$t
Journey from Darkness
Khan!
Child Under a Leaf
Hit Lady
Terror on the 40th Floor
Police Woman
The Rockford Files
Petrocelli
NOVA
Unwed Father
Skyway to Death
The President's Plane Is Missing
Toma
The Magician
Police Story
Honor Thy Father
You'll Never See Me Again
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
The Trouble With People
The Rookies
Ben
Drive Hard, Drive Fast
Silent Running
The Sixth Sense
And Then They Forgot God
Murder Once Removed
Alias Smith and Jones
Night Gallery
Zoos of the World
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
A Clear and Present Danger
McCloud
Wild River: The Colorado
Medical Center
Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
The Whole World Is Watching
Any Second Now
Lancer
The Doris Day Show
The Name of the Game
Mannix
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Ironside
The Invaders
Captain Nice
Mission: Impossible
Shane
Days of Our Lives
The F.B.I.
The Big Valley
Run for Your Life
National Geographic Specials
The Young Lovers
12 O'Clock High
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Espionage
The Fugitive
Combat!
The Nurses
The Virginian
Route 66
The Untouchables
Startime
New York Confidential
Naked City
Decoy
Four Boys and a Gun
Gunsmoke
Omnibus
Robert Montgomery Presents
Kraft Television Theatre
Science International