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Biography
Infobox person| name = Stuart Margolin| image =| imagesize =| caption =| birth_name = Stuart Margolin| birth_date = birth date and age|1940|01|31| birth_place = Davenport, Iowa , United States|U.S. | death_date =| death_place =| othername = Salt Spring Slim| occupation = actor, director, screenwriter, songwriter, musician| yearsactive = 1961–present| spouse = Pat Margolin (? - ? )| website = Stuart Margolin (born January 31, 1940) is an United States|American film and television actor and Film director|director .
Television
Margolin is best known for his role on the television show The Rockford Files , playing Evelyn "Angel" Martin, the shifty friend and former cellmate of Jim Rockford ( James Garner ). Margolin won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Drama Series in this role, in 1979 and 1980; http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/awardsearch.php Advanced Primetime Awards Search at Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website (retrieved April 18, 2009). he is one of only four actors to win this award twice for the same role.Tom O'Neil, http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2010/07/drama-supporting-actors-prove-emmy-winners-not-always-tv-reruns.html "Drama supporting actors prove Emmy winners not always TV reruns", Los Angeles Times , July 13, 2010.
Margolin played Rabbi David Small in the 1976 movie, ''Lanigan's Rabbi'', based on the series of mystery novels written by Harry Kemelman . Scheduling conflicts prevented him from continuing the role in Lanigan's Rabbi|the short-lived TV series of the same name that aired in 1977 as part of the "NBC Sunday Mystery Movie," where Small was played by Bruce Solomon. Margolin was earlier paired with James Garner in a 1971-72 TV Western (genre)|Western series entitled Nichols (TV series)|Nichols , where he played a character somewhat similar to the Angel character he played in The Rockford Files . That show only lasted for one season. Margolin appeared in two episodes of the television series M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H ("Bananas, Cracker and Nuts", "Operation Noselift"), The Mary Tyler Moore Show , Rhoda , an episode of Land of the Giants ("The Mechanical Man"), '' Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High ("Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet"), The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees ("Monkees Watch Their Feet"), Love, American Style , The Fall Guy and Magnum, P.I. His brother Arnold Margolin was the executive producer of the Love, American Style series. In May 2009, Margolin appeared on an episode of 30 Rock , opposite Alan Alda ;Alan Sepinwall, http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/05/30_rock_mamma_mia_alan_alda_is.html "30 Rock, "Mamma Mia": Alan Alda is the Donaghy daddy? ", The Star-Ledger , May 8, 2009 (retrieved May 19, 2009). it was the first time the two actors appeared together since M*A*S*H in 1974. Margolin appears in the 2009 CTV Television Network|CTV / CBS police drama series The Bridge (Canadian TV series)|The Bridge ''. http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-2-20-flashpoint-pipeline-brings-the-bridge-to-cbs 'Flashpoint' pipeline brings 'The Bridge' to CBS.Mary McNamara, http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-thebridge-20100710,0,7388391.story "Television Review: 'The Bridge' on CBS", Los Angeles Times , July 10, 2010.
Film
Margolin appeared in films such as '' Kelly's Heroes , Death Wish , Futureworld and The Big Bus . Stuart Margolin also played Sheriff in a black and white episode of Gunsmoke .
Directing
Margolin has been directing TV shows since the early 1970s, including episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show , Magnum, P.I. , Bret Maverick , Quantum Leap (TV series)|Quantum Leap , and Northern Exposure . He has appeared in a number of Canadian television series including some produced by Doug McLeod . He won the 1996 DGA Award for children's programming for directing the film Salt Water Moose , and he was nominated again for the same award for directing the 1998 film The Sweetest Gift (film)|The Sweetest Gift . Margolin was also nominated for a DGA Award for Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Drama Series|drama series direction for a 1991 episode of Northern Exposure entitled " List_of_Northern_Exposure_episodes#Season_2:_.28Spring_1991.29|Goodbye to All That ". http://www.dga.org/news/pr_expand.php3? 130 "DGA Announces 1998 Nominees For Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Documentary And TV Categories Of Daytime Serials And Children's Programs", at DGA website, February 8, 1999 (retrieved January 4, 2009). He also directed, co-starred and scored The Glitter Dome (film)|The Glitter Dome (1984) with James Garner , Margot Kidder and John Lithgow for HBO Pictures . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087340/
Other
Margolin has authored several songs for and with long time friend and singer-songwriter Jerry Riopelle that have appeared on Riopelle's albums since 1967. He was in the bands The Parade (band)|The Parade and Shango (rock group)|Shango , and co-wrote Shango's 1969 novelty record "Day After Day (It's Slippin' Away)".Jerry Osborne, http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/Jan/1/prominent-albums-make-comeback/ "Prominent albums make comeback", Evansville Courier & Press , January 1, 2007 (retrieved January 7, 2009). He also released an album in 1980 entitled And the Angel Sings .
Since 2004, he has been a regular participant in the theatre program of the Chautauqua Institution .Sharon Cantilon, http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/arttheater/story/375882.html "The Secret's Out: Chautauqua Institution's theater program is gaining national attention, thanks in part to actor Stuart Margolin" Buffalo News , June 22, 2008 (retrieved January 4, 2009).
Margolin is sometimes erroneously identified as the brother of actress Janet Margolin . http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9F0CE7DA1131F93BA25751C1A965958260& scp=2& sq=janet++margolin& st=nyt "Janet Margolin, Film And TV Actress, 50", New York Times , December 18, 1993. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9C0DEED91239F93AA15754C0A964948260& scp=3& sq=janet++margolin& st=nyt "Benjamin Margolin", New York Times , July 29, 1982.
Selected filmography
Film (Acting)
Class (film)|Class (1983) Balaban
S.O.B. (film)|S.O.B. (1981)
The Gamblers (1970 film)|The Gamblers (1970)
'' Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Death Wish (1974)
Futureworld (1976)
It Takes a Thief (Magnificent Thief) (1968)
Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966)
That Girl (1969)
Television (Acting)
The Rockford Files - Evelyn "Angel" Martin - Recurring
Stuart MargolinEmmyAward DramaSupportingActor 1976-2000 Persondata | NAME = Margolin, Stuart | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = January 31, 1940 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Davenport, Iowa , United States|U.S. | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Margolin, Stuart Category:1940 births Category:American expatriates in Canada Category:American film actors Category:American people of Russian descent Category:American television actors Category:American television directors Category:American television writers Category:Living people Category:People from Davenport, Iowa
