Stuart Margolin(1940-2022)
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Stuart Margolin, the Emmy Award-winning actor and director, was born in
Davenport, Iowa. He won two Best Supporting Actor Emmies playing
James Garner's former cell-mate
"Angel" Martin in
The Rockford Files (1974).
Margolin made his debut in
The Gertrude Berg Show (1961)
before becoming a series regular on
Ensign O'Toole (1962) the
following year. His acting career has now spanned more than 50 years.
Most of Margolin's work has been on television, where he also has
worked as a director since he helmed an episode of
Love, American Style (1969)
in 1973. He has been directing episodic TV and made-for-TV movies for
37 years. He has been nominated twice for directing Emmies: in 1987 for
a Prime Time Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music
Program for
The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)
and in 1999 and a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a
Children's Special for
The Sweetest Gift (1998).
Davenport, Iowa. He won two Best Supporting Actor Emmies playing
James Garner's former cell-mate
"Angel" Martin in
The Rockford Files (1974).
Margolin made his debut in
The Gertrude Berg Show (1961)
before becoming a series regular on
Ensign O'Toole (1962) the
following year. His acting career has now spanned more than 50 years.
Most of Margolin's work has been on television, where he also has
worked as a director since he helmed an episode of
Love, American Style (1969)
in 1973. He has been directing episodic TV and made-for-TV movies for
37 years. He has been nominated twice for directing Emmies: in 1987 for
a Prime Time Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music
Program for
The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)
and in 1999 and a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a
Children's Special for
The Sweetest Gift (1998).