Michael McGuire

Michael McGuire

Born: November 30, 1933

Movies for Michael McGuire...

Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Bob Ryland
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Title: JAG
Character: General Evan Parker
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: TV
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Nicholas Teller
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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A More Perfect Union
Title: A More Perfect Union
Character: George Washington
Released: January 7, 1989
Type: Movie
Become an eyewitness to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. This stirring 2-hour film will bring the Founding Fathers to life as you witness the struggles and the miracles that produced the Constitution of the United States and the freest nation on earth. Filmed on location at Independence Hall; Williamsburg, Virginia; and other historical sites, it dramatically chronicles how America became a nation. It is exciting drama of the best kind-fact, rather than fiction. "It brings the history books to life," writes one reviewer. "Dramatically moving, and visually handsome," says another. Officially recognized by the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, who cited the film as being "of exceptional merit."
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The Karen Carpenter Story
Title: The Karen Carpenter Story
Character: Sherwin Bash
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Story of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia. This made-for-TV movie is the authorized version of the life of Karen Carpenter and was made with the approval of Richard Carpenter and the Carpenter family.
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Bird
Title: Bird
Character: Brewster
Released: June 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
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Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
Title: Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
Character: Insp. Parker
Released: April 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Ambitious police sergeant, Charles Stoker, takes on prostitution in 1948 Los Angeles to make a name for himself. Madam, Brenda Allen, however has the 'whole city' on her payroll and his crusade proves difficult.
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Title: MacGyver
Character: Terry Andrews
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
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Title: The Golden Girls
Character: Dr. Budd
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Title: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Character: Sheriff Glover
Released: August 19, 1983
Type: Movie
Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in 2016.
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Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Title: Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Character: Dr. Carew
Released: November 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Dr. Jekyll inhales white powder and becomes an obnoxious Southern Californian.
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Title: Cheers
Character: Sumner Sloane
Released: September 30, 1982
Type: TV
The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.
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Title: Cheers
Character: Professor Sumner Sloan
Released: September 30, 1982
Type: TV
The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.
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Title: Family Ties
Character: Professor Bronski
Released: September 22, 1982
Type: TV
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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Partners
Title: Partners
Character: Monroe
Released: April 30, 1982
Type: Movie
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?
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The Long Days of Summer
Title: The Long Days of Summer
Character: Lieutenant O'Hare
Released: May 23, 1980
Type: Movie
In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of his youth during the late '30, and follows a fictionalized family where the father has jeopardized a promising law career to defend a Jewish immigrant against the prejudices of a staid New England town.
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The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Title: The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Character: Capt. Murdock
Released: March 25, 1980
Type: Movie
The story of the doctor who faced charges of conspiracy after he assisted John Wilkes Booth by setting his broken leg after he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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Sanctuary of Fear
Title: Sanctuary of Fear
Character: Lieutenant Bellamy
Released: April 23, 1979
Type: Movie
A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents she can't explain, and her complaints to the police have gone ignored.
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Like Normal People
Title: Like Normal People
Character: Robert Meyers, Sr.
Released: April 13, 1979
Type: Movie
An intellectually-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love, and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends. Based on a true story.
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Title: Taxi
Character: Mr. Gray
Released: September 12, 1978
Type: TV
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
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Home to Stay
Title: Home to Stay
Character: Frank McDermott
Released: May 2, 1978
Type: Movie
A teenage girl sets off on an odyssey from her Illinois farming community with her free-spirited but frail grandfather to thwart her uncle's plans to put him in a home for the aged.
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Police Story: No Margin for Error
Title: Police Story: No Margin for Error
Released: April 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Two policemen are suspected of excessive violence and causing two deaths. The investigation brings to light, little by little, the whole truth.
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The Great Wallendas
Title: The Great Wallendas
Character: Arnold Fielding
Released: February 12, 1978
Type: Movie
Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that led to the 1962 accident in which two of the troupe were killed and another permanently paralyzed.
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The Hunted Lady
Title: The Hunted Lady
Character: Lt. Henry Jacks
Released: November 28, 1977
Type: Movie
An undercover policewoman finds herself framed for murder. Forced to flee for her life, she determines to clear her name and bring the real killers to justice.
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Title: CHiPs
Character: Lawrence
Released: September 15, 1977
Type: TV
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.
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The Keegans
Title: The Keegans
Character: Bill Richardson
Released: May 3, 1976
Type: Movie
A professional football player is accused of murdering the man who attacked his sister. His brother, an investigate reporter, sets out to prove his brother's innocence.
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Valley Forge
Title: Valley Forge
Released: December 3, 1975
Type: Movie
George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary War.
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Hard Times
Title: Hard Times
Character: Gandil
Released: August 13, 1975
Type: Movie
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
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Report to the Commissioner
Title: Report to the Commissioner
Character: Lt. Hanson
Released: February 5, 1975
Type: Movie
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
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The Gun
Title: The Gun
Character: Wilke
Released: November 13, 1974
Type: Movie
The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Barnard
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Larry
Title: Larry
Character: Dr. McCabe
Released: April 23, 1974
Type: Movie
A man who has been confined from early childhood to a dubiously run home for the mentally challenged is transferred to a state mental hospital when the home is shut down. Staff discover that, despite outward appearances, the man was wrongly confined and is of average intelligence.
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Title: The Six Million Dollar Man
Character: Leon Jackson
Released: January 18, 1974
Type: TV
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.
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Blade
Title: Blade
Character: Quincy
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Scroope
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Lights Out
Title: Lights Out
Character: State Trooper Clark
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: Movie
A toymaker develops a method to create dolls that kill. This was a pilot for a proposed but unrealized TV series to be titled "Light Out!," based on the much earlier radio program of the same name.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Hugh Caldwell
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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They Might Be Giants
Title: They Might Be Giants
Character: Telephone Guard
Released: June 9, 1971
Type: Movie
After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, even dressing like the character. Out of concern for Justin's money more than his health, his brother Blevins puts him under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Mildred Watson. As Dr. Watson grows fond of Justin, she begins to play along with his theories, eventually becoming an assistant in his investigations.
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Where’s Poppa?
Title: Where’s Poppa?
Character: Army Lawyer
Released: November 10, 1970
Type: Movie
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.
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Coming Apart
Title: Coming Apart
Character: Ted
Released: October 26, 1969
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist secretly films his female patients as an experiment; he pushes both him and his customers in ways that induce his own mental breakdown.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Thomas Horton
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".