Joseph Campanella
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.
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Films (75)
For Heaven's Sake
2008 · Donald Meeks
Christmas at Cadillac Jack's
2007 · Joe Jenkins
The Dukes
2007 · Giovanni Zorro
The Showdown
2006 · The Announcer
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005 · Dr. Curt Connors (voice)
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004 · Doctor Curt Connors (voice)
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
2002 · Doctor Curt Connors (voice)
The Glow
2002 · Ben Goodstein
America's National Parks: The Sights and Sounds of Yellowstone National Park
2002 · Narrator
All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus?
2000 · Narrator (voice)
The Great Builders of Egypt
1999 · Narrator
Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain
1999 · Professor Hunnicut
Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice
1998 · Narrator
James Dean: Race with Destiny
1997 · Winton Dean
The Glass Cage
1996 · LeBeque
Hologram Man
1995 · Dr. Stern
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
1994 · Mickey Ryder
Save Me
1994 · Barton
Too Bad About Jack
1994
Dark Dreams
1993 · Phil
Magic Kid
1993 · Tony
The Force Within
1993 · Police Chief
Terror on Track 9
1992 · Chief Mleczko
Cafe Romeo
1992 · Nino
Original Intent
1992 · Judge May
Dead Girls Don't Tango
1992 · Rheinhardt
Search for the Great Sharks
1992 · Narrator (voice)
Space Case
1992 · General Maxwell
Last Call
1991 · Morris Thayer
Club Fed
1990 · Vince Hooligan
A Show of Force
1990 · Walker Ryan
Down the Drain
1990 · Don Santiago
Body Chemistry
1990 · Dr. Pritchard
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
1990 · John Alexander
The Game
1988 · Schekel
Steele Justice
1987 · Harry
Death Diploma
1987 · Self - Narrator
The River That Harms
1987 · Narrator
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
Walt Disney World's Very Merry Christmas Parade
1984 · Self
Great Transport
1983
Computers Are People, Too!
1982 · Narrator
My Body, My Child
1982 · Joe Cabrezi
Earthbound
1981 · Conrad
Hangar 18
1980 · Frank Lafferty
Defiance
1980 · Karenski
The Plutonium Incident
1980 · Harry Skirvan
Meteor
1979 · General Easton
Ring of Passion
1978 · Paul Gallico
Return to Fantasy Island
1978 · Brian Faber
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977 · Father at San Bruno Mission
Sky Hei$t
1975 · Captain Monty Ballard
Journey from Darkness
1975 · Dr. Schroeder
Child Under a Leaf
1974 · The Husband
Hit Lady
1974 · Jeffrey Baine
Terror on the 40th Floor
1974 · Howard Foster
Unwed Father
1974 · Scott Simmons
Skyway to Death
1974 · Bob Parsons
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 · Col. Doug Henderson
Honor Thy Father
1973 · Narrator (voice)
You'll Never See Me Again
1973 · Lt. John Stillman
The Trouble With People
1972 · Detective (Story 3)
Ben
1972 · Cliff Kirtland
Drive Hard, Drive Fast
1972 · Eric Bradley
Silent Running
1972 · Neal - Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited)
And Then They Forgot God
1971 · Arthur Thompson
Murder Once Removed
1971 · Lt. Phil Proctor
Zoos of the World
1970 · Narrator (voice)
A Clear and Present Danger
1970 · Jordan Boyle
Wild River: The Colorado
1970 · Narrator
The Whole World Is Watching
1969 · Brian Darrell
Any Second Now
1969 · Doctor Raul Valdez
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 · Albert Wienshank
The Young Lovers
1964 · Prof. Reese
Four Boys and a Gun
1957 · Policeman killed during robbery (uncredited)
Séries (95)
Cold Case : Affaires classées
2003 · Nelson Miller
Le Protecteur
2001 · Ralph Longo
The Division
2001 · Judge Miles King
Les Experts
2000 · Grissley Geezer
The Roman War Machine
1999 · Narrator
L.A. Heat
1999
The Practice
1997 · Judge Joseph Camp
Early Edition
1996 · MacGruder
Road Rovers
1996 · Master (voice)
Pacific Blue
1996 · Joseph Tataglia
Charlie Grace
1995
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Federation Arbitrator
Spider-Man
1994 · Dr. Curt Connors (voice), Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard (voice), Lizard (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Clive Hathaway
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · George Thompson
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Victor DeMarco
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · Matthew Thorne (voice)
Melrose Place
1992
Memories of Midnight
1991
P.S. I Luv U
1991
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Dr. Peter Alcott
21 Jump Street
1987 · Hunt Samperton
The Colbys
1985 · Hutch Corrigan
The Golden Girls
1985 · Al Mullins
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Bart Simian
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · George Knapp, George McDaniels
Supercopter
1984 · Gen. Elliot Sandhower
This Is Your Life
1983 · Self - Host
The Great Transport
1983
Mama's Family
1983 · Mr. Hanson
Matt Houston
1982 · Nick Harrigan
Hotel
1982 · Russ Turnbull
Jessica Novak
1981
The Brady Brides
1981
Knots Landing
1979 · Deputy District Attorney
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Pearl
1978 · Narrator (voice)
Vega$
1978
Dallas
1978 · Joseph Lombardi, Sr.
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
La croisière s'amuse
1977 · Nabil El Masri
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Attorney Jules Draper, Charlie Barnes, Dr. Styer
One Day at a Time
1975 · Ed Cooper
Matt Helm
1975 · Corbett
Barbary Coast
1975
Khan!
1975
Police Woman
1974
The Rockford Files
1974 · Arnold Bailey
Petrocelli
1974 · Arthur Holbrook
NOVA
1974 · Narrator (voice)
Toma
1973
The Magician
1973 · Frank Mitchell
Police Story
1973
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1972
The Rookies
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Night Gallery
1970 · Simms, Simms (segment "The Nature of the Enemy")
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Tom Vernon
McCloud
1970 · Victor Rhigas
Medical Center
1969 · Colson
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Leo Maslow
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969 · Brian Darrell
Lancer
1968
The Doris Day Show
1968 · Roger Flanders
The Name of the Game
1968 · Charles Thorndyke
Mannix
1967 · Lew Wickersham
Ironside
1967 · Curtis Whitney, Raymond Otis Baker
The Invaders
1967 · Father Joe
Captain Nice
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Dr. Helmut Cherlotov, Captain Miklos Cherno
Shane
1966 · Barney Lucas
Days of Our Lives
1965 · Harper Deveraux
The F.B.I.
1965 · Fritz Moline, John Anthony Harris, Ken Meade
The Big Valley
1965 · Francisco De Navarre, Martinson
Run for Your Life
1965 · Ward Cooper
National Geographic Specials
1965 · Narrator (voice)
12 O'Clock High
1964 · Father Roman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Frank Mancini
Espionage
1963 · Ben Ashman
The Fugitive
1963 · Jesse Stransel, Deputy Harry Banner, Capt. Ralph Lee, Lieutenant Spencer
Combat!
1962 · D'Amato, Lt. Douglas
The Nurses
1962 · Dr. Ted Steffen
The Virginian
1962 · Pedro Lopez, Corbett, Walker
Route 66
1960 · Whit Spencer
The Untouchables
1959 · Vince Dastille
Startime
1959 · Repairman
New York Confidential
1959
Naked City
1958 · Detective Dutton, Dutton, Dr. Rutland
Decoy
1957 · Sergeant
Gunsmoke
1955 · Amos McKee, Jack Norcross
Omnibus
1952
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Tony
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Science International
· host