Joseph Campanella profile
Actor profile

Joseph Campanella

21st November 1924 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Acting

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.

67 Movies 115 TV Shows 192 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Meteor poster
Meteor 19th October 1979 as General Easton
Sky Hei$t poster
Sky Hei$t 26th May 1975 as Captain Monty Ballard
Ben poster
Ben 23rd June 1972 as Cliff Kirtland
Silent Running poster
Silent Running 9th March 1972 as Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited)
Spider-Man poster
Spider-Man 19th November 1994 as Dr. Curt Connors (voice)
Spider-Man poster
Spider-Man 19th November 1994 as Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard (voice)
Airwolf poster
Airwolf 22nd January 1984 as Gen. Elliot Sandhower
Pearl poster
Pearl 16th November 1978 as Narrator (voice)
Dallas poster
Dallas 2nd April 1978 as Joseph Lombardi, Sr.
NOVA poster
NOVA 3rd March 1974 as Narrator (voice)
Night Gallery poster
Night Gallery 16th December 1970 as Simms (segment "The Nature of the Enemy")
Mannix poster
Mannix 16th September 1967 as Lew Wickersham
Ironside poster
Ironside 28th March 1967 as Raymond Otis Baker
Shane poster
Shane 10th September 1966 as Barney Lucas
The F.B.I. poster
The F.B.I. 19th September 1965 as John Anthony Harris
Combat! poster
Combat! 2nd October 1962 as Lt. Douglas
Decoy poster
Decoy 14th October 1957 as Sergeant
Gunsmoke poster
Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Jack Norcross