{{Short description|American actor (born 1946)}} {{infobox person | name = Michael Margotta | birth_place = Pearl River, New York, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth_date and age|September 1, 1946}} | occupation = Actor }} '''Michael Margotta''' (born September 1, 1946) is an American actor.
==Career== Margotta appeared in the film that was Jack Nicholson's directorial debut, ''Drive, He Said'' (1971). In the year of its release, the film caused a stir because of Margotta appearing fully nude in a mental breakdown scene. Censors at the time attempted to give the film an X rating.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
On television, Margotta appeared in the 1968 ''I Dream of Jeannie'' episode "The Guru" as a strung-out hippie named Harold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959695/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|title=Drop Out on ''Death Valley Days''|publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=April 25, 1969|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref>
Margotta was nominated for an Emmy for his appearance on ''Kojak'' in 1976.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} In the same year, he acted in the Canadian thriller film ''Partners''.<ref name=ado>"Partners: much ado about nothing". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 30, 1976.</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1968 |''Maryjane'' |Jerry Blackburn | |- |1968 |''Wild in the Streets'' |Jimmy Fergus | |- |1970 |''The Strawberry Statement'' |Swatch | |- |1970 |''Cover Me Babe'' |Steve Winston | |- |1971 |''Drive, He Said'' |Gabriel | |- |1976 |''Partners'' |Paul Howard | |- |1977 |''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' |Hallucinated Character | |- |1980 |''Times Square'' |JoJo | |- |1983 |''Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?'' |Larry | |- |1986 |''9½ Weeks'' |Michael | |- |1999 |''18 Shades of Dust'' |Petey | |- |2013 |''Third Person'' |Daniel | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1968 |''The Outcasts'' |Matt |Episode: "The Heroes" |- |1968 |''Shadow on the Land'' |Timothy Willing |Television film |- |1968 |''I Dream of Jeannie'' |Harold |Episode: "Jeannie, My Guru" |- |1969 |''Judd, for the Defense'' |Paul Miller |Episode: "Between the Dark and the Daylight" |- |1969–1970 |''Death Valley Days'' |Various roles |3 episodes |- |1969, 1970 |''The Mod Squad'' |Fred Dawson / Jerry Kane |2 episodes |- |1972 |''Hawaii Five-O'' |Niki |Episode: "Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain" |- |1972 |''The Streets of San Francisco'' |Thanos Kampacalas |Episode: "Bitter Wine" |- |1972 |''Young Dr. Kildare'' |Matt |Episode: "No More Than a Bad Cold" |- |1973 |''She Lives!'' |Al Reed |Television film |- |1973 |''Needles and Pins'' |Jeff |Episode: "Do Your Own Thing" |- |1973 |''Toma'' |Paul Ziegler |Episode: "The Cain Connection" |- |1973 |''Kojak'' |Jack Donnelly |Episode: "Requiem for a Cop" |- |1974 |''Sorority Kill'' |Jackie |Television film |- |1974 |''Police Story'' |Cateman |Episode: "Chief" |- |1974 |''The Last Angry Man'' |Frankie Parelli |Television film |- |1975 |''The Blue Knight'' |Frank Zugarelli |Episode: "Pilot" |- |1976 |''Cannon'' |Allen Behr |Episode: "Snapshot" |- |1976 |''Serpico'' |Jerry |Episode: "Dawn of the Furies" |- |1977 |''Starsky & Hutch'' |Miller |Episode: "A Body Worth Guarding" |- |1978 |''Sam'' |Suspect |Episode #1.1 |- |1985 |''Search for Tomorrow'' |Hardy |5 episodes |- |1985 |''Miami Vice'' |Tony Rivers |Episode: "Phil the Shill" |- |1986 |''Another World'' |Rolfe |2 episodes |- |1986 |''The Equalizer'' | Norrell<!-- NOT Frank Carter, who's played by Sam Schacht. Ignored IMDb --> | Episode: "Heartstrings" |- |1987, 1988 |''Max Headroom'' |Sully |3 episodes |- |1989 |''Something Is Out There'' |Jimmy |Episode: "A Hearse of Another Color" |- |1995 |''Law & Order'' |Mitchell |Episode: "Rebels" |- |2017 |''The Comedians'' |Giampaolo, Acting Coach |Episode #1.3 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0546834}} * [http://www.fandango.com/michaelmargotta/filmography/p45424 Profile], Fandango.com * [http://www.michaelmargotta.com/ Official site]
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