So my career got a little bigger, I won a couple of Emmys, and I've had a real steady career over the years with a lot of parts. and 1986's A Fine Mess. I remember him complimenting me for building such a great course, Wilson said with a laugh, recalling the avid golfers reaction when he walked onto the course at Victoria Golf Club. A post shared by Max Martini (@maxmartinila). producer Randolph Cheveldave; and Rob Cowan, a young production assistant who became a Hollywood producer (De-Lovely, The Conjuring) under Irwin Winklers mentorship. He grew up in Dallas. He spent two years studying there, followed by another one back in New York. Jim Rockford who constantly finds himself in a jam. Emmy-Winning Rockford Files Actor Stuart Margolin Dies At 82 by Dana Daly 1 month ago Stuart Margolin died on December 12 at age 82. "It closed down after a year, and then I was approached by Jim's executive producer and Stephen J. Cannell to be part of [NBC's] The Rockford Files. Margolin and Garners off-screen friendship would lead to him being offered a role on another NBC project The Rockford Files which followed the crime-solving mysteries of private detective and former con artist Jim Rockford. I hope his first act in the hereafter is to call his old pal Jimmy and tell him hes in trouble and needs his help. Northwest Passage: United States 19581959 26 Keith Larsen, Buddy Ebsen, Don Burnett: Based on the novel of the same name. They recently celebrated 40 years of marriage. All Rights Reserved. His first TV role was on The Gertrude Berg Show. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. 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Character actor and director Stuart Margolin, who is immediately known for his two-time Emmy Award-winning role as con man Evelyn Angel Martin on the detective drama The Rockford Files, died yesterday of natural causes in Staunton, Virginia. And may old friends be together again. My line was: Thats the last F-ing hurricane movie Ill ever do, Siegel said, flashing back to the most lucrative day in my life and my biggest disappointment., Why? ", RELATED: Parks and Recreation's Helen Slayton-Hughes Dead at 92. Before the wrap party began there, Garners assistant dropped by to ask if the restaurant had cable TV and was told it didnt. His first major movie role was in 1970s Kellys Heroes with Telly Savalas. Stuart Margolin (January 31, 1940 December 12, 2022) was an American film, theater and television actor and director who won two Emmy Awards for playing Evelyn Angel Martin on the 1970s television series The Rockford Files Were. When James Garner died last weekend, many of us felt as if we had lost an old friend. pic.twitter.com/I7IVOHx1yU, A friendship with the legendary James Garner opened several doors for Margolin, who appeared with the star of Maverick multiple times on screen. Stuart Margolin, best known for his Emmy-winning role on The Rockford Files, died Monday at 82 of natural causes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Emmy-winning actors death was announced by his stepson. Stuart Margolin, a character actor best known for playing the sidekick to James Garners private detective on the hit series The Rockford Files, a role that won Mr. Margolin back-to-back Emmy Awards as best supporting actor in 1979 and 1980, died on Monday in Staunton, Va. He was a character actor and a friend of James Garner. Garner was as loyal to the Emmy-winning actor and director as Jim Rockford was to hustler Angel Martin, the sidekick Margolin played to oily perfection in The Rockford Files. My mother, brother and I holding his hands.. More recently, Margolin appeared on30 RockandThe X-Filesand with Richard Gere inArbitrage(2012), and he wroteWhat the Night Can Do(2017), stepping in to also star when the original leading man, Martin Sheen, suffered an injury. Rockford turns over a new leaf, going from criminal to detective, and Angel causes trouble as one of his closest friends who can't seem to let go of his convict past. No wonder. I knew he was the one for the part. (Margolin played a drunk man who hit his head on his jail cell bars. He was best known for playing the slick but sweet con man Evelyn Angel Martin on The Rockford Files. I chose to work with Jim Garner because I thought Id have more fun, which I never regretted., It was a great series with great writers and the favorite show Jim ever did. "I was being sought after as a young character actor and comedian until I had a choice to be on The Mary Tyler Moore Show or on Nichols with Jim Garner," he said in an interview in 2017, per THR. After getting kicked out of several public schools, he went to a boarding school in Nashville and a private school in Dallas. After graduating from Scottsdale (Arizona) High School in 1958, he followed Brown, now an acting teacher and director at the Pasadena Playhouse, to Southern California. Actor Stuart Margolin died earlier this week following a long battle with cancer. Stuart Margolin, the actor best known for his role as Evelyn Angel Martin on the 1970s detective drama The Rockford Files, has died. There was a problem. A friendship with the legendary James Garner opened several doors for Margolin, who appeared with the star of Maverick multiple times on screen. Margolin also released a country album with the title And the Angel Sings. . 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Patricia recalled her lifelong romance with Margolin to USA Today, which began when they were teenagers and met in juvenile court. Margolin was on trial for running away from home and attempting to live on his own at age 14. I confess Ive never understood why Rockford likes Angel so much, because hes rotten to the core, James Garner wrote in his 2011 memoir, The Garner Files. We remember Stuart Margolin, who sadly passed away yesterday. He then showed up inThe Gambler(1974) with James Caan, in the Westworld sequel Futureworld (1976), as a mill foreman in Terrence MalicksDays of Heaven(1978) and on a couple episodes ofM*A*S*H. When Garner returned to play Bret Maverick in 1981 for a new NBC series, Margolin came with him, playing a crooked character named Philo Sandeen who claimed to be an Indian scout and called himself Standing Bear. Margolin got his start acting in the early 1960s, with some of his earliest acting credits being guest star roles on black-and-white sitcoms like The Gertrude Berg Show and Ensign OToole. He proceeded to make sporadic appearances on shows including Bewitched, That Girl, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Partridge Family. before ultimately scoring a recurring gig on Love, American Style, which he even directed an episode of in 1973. "The He would later appear in episodes of M*A*S*H and Magnum P.I. He was one of the most generous people Ive ever met, Martini said. He was 82. Margolin, who won two Emmy Awards for his performance on the show, passed away on Monday, according to an Instagram post from his actor stepson, Max Martini. Another of his stepchildren, director Christopher Martini, said Margolin died of natural causes in Staunton, Virginia, the Hollywood Reporter reported. The death was originally confirmed by the actor's stepson, Max Martini, on Instagram, but the post has since been removed. In 1981, when Garner came back to play Bret Maverick in a new NBC show, Margolin played a bad guy named Philo Sandeen who said he was an Indian scout and went by the name Standing Bear. You will receive a verification email shortly. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty. The death was originally His stepson Christopher was the director. In one of my fav M*A*S*H* ep pic.twitter.com/j8QOSloCRp, Psychedelic Jukebox (@60sPsychJukebox) December 13, 2022. Get breaking news alerts& today's headlines inyour inbox. He was 82. Stuart Margolin, the actor best known for his role as Evelyn Angel Martin on the 1970s detective drama The Rockford Files, has died. "It was a great series with great writers and the favorite show Jim ever did. The Rockford Files Season 6. He also starred alongside Garner in the early 1970s Western Nichols, which ran for one season, and another Western, Bret Maverick, in 1981-82. On the big screen, Margolin appeared opposite Charles Bronson in The Stone Killer in 1973 and Death Wish in 1974; and opposite Peter Fonda in Futureworld in 1976, among other titles. Margolin was a very successful character actor, earning two Emmy Awards for his role as Angel in the detective series The Rockford Files, in which his character is the former cellmate of James Garner's lead character Jim Rockford. Stuart Margolin, 1980. The excitement The Glitter Dome generated here was not unlike the recent impact of Gracepoint. He was 82. He also worked behind the camera as a director for many different TV shows, including Touched by an Angel, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Rockford Files. His biggest role was playing con man Angel Martin on Garners TV detective series The Rockford Files, which earned him two Emmy Awards. December 14, 2022 by Benjamin Johnson. This was Maverick! Siegel exclaimed. WebStuart Margolin, the Emmy Award-winning actor and director, was born in Davenport, Iowa. Margolin died of natural causes in Staunton, Virginia, family members confirmed on Instagram Monday. Mr. Margolin was featured in his two-time Emmy Award-winning role as Evelyn Angel Martin on The Rockford Files on getTV. He was the love of my life all my life, Patricia said. Born on Jan. 31, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa, and raised in Dallas, Margolin attended a boarding school in Nashville and a private school in Dallas after he got booted out of several public schools.