Biff McGuire

AKA: William Biff McGuire
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1926-10-25

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Biography

William "Biff" McGuire (October 25, 1926 – March 9, 2021) was an American actor, best known as Inspector Kramer in Nero Wolfe (1979).

Crew Roles

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Sandy

1968-06-26 6.785

The Thomas Crown Affair

Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover ...
Genre :Crime, Romance

Sailor Messenger

1951-02-23 4.4

You're in the Navy Now

When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to acc ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Mr. Kelly

1968-07-31 7.6

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes frien ...
Genre :Drama

Captain McClain

1973-12-18 7.536

Serpico

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Fred Gage

1955-07-19 6.6

The Phenix City Story

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town. ...
Genre :Crime

Joe Armsworth

1978-05-14 5.8

Child of Glass

Alexander Armsworth and his family move to an authentic antebellum mansion which once was owned by a river pirate. Alexander is drawn into a century-old mystery when he sees the ghost of a little girl ...
Genre :Drama, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie, Horror, Adventure

Jimmy

1963-01-11 5.9

Station Six-Sahara

A beautiful blonde joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and starts the emotions soaring. ...
Genre :Drama

2013-05-01 0

Hollywood Seagull

An adaptation of the play by Anton Chekhov. ...
Genre :Drama

Insp. Cramer

1979-12-19 8.7

Nero Wolfe

Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mys ...
Genre :Mystery, TV Movie

Murphy

1971-10-18 8

Hogan's Goat

A young Irish ward boss has a chance to be elected mayor, but the disgraced current mayor makes sure the candidate's wife learns about his affair with a just-deceased rich girl. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Tom Sullivan

1979-11-10 6.8

Act of Violence

A liberal-minded, divorced newswriter is the victim of a brutal mugging. Robbed of her confidence, she finds her life cloaked in fear and paranoia, causing her to reevaluate her lifelong beliefs. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama, Crime

Pat Martinson

1976-09-15 0

Kingston

In this pilot for the "Kingston: Confidential" series, an investigative reporter, backed by the head of a newspaper and TV chain, uncovers a plot to utilize nuclear power plants in a scheme to take ov ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Sylvester March

1977-05-02 0

Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target

A millionaire hires a pair of private investigators, who specialize in recovering lost and stolen objects, to find his daughter, who has apparently been smuggled out of the country. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Doctor Mike Malloy

1975-04-12 0

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

The son of a small-town doctor returns to his hometown after being kicked out of Yale, and begins a new career on the town's newspaper. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Phil Foley

1971-02-25 10

Paradise Lost

Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadwa ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Technician (uncredited)

1959-01-01 4.2

Destination Space

1959 television science fiction ...
Genre :Science Fiction, TV Movie

Father Tom

1977-09-26 8.2

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

Based on a true case, this tells the story of two parents in New Jersey whose daughter has lapsed into a coma from which doctors say she will never recover. The parents must decide whether to keep her ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Governor Davis

1979-10-10 4

The Last Word

When politicians try to force out a renter in a corrupt real-estate deal, the man decides to take matters into his own hands. He takes a police officer hostage, hoping to expose the scam and save his ...
Genre :Comedy

John McCone

1976-09-29 0

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Judge Richards

1979-05-23 8

A Cry For Justice

Due to hasty investigations and questionable methods of two police sergeants, two hoodlums are convicted for a robbery in which a patrolman was seriously injured. Years later, one of the two cops gets ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller

Cassidy

1974-05-06 0

The Underground Man

A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Captain Miles Browning

1976-06-18 6.7

Midway

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History, War

Lt. Lenihan

1976-05-06 0

Law and Order

Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Byron Craine

1975-04-03 0

Crime Club

A Washington DC club comprises specialists who band together to combat crime. ...
Genre :Drama

Fred Horgan

1977-12-16 0

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorously attempt jobs they have never done before. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama, Family

President

1973-10-01 3.8

The Werewolf of Washington

After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier begins to turn into a deadly beast by night, terrorizing Washington ...
Genre :Horror

Charlie

1976-03-11 0

The Hemingway Play

A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different points of his life exist simultaneously. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama

1967-09-15 1

Diary of a Swinger

Jeannie relates her life story to her shrink. ...
Genre :Drama

Alfred Terry

1977-12-01 0

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

General Custer is on trial for the deaths of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Simmons

1985-09-24 6.497

Growing Pains

Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spe ...
Genre :Comedy

Reverend Morley

1990-09-13 7.391

Law & Order

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 ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Raymond Kelly

1982-10-01 7.111

Remington Steele

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male sup ...
Genre :Drama, Family, Comedy

1972-09-11 6.8

The Rookies

The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Souther ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Judge Helmstadler

1999-09-19 7.5

Judging Amy

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge ...
Genre :Drama

Sam Bissell

1968-09-20 7.085

Hawaii Five-O

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 ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Defense Attorney Kingsley

1973-10-24 7

Kojak

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City. ...
Genre :Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Potter

1955-09-10 6.588

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the sett ...
Genre :Western, Action & Adventure, Drama

Adm. Caleb Stanton, Ret.

1995-09-23 7.307

JAG

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 m ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime

1951-12-24 8.571

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of tel ...
Genre :Drama

Ralph Pooler

1994-09-19 7.819

ER

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room. ...
Genre :Drama

Howard Latimer

1955-10-02 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

1975-02-07 5

Khan!

Khan! is an American television detective series. Set in San Francisco, it is named after the central character, a Chinese-American detective, played by Khigh Dheigh. Evan C. Kim and Irene Yah-Ling Su ...
Genre :Drama

1973-03-20 6.882

Police Story

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of polic ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

Officer Miles

1950-10-02 6.333

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1948-10-03 6.286

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respe ...
Genre :Drama

Morton Benjamin

1961-09-16 6.2

The Defenders

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as ne ...
Genre :Drama

Dr. Michael Malloy

1976-11-11 0

Gibbsville

Gibbsville is an American drama television series starring John Savage and Gig Young that aired on NBC from November 11 to December 30, 1976. The series centered on the activities of two reporters for ...
Genre :Drama

Professor Shannon

1975-09-20 7.4

Matt Helm

Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on the ABC Network during the 1975-1976 season. The title character was played by Anthony Franciosa. ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime

Peter Feeney

1997-09-25 10

Union Square

Union Square is a 1997 television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for one season. It follows the story of a lawyer-turned-playwright in New York City, who attempts to gain inspiration from a host of ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Smolenski

1993-09-16 7.666

Frasier

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty. ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Will

1950-10-02 6.333

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Soldier

1950-10-02 6.333

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Mason Barber

1973-01-28 6.9

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Babe Mandell

1968-09-20 7.085

Hawaii Five-O

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 ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Dana Edwards

1955-10-02 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Ray Loomis

1955-10-02 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Larry Templeton

1955-10-02 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Fred Horgan

1951-12-24 8.571

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of tel ...
Genre :Drama

Coley

1948-11-07 5

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the an ...
Genre :Drama

Don Henderson

1948-11-07 5

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the an ...
Genre :Drama

Cary

1948-11-07 5

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the an ...
Genre :Drama

Overland Kid

1948-11-07 5

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the an ...
Genre :Drama

Ed Walters

1977-02-06 6.9

How the West Was Won

The Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West. ...
Genre :Western, Drama

Self - Nominee

1956-04-01 4.6

Tony Awards

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and Th ...
Genre :

Foley

1971-01-28 5.556

Great Performances

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performan ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary, Drama

1953-10-15 0

Kraft Television Theatre

American Anthology ...
Genre :

1975-09-10 5

Kate McShane

Kate McShane is an American legal drama television series that aired from September 10 until November 12, 1975. Kate McShane was the first series to feaure a female lawyer in the lead role. ...
Genre :Drama

Officer Sterling

1975-09-10 7.251

Starsky & Hutch

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime

Henry Morrison

1973-01-28 6.9

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Murphy

1971-01-28 5.556

Great Performances

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performan ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Paul Cunningham

1956-07-08 5.8

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later b ...
Genre :

Lieutenant Tom Wallace

1955-09-20 6.952

The Phil Silvers Show

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, was a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergean ...
Genre :Comedy

Joe Armsworth

1954-10-27 7.774

The Wonderful World of Disney

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. T ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Kids, Family

Chandler

1953-10-15 0

Kraft Television Theatre

American Anthology ...
Genre :

Riley

1948-11-07 5

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the an ...
Genre :Drama

Bill

1948-11-07 5

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the an ...
Genre :Drama

Charles Belden

1948-11-07 5

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the an ...
Genre :Drama

1948-10-17 0

The Ford Theatre Hour

An anthology series based in New York City which attracted a high caliber group of actors, often Broadway stars. Stories were both drama and comedies, some original but others adaptions of films and p ...
Genre :

Tweedledee

1948-10-17 0

The Ford Theatre Hour

An anthology series based in New York City which attracted a high caliber group of actors, often Broadway stars. Stories were both drama and comedies, some original but others adaptions of films and p ...
Genre :

1947-05-07 7.5

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theater is an American, well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas. ...
Genre :Drama