Television

Margolin is best known for playing Evelyn "Angel" Martin, the shifty friend and former jailmate of Jim Rockford (James Garner) on the television show The Rockford Files. Margolin won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series in this role, in 1979 and 1980; he is one of only five actors to win this award twice for the same role.

Margolin played Rabbi David Small in the 1976 movie, Lanigan's Rabbi, based on the series of mystery novels written by Harry Kemelman. Scheduling conflicts prevented him from continuing the role in the short-lived TV series of the same name that aired in 1977 as part of the "NBC Sunday Mystery Movie," where Small was played by Bruce Solomon. Margolin was earlier paired with James Garner in a 1971-72 TV Western series entitled Nichols, where he played a character somewhat similar to the Angel character he played in The Rockford Files. That show only lasted for one season. Margolin appeared in two episodes of the television series M*A*S*H ("Bananas, Crackers and Nuts", "Operation Noselift"), The Partridge Family ("Go Directly to Jail", "A Penny for His Thoughts), The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, an episode of Land of the Giants ("The Mechanical Man"), Twelve O'Clock High ("Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet"), The Monkees ("Monkees Watch Their Feet"), Love, American Style (where he was a member of the Love American Style Players), The Fall Guy (where he played Ace Cochran in the Molly Sue) and Magnum, P.I. His brother Arnold Margolin was the executive producer of the Love, American Style series. In May 2009, Margolin appeared on an episode of 30 Rock, opposite Alan Alda; it was the first time the two actors appeared together since M*A*S*H in 1974. Margolin appears in the 2009 CTV/CBS police drama series The Bridge.

Film

Margolin appeared in films such as Kelly's Heroes, Death Wish, Futureworld, The Big Bus and S.O.B..

Directing

Margolin has directed TV shows since the early 1970s, including episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the 1976 western series Sara, Magnum, P.I., Bret Maverick, Quantum Leap, Wonder Woman, and Northern Exposure. He has appeared in a number of Canadian television series including some produced by Doug McLeod. He won the 1996 DGA Award for children's programming for directing the film Salt Water Moose, and he was nominated again for the same award for directing the 1998 film The Sweetest Gift. Margolin was also nominated for a DGA Award for drama series direction for a 1991 episode of Northern Exposure entitled "Goodbye to All That". He also directed, co-starred and scored The Glitter Dome (1984) with James Garner, Margot Kidder and John Lithgow for HBO Pictures.

Other

Margolin has written several songs for and with longtime friend and singer-songwriter Jerry Riopelle that have appeared on Riopelle's albums since 1967. Margolin was first associated with Riopelle's late 1960's band The Parade, co-writing many of their songs and playing percussion on various tracks. He and Riopelle (along with Shango member Tommy Reynolds) also co-wrote Shango's 1969 Caribbean-flavored novelty record "Day After Day (It's Slippin' Away)", which hit #57 on the US charts and #39 in Canada.

Margolin also had tracks he co-wrote covered by R.B. Greaves and Gary Lewis and the Playboys in 1968/69.

Margolin's frequent songwriting partner Jerry Riopelle established a long-running solo career beginning in 1971; Riopelle released 8 albums between 1971 and 1982, every one of which contained at least one song (often more) written or co-written by Margolin. In turn, Margolin released a solo album in 1980 entitled And the Angel Sings, which featured a number of Margolin and/or Riopelle compositions previously recorded by Riopelle.

Since 2004, he has been a regular participant in the theatre program of the Chautauqua Institution.

Margolin is sometimes erroneously identified as the brother of actress Janet Margolin, who played his wife in the Lanigan's Rabbi telefilm.

Filmography

Films Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966) Don't Just Stand There! (1968) The Gamblers (1970) Kelly's Heroes (1970) The Stone Killer (1973) Death Wish (1974) The California Kid (1974) The Gambler (1974) The Big Bus (1974) Futureworld (1976) Days of Heaven (1978) S.O.B. (1981) Class (1983) The Glitter Dome (1984) A Fine Mess (1986) Iron Eagle II (1988) Bye Bye Blues (1989) Guilty by Suspicion (1991) The Hi-Line (1999) Arbitrage (2012) The Discoverers (2012) The Second Time Around (2016)

Television (acting) The Gertrude Berg Show - Lester Wexler - Episode "Lonely Sunday" (1961) Ensign O'Toole - Lt. Miller - 4 episodes (1962) The Lieutenant - Cpl. Merle Purveau - Episode "A Very Private Affair" (1963) Burke's Law - Young Man - Episode "Who Killed Sweet Betsy?" (1963) Channing - 2 episodes (1963/1964) The Fugitive - Jimmy - Episode "The End Game" (1964) Occasional Wife - Bernie Kramer (1966/1967) The Virginian (1967) That Girl (1968) It Takes a Thief (1968) The Monkees - Captain (1968) Love, American Style (1969) - "Love and the Comedy Team" The Partridge Family - Hank; Snake (1970/1972) Nichols (1971-1972) - Mitch The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973) - Warren Sturgis - Episode "Romeo and Mary" Gunsmoke (1974) M*A*S*H (1972/1974) Season 1 (1972): 'Bananas, Crackers and Nuts' - Capt. Phillip Sherman Season 2 (1973): 'Operation Noselift' - Major Stanley "Stosh" Robbins The Rockford Files - Evelyn "Angel" Martin (1974-1979) Bret Maverick (l98l) - Philo Sandeen Magnum P.I - Rod Crysler - Episode "...by its cover" (1983) Mom P.I. (1990-1992) - Bernie Fox Matlock - Nelson Adelson - Episodes - The Evening News parts 1 and 2 (1992) Stone Undercover - Jack Welsh - 26 episodes (2002-2004) Intelligence (2006) - Flannegan - Recurring 30 Rock (2009) - Fred Republic of Doyle (2013) NCIS (2014)

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