Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy - 1971
- Nominee
- Michael Constantine
- Room 222
- ABC
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy - 1970
- Winner
- Michael Constantine
- Room 222
- ABC
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Michael Constantine
Photo credit:
Photofest
Michael Constantine
Date of Birth:
May 22, 1927
Date of Passing:
August 31, 2021
Birthplace:
Reading, Pennsylvania
Obituary:
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Constantine was an American actor.
Constantine began his career on the Broadway stage, Of Greek extraction, he was routinely cast by Hollywood to portray a variety of ethnicities.
He played several Jewish characters, winning an Emmy in 1970 for the role of principal Seymour Kaufman, on Room 222.
He also played Italians, on shows including The Untouchables and Kojak, and a Russian in the 1980s series Airwolf.
Michael Constantine was an American actor.
Constantine began his career on the Broadway stage, Of Greek extraction, he was routinely cast by Hollywood to portray a variety of ethnicities.
He played several Jewish characters, winning an Emmy in 1970 for the role of principal Seymour Kaufman, on Room 222.
He also played Italians, on shows including The Untouchables and Kojak, and a Russian in the 1980s series Airwolf.
Constantine was often cast as lawyers or heavies. He played the night-court judge Matthew Sirota, on Sirota's Court, a short-lived sitcom shown on NBC in the 1976-77 season.
He had guest roles on scores of other shows, including Naked City, Perry Mason, Ironside and Gunsmoke in the 1960s, and Remington Steele, Murder, She Wrote and Law & Order in the '80s and '90s. In 1966-67, he had a recurring role on the sitcom Hey, Landlord.
Constantine died August 31, 2021 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was 94.
Awards & Nominations
2 Nominations
| 1 Emmy
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