Ray Girardin

Raymond George Girardin Jr. (January 23, 1935^[2][3] - February 28, 2019) was an American film, stage, and television actor.

Life and career[]

Girardin was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts.^[2][3] He joined the Marines and attended at Boston University, where Girardin studied acting by performing in summer stock theaters.^[2][3]

Girardin began his career, after graduating from Boston University and moving to New York, where he performed on stage.^[2][3] He then settled in Hollywood, California,^[2] where he began his film and television career, starting off in appearing in the spy fiction television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., in 1967.^{[citation needed]}

Later in his career, Girardin played the role of "Howie Dawson"^[4] in the soap opera television series General Hospital from 1968 to 1974.^[2][3] He continued his career, mainly appearing in film and television.

In 1970s–1990s, Girardin appeared and guest-starred in numerous film and television programs, including, Barney Miller, The Rockford Files, Max Dugan Returns, St. Elsewhere, The Lonely Guy, The Greatest American Hero, Star!, Judd, for the Defense, Hart to Hart, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hill Street Blues, Scandal in a Small Town, Newhart, Remington Steele, The Law & Harry McGraw, Loverboy, Married… with Children, The A-Team, What's Happening Now!!, Benson, The Executioner's Song, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days, Midnight Offerings, Dad, From Here to Eternity, Gunsmoke, The White Shadow, T.J. Hooker, Silence of the Heart, Hooperman, Badge of the Assassin, The Magical World of Disney, Murder, She Wrote, Baywatch, New York Undercover, Capital News, Love Affair and L.A. Law.^[2][3]

Girardin also starred and co-starred in other film and television, as it includes, Hollywood Man,^[5] playing the role of "Harvey" and co-writing the film with William Smith,^[2][3] Tom Farese and Dominic Gombardella,^[6] Thunder, playing the role of "Sam Williams",^[2] Gospa, playing the role of "Father Zrinko Cuvalo",^[7] Number One with a Bullet, playing the role of "Lt. Kaminski",^[8] and Flip Wilson's short-lived sitcom television series Charlie & Co., playing the role of Charles Richmond's boss "Walter Simpson".^[9][10]

In 1999, Girardin retired his film and television career, last appearing in the police procedural television series Law & Order.^[3] After retiring, he then began directing at the Academy Theater in Orleans, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.^[2][3]

Personal life[]

Girardin met his wife, Marlene, while giving a performance in stage.^[3] They married and had a son, Michael.^[2][3]

Death[]

Girardin died in February 2019, after battling a short battle from complications of Alzheimer's disease, in Amherst, Massachusetts, at the age of 84.^[2][3]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

References[]

External links[]

• Ray Girardin at IMDb
• Ray Girardin at the TCM Movie Database
• Ray Girardin at AllMovie
• Rotten Tomatoes profile