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    Don Scardino

    1949-02-17 (75 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Don Scardino (born 17 February 1948) is an American television director and producer and a former actor. Born in New York City, Scardino began his career as an actor. His first Broadway credit was as an understudy in The Playroom in 1965. Additional Broadway acting credits include Johnny No-Trump, Godspell, and King of Hearts. Off-Broadway he appeared in The Rimers of Eldritch, The Comedy of Errors, Moonchildren, and I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, he was also the lead in a cult classic B horror movie titled Squirm in 1976. He served as Artistic Director at Playwrights Horizons from 1991-96. On television he appeared on the daytime soap operas The Guiding Light, All My Children, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, and Another World and the primetime series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and The Name of the Game. Feature film credits include Rip-off, Homer, Squirm and Cruising. Following his acting on the network soap operas, he began to direct them. He directed episodes of Another World, One Life to Live, and All My Children. He went on to direct plays on and off-Broadway, including the world premiere of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. He has directed extensively in television, most notably NBC's comedy 30 ROCK. Feature film directing work includes Me & Veronica (Venice Film Festival), and Advice From A Caterpillar, winner, best comedy, at Aspen Comedy Festival. Scardino was married to actress Pamela Blair from 1984 to 1991. He is currently married to painter Dana L. Williams.

    Movies

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    Our Almost Completely True Story
    0 %|Dec 8, 2023
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Exorcising 'Cruising'
    65 %|Sep 18, 2007
    Documentary
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    The History of 'Cruising'
    65 %|Sep 18, 2007
    Documentary
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    Purlie
    70 %|Oct 12, 1981
    Drama, Music
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    He Knows You're Alone
    51 %|Aug 29, 1980
    Horror
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    Cruising
    66 %|Feb 15, 1980
    Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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    Squirm
    49 %|Jul 30, 1976
    Horror
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    Rip-Off
    40 %|Sep 30, 1971
    Comedy, Drama
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    Homer
    35 %|Nov 23, 1970
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    The People Next Door
    63 %|Aug 26, 1970
    Drama
    actor
    Godspell 2025
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Documentary

    Series

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    30 Rock
    74.14 %|Oct 11, 2006
    Comedy
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    The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
    50 %|May 21, 1987
    Drama, Comedy