Joseph Campanella - wikipedia Joseph Campanella Joseph Campanella Campanella in The Nurses, 1965 Joseph Anthony Campanella ( 1924 - 11 - 21 ) November 21, 1924 ( age 92 ) Lewistown, Pennsylvania Occupation Actor Years active 1952 -- 2009 Spouse ( s ) Kathryn Jill Bartholomew ( m. 1964 ) Joseph Anthony Campanella ( born November 21, 1924 ) is an American character actor who has appeared in more than 200 television and film roles since the early 1950s. Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links Career This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( April 2017 ) Campanella was born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania to Philip and Mary O. Campanella, immigrants from Sicily. He appeared in such television shows as Combat, Decoy, The Eleventh Hour, The Doctors ( 1963 ), The Fugitive, Mission : Impossible, Marcus Welby, M.D., Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, Alias Smith and Jones, The Untouchables, Police Story, The Road West, The Invaders, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rockford Files, The Golden Girls, and Mama 's Family. He had a recurring role from 1959 - 62 as a criminal named Joe Turino on the long - running CBS daytime drama The Guiding Light. He had a role in 1967 as Lew Wickersham in the television series Mannix as Joe Mannix 's boss and friend, before the PI started his own firm. Campanella appeared as attorney Brian Darrell from 1969 - 72 in The Bold Ones : The Lawyers. Campanella played Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department Captain Monty Ballard in the crime drama TV movie Sky Heist in 1975. He played Ann Romano 's ex-husband, Ed Cooper, in eight episodes of One Day at a Time ( 1975 -- 1984 ) and Barbara Stanwyck 's love interest in the first season ( 1985 -- 1986 ) of Aaron Spelling 's short - lived Dynasty spinoff, The Colbys. He appeared in a second - season episode of The Golden Girls as a detective and a seventh - season episode of `` Star Trek : Voyager. '' He had a prominent role as Harper Deveraux on the soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1987 to 1988, had a recurring role as a doctor in `` Beauty and the Beast '' ( 1989 - 1990 ), and a recurring role on The Bold and the Beautiful from 1996 to 2005. Campanella hosted the Canadian educational program Science International between 1976 -- 79, which aired on Nickelodeon as What Will They Think Of Next ? He appeared in the independent comedy, For Heaven 's Sake. On Broadway, Campanella was featured in three productions. His first, The Captains and the Kings, opened in January 1962 and lasted only seven performances. In February 1962, he was cast in A Gift of Time with Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland. The show was written and directed by Garson Kanin, and Campanella received a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actor in a Play. His last Broadway performance was in the musical Hot Spot in 1963, which starred Judy Holliday. The show was not well received and delayed its opening four times, resulting in a run of 58 previews and 43 regular performances. He formerly provided the voice - over for BMW commercials in the United States, intoning, `` BMW... the ultimate driving machine. '' For several years beginning in the 1970s, Campanella was a spokesman for Napa Auto Parts. Campanella voiced the character of Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard on Spider - Man : The Animated Series ( 1994 -- 97 ). He narrated the Discover science series on the Disney Channel from 1992 - 94. Personal life Campanella 's father, Philip, an immigrant from Sicily, was an early member of the American Federation of Musicians. Campanella himself served in the United States Navy during World War II, becoming one of its youngest commanders. He later graduated from Manhattan College in 1948, and attended Columbia University, where he studied drama. Joseph Campanella is the younger brother of actor Frank Campanella, who died in December 2006. Filmography The Young Lovers ( 1964 ) The St. Valentine 's Day Massacre ( 1967 ) Ben ( 1972 ) Silent Running ( 1972 ) ( voice only ) The President 's Plane Is Missing ( 1973 ) ( TV movie ) Skyway to Death ( 1974 ) ( TV movie ) Terror on the 40th Floor ( 1974 ) ( TV movie ) Hit Lady ( 1974 ) ( TV movie ) Child Under a Leaf ( 1974 ) Sky Heist ( 1975 ) ( TV movie ) Meteor ( 1979 ) Defiance ( 1980 ) Hangar 18 ( 1980 ) Earthbound ( 1981 ) My Body, My Child ( 1982 ) ( TV movie ) Great Transport ( 1983 ) Steele Justice ( 1987 ) Club Fed ( 1990 ) A Show of Force ( 1990 ) Down the Drain ( 1990 ) Last Call ( 1991 ) Christmas at Cadillac Jack 's ( 2007 ) Biography portal New York City portal California portal Film portal Television portal World War II portal United States Navy portal References Jump up ^ `` Joseph Campanella profile ''. Playbill. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ Suskin, Steven ( 2009 ). The Sound of Broadway Music : A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations. Oxford University Press. p. 432. ISBN 978 - 0199790845. Jump up ^ `` Jerry Wilson 's Road Trips ''. BT Memories. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Participates in Seminar ( photo ) ''. Ludington Daily News. February 19, 1979. p. 6. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ Erickson, Hal. `` Joseph Campanella biography ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Sunday 07 January 2007 ''. jasperjottings.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Frank Campanella, Character Actor, 87, Dies ''. The New York Times. Associated Press. January 6, 2007. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 07. External links Joseph Campanella on IMDb VIAF : 120327396 LCCN : n82012628 ISNI : 0000 0001 1456 1923 GND : 141079738 BNF : cb141612885 ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Campanella&oldid=805907181 '' Categories : 1924 births Living people Male actors from Pennsylvania American male film actors 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors American male voice actors American male soap opera actors American male television actors Manhattan College alumni American people of Sicilian descent Male actors of Italian descent American military personnel of World War II Hidden categories : Articles with hCards BLP articles lacking sources from April 2017 All BLP articles lacking sources All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April 2017 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch فارسی Français Italiano Magyar Polski Simple English Edit links This page was last edited on 18 October 2017, at 11 : 41. 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