{"id":1774452,"date":"2022-12-14T06:30:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774452"},"modified":"2022-12-14T06:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:48:27","slug":"emmy-award-winning-actor-stuart-margolin-best-known-from-the-rockford-files-dead-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emmy-award-winning-actor-stuart-margolin-best-known-from-the-rockford-files-dead-at-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmy Award-Winning Actor Stuart Margolin, Best Known From \u201cThe Rockford Files\u201d Dead at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Femmy-award-winning-actor-stuart-margolin-best-known-from-the-rockford-files-dead-at-82%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774452&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">Stuart Margolin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Rockford Files&#8221;<\/a> and &#8220;The Mary Tyler Moore Show&#8221; actor, has died. He was 82.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Margolin\u2019s stepson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/events\/departed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed his death<\/a> on his social media page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The two most profound moments in my life\u2026 the birth of my kids and being bedside as my step-father passed this morning. My mother, brother and I holding his hands. All the time in between birth and death, life, is up to us to fill with equally profound moments,&#8221; his stepson and actor Max Martini shared on his Instagram, Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/betty-white-mary-tyler-moore-show-cast-member\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BETTY WHITE WAS 4TH \u2018MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW\u2019 CAST MEMBER LOST IN 2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It made me realize how much time I\u2019ve wasted on things that were never going to amount to anything. Just a profound realization I thought I\u2019d share. Love you Stuart Margolin. A great actor\/writer\/producer\/director. But more importantly, a profoundly gifted step-father that was always there with love and support for his family. RIP Pappy. Keep \u2018em cold.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Margolin\u2019s other stepson, director Christopher Martini, said he died of natural causes in Staunton, Virginia, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Margolin was best known for his role as con man, Evelyn &#8220;Angel&#8221; Martin on &#8220;The Rockford Files.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/stuart-margolin.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The Emmy-winning actor appeared in director Michael Winner&#039;s movies, including \" The Stone Killer  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      The Emmy-winning actor appeared in director Michael Winner&#8217;s movies, including &#8220;The Stone Killer&#8221; and &#8220;Death Wish&#8221; with his costar Charles Bronson.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other notable roles were in 1981\u2019s &#8220;S.O.B.&#8221; where he starred alongside Julie Andrews, and 1986\u2019s &#8220;A Fine Mess.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/betty-white-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BETTY WHITE, TELEVISION LEGEND, DEAD AT 99<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Emmy-winning actor appeared in 1973\u2019s &#8220;The Stone Killer&#8221; and 1974&#8217;s &#8220;Death Wish&#8221; alongside Charles Bronson. Both films were directed by Michael Winner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/GettyImages-865853368.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"After \" The Rockford Files \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      After &#8220;The Rockford Files&#8221; successfully aired for six seasons, Margolin received two Emmys for his work, as outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his character Angel.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After &#8220;The Rockford Files&#8221; successfully aired for six seasons, Margolin received two Emmys for his work as outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his character Angel.<\/p>\n<p>Margolin&#8217;s friend and co-star James Garner wrote a memoir in 2011 titled &#8220;The Garner Files,&#8221; where he discussed his role in the hit show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/GettyImages-93411590.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Famed actor Stuart Margolin also starred in \" Love \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Famed actor Stuart Margolin also starred in &#8220;Love, American Style,&#8221; &#8220;Blackouts&#8221; and &#8220;The Censor.&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I confess I\u2019ve never understood why Rockford likes Angel so much because he\u2019s rotten to the core,&#8221; Garner wrote in his book. &#8220;But there\u2019s something lovable about him. I don\u2019t know what it is, but it\u2019s all Stuart\u2019s doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Margolin was born in 1940 in Davenport, Iowa and raised in Dallas. He reportedly attended a boarding school in Nashville and a private school in Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While he pursued his interest in acting, moving to New York to live with his older brother Arnold, Margolin attended summer theater camp.<\/p>\n<p>In 1961, he rose to fame as he starred in CBS\u2019 &#8220;The Gertrude Berg Show&#8221; and portrayed a Navy man on NBC\u2019s &#8220;Ensign O\u2019Toole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Margolin was also a film director and worked on several movies with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/movie-television-legend-james-garner-dies-at-86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">late longtime friend Garner<\/a> \u2013 &#8220;The Long Summer of George Adams&#8221; and &#8220;The Glitter Dome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The famed actor also starred in &#8220;Love, American Style,&#8221; &#8220;Blackouts&#8221; and &#8220;The Censor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His more recent work included being featured in &#8220;30 Rock&#8221; and &#8220;The X-Files.&#8221; He also wrote &#8220;What the Night Can Do,&#8221; directed by his stepson Christopher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his third wife Pat, her daughter Michelle Martini, his brother Arnold, and his stepsons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an Entertainment Writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuart Margolin, &#8220;Rockford Files&#8221; and &#8220;The Mary Tyler Moore Show&#8221; actor, has died. 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