Michael Goodwin

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isActor Film actor Television actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth1941
Age83 years
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Biography

Michael W. Goodwin (b. October 9, 1941, in Virginia, Minnesota) is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of Aaron Spelling-produced television programs, and a number of films which take place during the American Civil War.

Goodwin appeared as recurring character Scott Bradley on the soap opera Another World in the late 1970s.

Shortly thereafter, he did theatre in his native Minnesota, appearing in Friedrich Schiller's verse play, Mary Stuart, at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, with Barbara Bryne in the cast. He also appeared in George Bernard Shaw's play, Arms and the Man at the Guthrie, directed by Michael Langham.

He starred in the television series Strike Force (1981–1982, produced by Aaron Spelling) and The Hamptons (1983). He guest-starred on such Aaron Spelling productions as Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Matt Houston, Dynasty, Finder of Lost Loves, and Sizzle.

In 2012–2014, he was cast in small roles in a number of films centered around the Civil War: Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, the TV film Killing Lincoln, 2014's Freedom, and 2014's Field of Lost Shoes.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979Letters From FrankCarstairsTV movie; also starred Art Carney, Maureen Stapleton, Mike Farrell, Gail Strickland, and Michael J. Fox
1980Werner Herzog Eats His ShoeDriver
1981SizzleDanny ClarkTV movie
1982Remembrance of LoveKen
1985LatinoBecket
1988Buy & CellReggie
1988The Dead PoolLieutenant Ackerman
1994Foreign StudentAssistant coach
1994The Road to WellvilleDr. Frank Linniman
1995Life 101Detective
1997LolitaMr. Beale
2000Cherry FallsMr. Duwald
2000The ContenderReporter
2000SongcatcherProfessor Wallace Aldrich
2004Crazy Like a FoxJudge Robinson
2004Iron Jawed AngelsChief of Staff
2005The New WorldHelmsman
2010Fair GameDavid Addington
2012LincolnChilton A. Elliot
2012Stuck in LoveProfessor Abbott
2013Killing LincolnCaptain Arvold
2014Field of Lost ShoesSecretary of State Seward
2014FreedomGarrett
YearTitleRoleAir dateEpisode titleNotes
1975–1977Another WorldScott BradleyJuly 22, 1975 (Episode #1.2788)
January 21, 1976 (Episode #1.2917)
June 9, 1977 (Episode #1.3273)
3 episodes
1978Charlie's AngelsBill FreemanSeptember 27, 1978 (season 3, episode 3)"Angel on High"
1978The Paper ChaseRoger ToddDecember 12, 1978 (season 1, episode 12)"Bell's in Love"
1981–1982Strike ForceDet. Sgt. Mark OsborneApril 2, 1981 – May 21, 198220 episodesEntire series
1981The Love BoatDet. Sgt. Mark OsborneOctober 17, 1981 (season 5, episode 3)"Two Grapes on the Vine / Aunt Sylvia / Deductible Divorce"
1983The HamptonsPeter ChadwayJuly 27 – August 24, 19835 episodesEntire series
1984St. ElsewhereDr. Christopher RantJanuary 11, 1984 (season 2, episode 10)
February 15, 1984 (season 2, episode 14)
February 22, 1984 (season 2, episode 15)
3 episodes — "A Pig Too Far", "Drama Center", "Attack"
1984Finder of Lost LovesBen AllisonSeptember 29, 1984 (season 1, episode 2)"Yesterday's Child"
1984–1985Matt HoustonWill HoustonNovember 2, 1984 (season 3, episode 6)
November 9, 1984 (season 3, episode 7)
January 11, 1985 (season 3, episode 14)
3 episodes — "Return to Nam: Part 1", "Escape from Nam: Part 2", and "Breakpoint"Plays the main character's cousin
1987Falcon CrestAlex GreenJanuary 2, 1987 (season 6, episode 13)
January 9, 1987 (season 6, episode 14)
January 23, 1987 (season 6, episode 15)
January 30, 1987 (season 6, episode 16)
4 episodes — "Missed Connections", "Dark Passion", "When the Bough Breaks", and "The Cradle Will Fall"
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