Joel Fabiani

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Joel Fabiani (born September 28, 1936 in Watsonville , California ) is an American actor .

Life

Fabiani did his military service in the United States Army and later moved to San Francisco , where he took acting classes. In the early 1960s he moved to New York City , where he soon got his first theater engagements. In 1962 he made his Broadway debut in a production of The Affair . The following year he made his television debut and starred in several television series. In 1969 he was one of the main roles in the British crime series Department S occupied. In addition to Peter Wyngarde , he played the role of US agent Stewart Sullivan in 28 episodes of the series . After the series was discontinued in favor of a follow-up series that was completely tailored to Wyngarde, Fabiani returned to the USA. There he played episodic roles in a number of successful series such as The Streets of San Francisco , Detective Rockford - Just Call and Starsky & Hutch .

In 1981 he could be seen as Alex Ward in Dallas and from 1985 to 1986 in the Denver Clan as King Galen . He had feature film roles in the two Oscars nominated tragic comedy Ruben, Ruben , the film comedy Julia and her lovers and in Brian De Palma's thriller Spiel auf Zeit . From 1999 to 2010 he starred as Barry Shire in the soap opera All My Children .

Fabiani was married to Katharine Ross between 1960 and 1962 .

Filmography (selection)

Movie

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Broadway

  • 1964-1965: Beyond the Fringe '65
  • 1974: The Rules of the Game
  • 1974: Love for Love

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