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Saturday August 31, 2024
What is Stuart Margolin Known For?
My friend Josh K. would say it's “Rockford Files” but I didn't watch “Rockford” much. Whenever Stuart Margolin would show up in something, I'd go, “Hey, it's the 'Love American Style' guy.”
So that's what I knew him from but I assume I'm in the minority. Margolin did 29 episodes of “Love” and 38 of “Rockford.” He won two Emmys for supporting acting for “Rockford.” In a long, respected career, they're the only major acting awards he won. So “Rockford” makes sense.
Except to IMDb's “Known For” algorithm.
At least he had an important role in “Death Wish”: the Arizona land developer who reintroduces Charles Bronson's Paul Kersey to guns. It was a famous film, too. It's still a famous film.
But he was sixth-billed.
The algorithm seems to have a thing for “Death Wish.” It's what Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Steven Keats, Jack Wallace, and Margolin are all best known for. A few weeks back, it was No. 1 for William Redfield, too. To me, he's Harding from “Cuckoo's Nest,” and he'll always be Harding from “Cuckoo's Nest,” and the IMDb gods must've finally listened because they made that the No. 1 answer. So IMDb can actually improve if it wants.
I suppose I should be happy IMDb doesn't say Jeff Goldblum is best known for “Death Wish.”