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Don Scardino
Directing

Don Scardino
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1949-02-17,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Don Scardino (born 17 February 1948) is an American television director and producer and a former actor. Born in New York City, Scardino began his career as an actor. His first Broadway credit was as an understudy in The Playroom in 1965. Additional Broadway acting credits include Johnny No-Trump, Godspell, and King of Hearts. Off-Broadway he appeared in The Rimers of Eldritch, The Comedy of Errors, Moonchildren, and I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, he was also the lead in a cult classic B horror movie titled Squirm in 1976. He served as Artistic Director at Playwrights Horizons from 1991-96. On television he appeared on the daytime soap operas The Guiding Light, All My Children, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, and Another World and the primetime series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and The Name of the Game. Feature film credits include Rip-off, Homer, Squirm and Cruising. Following his acting on the network soap operas, he began to direct them. He directed episodes of Another World, One Life to Live, and All My Children. He went on to direct plays on and off-Broadway, including the world premiere of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. He has directed extensively in television, most notably NBC's comedy 30 ROCK. Feature film directing work includes Me & Veronica (Venice Film Festival), and Advice From A Caterpillar, winner, best comedy, at Aspen Comedy Festival. Scardino was married to actress Pamela Blair from 1984 to 1991. He is currently married to painter Dana L. Williams.

Filmography

4.957

Squirm
1976-07-30

6.612

Cruising
1980-02-15

He Knows You're Alone

5.2

He Knows You're Alone
1980-08-29

4

Rip-Off
1971-09-30

The People Next Door

5.921

The People Next Door
1970-08-26

4.75

Homer
1970-11-23

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story

3.7

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
2023-12-08

6.5

Purlie
1981-10-12

The History of 'Cruising'

7.7

The History of 'Cruising'
2007-09-18

Exorcising 'Cruising'

6.5

Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007-09-18

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

0

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2025-09-06

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

0

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026-06-06

7.484

30 Rock
2006-10-11

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

7

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987-05-21

7

CBS Playhouse
1966-12-08