Gregory Itzin
American actor (1948–2022)
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::summary American actor (1948–2022) ::
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| image | Gregory-itzin.jpg |
| caption | Itzin in 2006 |
| birth_name | Gregory Martin Itzin |
| birth_date | |
| death_date | |
| birth_place | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| occupation | Actor |
| yearsactive | 1979–2022 |
| spouse | |
| children | 2 |
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| name = | image = Gregory-itzin.jpg | caption = Itzin in 2006 | birth_name = Gregory Martin Itzin | birth_date = | death_date = | birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | othername = | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1979–2022 | website = | spouse = | children = 2
Gregory Martin Itzin (April 20, 1948 – July 8, 2022) was an American character actor of film and television best known for his role as U.S. President Charles Logan in the action thriller series 24.
Early life
Itzin was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Evelyn Loretta (née Smith) and Martin Joseph Itzin. When he was in sixth grade, his family moved to Burlington, Wisconsin, where his father was mayor. Itzin originally intended to become a theater actor, receiving training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He acted on many stages across the country.
Career
Television
Itzin first appeared on television as a contestant on Whew! in 1979, then in guest starring roles on various television shows like in the MacGyver episode "Final Approach" (1986). He received a Tony Award nomination for his role in the Pulitzer Prize–winning play The Kentucky Cycle. In the movie Airplane!, Itzin played Religious Zealot #1. He had a small role in The A-Team episode "Wheel of Fortune" as Howard, an accountant at a casino.
In 2005, Itzin joined the cast of 24, halfway through its fourth season, in the recurring role as Vice President Charles Logan. By the following season the character had become President and was expanded to become one of the leading figures in the storyline. Itzin received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for this performance. He didn't have to audition for the role, since he had previously auditioned for a role during the second season of the show, and knew one of the producers. Itzin returned for four episodes in season six. Itzin returned for a story arc during the eighth season of the show to help President Allison Taylor keep the Peace Treaty alive. This resulted in an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Somewhat coincidentally, before this role, Itzin played a Presidential Candidate in a commercial for cheese products, who was deemed a "doofus" for not liking cheese.
In 2007, he made a guest appearance as William Adama, Dick Tracy, and a police officer at Randy's Halloween night in an episode of Robot Chicken.
Itzin has held recurring roles on popular TV series such as Friends as Theodore Hannigan, father of Mike Hannigan, Murder One, NCIS, and The Mentalist. He played the head of the unit in the latter for 13 episodes, before leaving to return to 24 for its final season. Itzin also appeared on Night Court, Matlock, Diagnosis: Murder, Jake and the Fatman, The O.C., Beverly Hills, 90210, Judging Amy, Boston Legal, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, The Pretender and the short-lived science fiction series, Firefly. He also portrayed John Ashcroft in the 2003 television movie DC 9/11: Time of Crisis. He had a recurring role on Covert Affairs.
Itzin made his first Star Trek appearance in 1993, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Dax". He became a frequent Star Trek actor, playing five different roles in the various series over the years, and guest starred on DS9 again in the sixth-season episode "Who Mourns for Morn?". He appeared as Doctor Dysek in the episode "Critical Care" in the 7th season of Star Trek: Voyager. His most recent Trek role was Admiral Black in Star Trek: Enterprise.
Itzin was a special guest star on the Disney Channel hit show Hannah Montana in the season two episode "Test of My Love" as a billionaire whose son becomes a romantic interest of Miley's. He hosted ACME: This Week! at the ACME Comedy Theatre on February 23, 2008, appearing in several sketches as well as a short film, "Law and Order: Really Special Victims Unit". Itzin had a recurring role in seasons 1–4 of USA Network's series, Covert Affairs.
Theater
On stage, he appeared in numerous theatrical venues across the country, and was a member of the Matrix Theatre Company in Los Angeles, where he acted in award-winning productions of Waiting for Godot, The Homecoming, and The Birthday Party (each earning him an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for performance). For his work in the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Kentucky Cycle — which he performed in the world premiere at the Intiman Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, the Kennedy Center, and on Broadway — he received Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations.
He appeared on stage as Louis de Rougemont in the world premiere of Donald Margulies' Shipwrecked! An Entertainment at South Coast Repertory, and subsequently revived at the Geffen Playhouse.
In 2010, he appeared as the Earl of Kent in the Antaeus Company's production of King Lear. He won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for this performance.
He was in several radio plays with The L.A. Theatre Works, and played the Archbishop in the Hollywood Theater of the Ear's 2010 audio production of Saint Joan.
Film
Itzin starred in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as a Mint Hotel clerk, who looked and sounded a lot like actor McLean Stevenson on MAS*H. He played a psychiatrist in the Lindsay Lohan thriller I Know Who Killed Me and as a prison warden in Law Abiding Citizen. His final film role was as James Bond (ornithologist) in the 2022 British documentary The Other Fellow.
Personal life, health and death
Itzin and his wife, Judie, whom he married in 1979, had two children.
Itzin had a "major heart attack" in 2015, but was able to continue acting. He died on July 8, 2022, at the age of 74 due to complications during an emergency surgery.
Filmography
Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Airplane! | Religious Zealot #1 | |
| 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Melvin's Crew | |
| Airplane II: The Sequel | Young Man | Uncredited | |
| 1984 | Hard to Hold | Owen | |
| 1985 | Teen Wolf | English Teacher | |
| 1989 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Vince Nancy | |
| Dad | Ralph Kramer | ||
| How to Get... Revenge | Officer P.F. | Uncredited | |
| 1993 | Young Goodman Brown | George Burroughs | |
| 1995 | Born to Be Wild | Walter Mallinson | |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Clerk at Mint Hotel | |
| 1999 | One Last Flight | Joe | |
| Making Contact | Hans | ||
| 2000 | What's Cooking? | James Moore | |
| Boys Life 3 | Scott's Father | ||
| 2001 | Evolution | Barry Cartwright | |
| Original Sin | Colonel Worth | ||
| 2002 | Life or Something Like It | Dennis | |
| Igby Goes Down | Eulogist #2 | Uncredited | |
| Adaptation | Prosecutor | ||
| 2007 | I Know Who Killed Me | Dr. Greg Jameson | |
| 2008 | Float | Ray Fulton | |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Warden Iger | |
| The Job | Mr. D | ||
| 2010 | Autopilot | Dr. Brian | |
| 2011 | L.A., I Hate You | George | |
| The Change-Up | Flemming Steel | ||
| The Ides of March | Jack Stearns | ||
| 2012 | Lincoln | John Archibald Campbell | |
| 2014 | Small Time | Lennie | |
| 2016 | Sensitivity Training | Barry | |
| 2018 | Ice: The Movie | Joe Grantham | |
| 2022 | The Other Fellow | James Bond (ornithologist) | |
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Whew! | Himself (contestant) | Episode 119 |
| Backstairs at the White House | White House Tour Guide | Episode #1.1 | |
| Mork & Mindy | Man #2 | Episode: "Dr. Morkenstein" | |
| Charlie's Angels | Waiter | Episode: "Fallen Angel" | |
| 1981 | Thornwell | Polygraph Tester | Television film |
| Murder in Texas | Newsman | Television film | |
| Bulba | V. Ogelthorpe | Television film | |
| 1982 | Fame | Dr. Reston | Episode: "To Soar and Never Falter" |
| Lou Grant | Young Reporter | Episode: "Unthinkable" | |
| 1982, 1983 | Voyagers! | Ernst / Davis | 2 episodes |
| 1983 | American Playhouse | Goldsmith | Episode: "Miss Lonelyhearts" |
| The Other Woman | Mario | Television film | |
| 1985 | Street Hawk | Harvey | Episode: "Vegas Run" |
| Falcon Crest | Dr. Bitters | Episode: "The Trial" | |
| Santa Barbara | Attorney Howard Otis | 3 episodes | |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Paul Cavanaugh | Episode: "You Only Die Twice" | |
| Tales from the Darkside | Newton | Episode: "Grandma's Last Wish" | |
| Hunter | Charlie Latimer | Episode: "The Biggest Man in Town" | |
| Hill Street Blues | Dr. Kaplan | Episode: "Seoul on Ice" | |
| Hotel | Ed Banner | Episode: "Echoes" | |
| 1986 | The A-Team | Howard | Episode: "Wheel of Fortune" |
| Easy Street | Mr. Haskell | Episode: "Pride Goeth Before a Cheap Hotel" | |
| MacGyver | Tom Cavanaugh | Episode: "Final Approach" | |
| St. Elsewhere | Ving Shalimar | Episode: "Lost Weekend" | |
| 1987 | Outlaws | Art Collier | Episode: "Hymn" |
| Max Headroom | Gregory | Episode: "Deities" | |
| Frank's Place | Brandon | Episode: "Season's Greetings" | |
| 1987–1992 | Matlock | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1987–1994 | L.A. Law | D.D.A. Jack Angeletti | 3 episodes |
| 1988 | 21 Jump Street | Principal Jack Garner | Episode: "Brother Hanson & the Miracle of Renner's Pond" |
| A Year in the Life | Joel | Episode: "Love Mother" | |
| Something Is Out There | Dr. Wilcher | Episode: "Gladiator" | |
| 1989 | Knots Landing | Val's Lawyer | Episode: "A Grave Misunderstanding" |
| Jesse Hawkes | Frank Keith | Episode: "Eddy Street" | |
| The Nutt House | Dennis | 10 episodes | |
| 1989–1991 | Night Court | Mugger / Warren Karr | 2 episodes |
| 1989–1992 | Empty Nest | Judge Russell / Bill Wallace / Frank | 3 episodes |
| 1990 | Murphy Brown | Gil Porter | Episode: "On the Road Again" |
| Head of the Class | Meriner | Episode: "Cement Hi-Tops" | |
| Coach | Tom | Episode: "Hayden's in the Kitchen with Dinah" | |
| Over My Dead Body | Cosby / Crosby | 3 episodes | |
| 1991 | Gabriel's Fire | Evan Stahl | Episode: "A Prayer for the Goldsteins" |
| Jake and the Fatman | Dr. Mike Summers | Episode: "Dr. Mike Summers" | |
| Dark Justice | Sterling Pope | Episode: "What Comes Around" | |
| DEA | Sam Blankenship | Episode: "The Fat Lady Sings Alone" | |
| Hi Honey – I'm Dead | Phil | Television film | |
| Homefront | Allan Carmichael | Episode: "Man, This Joint Is Jumping" | |
| 1991–1992 | Eerie, Indiana | The Mayor | 4 episodes |
| 1992 | Davis Rules | Host | Episode: "Love at First Sighting: Part 2" |
| Bodies of Evidence | Phillip Montgomery | Episode: "Time Served" | |
| Civil Wars | Tom Turnbull | 2 episodes | |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Father Chris | Episode: "Destiny Rides Again" | |
| 1993 | Major Dad | Mitch Hewitt | Episode: "Come Rain or Come Shine" |
| Shaky Ground | Repairman | Episode: "Asbestos and Costello" | |
| Quantum Leap | Sam Phillips | Episode: "Memphis Melody – July 3, 1954" | |
| Donato and Daughter | Cornell | Television film | |
| Moment of Truth: Stalking Back | Rick Boyer | Television film | |
| 1993, 1998 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Hain / Ilon Tandro | Episodes: "Who Mourns for Morn?"; "Dax" |
| 1994 | Dave's World | Alvin | Episode: "The Funeral" |
| Picket Fences | Michael Kramer | 2 episodes | |
| 1994–1995 | Something Wilder | Jack Travis | 15 episodes |
| 1995 | The Client | George Sherman | Episode: "The Burning of Atlanta" |
| Strange Luck | Ted Glenn | Episode: "Hat Trick" | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Ralph Brewer | Episode: "Frozen Stiff" | |
| 1995–1996 | Murder One | D.A. Roger Garfield | 17 episodes |
| 1996 | ER | Burn Doctor | Episode: "The Healers" |
| Chicago Hope | Dr. Kyle Mitchell | Episode: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope" | |
| Arliss | Tom Gale | Episode: "The Client's Best Interest" | |
| Diagnosis: Murder | Andrew King | 2 episodes | |
| 1996, 1998 | Caroline in the City | Hank Parsons / Mr. Lepner | Episodes: "Caroline and the Kid"; "Caroline and the Diva" |
| 1997 | Friends 'Til the End | Mr. Romley | Television film |
| The Pretender | Phil Campbell | Episode: "Jaroldo!" | |
| Millennium | Hans Ingram | Episode: "Walkabout" | |
| JAG | Undersecretary of State Lawrence Culbertson | Episode: "Above and Beyond" | |
| Players | Quentin Belkey | Episode: "Three of a Con" | |
| 1997–2003 | The Practice | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1998 | Suddenly Susan | Bob | Episode: "Car Trouble" |
| The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Mr. Crook | Television film | |
| The Closer | Larry Colburn | Episode: "My Best Friend's Funeral" | |
| C-16: FBI | Royce Bender | Episode: "Green Card" | |
| Any Day Now | Councilman Emmett Kearn | Episode: "No Comment" | |
| Brother's Keeper | Mr. Weaver | Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?" | |
| 1999 | V.I.P. | Ronnie Beeman | Episode: "Midnight in the Garden of Ronnie Beeman" |
| Party of Five | School Psychologist | 2 episodes | |
| The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Arlen Specter | Television film | |
| Johnny Tsunami | Headmaster Pritchard | Television film | |
| Wasteland | Max Brody | Episode: "Double Date" | |
| Early Edition | Bruce Bryce | Episode: "Camera Shy" | |
| It's Like, You Know... | Chuck | 2 episodes | |
| 2000 | Family Law | Mr. Allero | Episode: "Media Relations" |
| Profiler | Joel Marks | 6 episodes | |
| Bull | Lloyd Styner | Episode: "What the Past Will Bring" | |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Dr. Dysek | Episode: "Critical Care" | |
| The Michael Richards Show | Matty Stillman | Episode: "It's Only Personal" | |
| 2000–2001 | Strip Mall | Sergei | 21 episodes |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Norman Stirling | Episode: "Boom" |
| 2001–2005 | Judging Amy | ASA Ethan Donahue | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Wolf Lake | Gerald Carter | Episode: "Leader of the Pack" |
| Philly | Paul Cabretti | Episode: "Thanks for the Mammaries" | |
| The West Wing | State Dept. Representative | Episode: "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" | |
| For the People | Judge Donald Kingman | Episode: "The Double Standard" | |
| Firefly | Magistrate Higgins | Episode: "Jaynestown" | |
| NYPD Blue | Martin Walsh | Episode: "Healthy McDowell Movement" | |
| 2002–2004 | Friends | Theodore Hannigan | 2 episodes |
| 2002, 2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Adm. Black / Capt. Sopek | Episodes: "In a Mirror, Darkly Part II"; "Shadows of P'Jem" |
| 2003 | Without a Trace | Sydney's co-worker | Episode: "Fallout: Part 1" |
| DC 9/11: Time of Crisis | John Ashcroft | Television film | |
| The Lyon's Den | Mr. Thomas | Episode: "The Other Side of Caution" | |
| 2003, 2020 | NCIS | Director Charlie / Spencer Downing | 3 episodes |
| 2004 | Medical Investigation | Howard Lewson | Episode: "Progeny" |
| The O.C. | Stephen Herbert | Episode: "The New Era" | |
| 2005 | Crossing Jordan | Andrew Helm | Episode: "Gray Murders" |
| Boston Legal | A.D.A. Todd Milken | 2 episodes | |
| 2005–2010 | 24 | Charles Logan | 45 episodes |
| Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2007) | |||
| 2007 | Robot Chicken | William Adama / Dick Tracy / Police Officer | Episode: "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster" |
| Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office | Stone | Television film | |
| 2008 | Medium | Senator Jed Garrity | Episode: "Aftertaste" |
| Hannah Montana | William Harris | Episode: "The Test of My Love" | |
| 2008–2012 | The Mentalist | Virgil Minelli | 15 episodes |
| 2010 | Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment | David Blankenhorn | Television documentary |
| 2010–2013 | Covert Affairs | Henry Wilcox | 25 episodes |
| 2011 | Big Love | Senator Dwyer | 9 episodes |
| Desperate Housewives | Dick Barrows | 2 episodes | |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time | Alphonse Frankenstein | Episode: "In the Name of the Brother" |
| Mob City | Mayor Fletcher Bowron | 6 episodes | |
| 2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Alex Mackey | Episode: "Poina 'ole" |
| 2016 | 12 Deadly Days | Grandpa | Episode: "Love Bites" |
| 2018 | Code Black | Dr. David Stoval | Episode: "Hell's Heart" |
| America 2.0 | President Ward Baker | Episode: "Ice" | |
| 2019 | The Resident | Sunflower | Episode: "The Unbefriended" |
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References
References
- "Gregory Itzin Official Website".
- (July 8, 2022). "Gregory Itzin, '24' and 'Star Trek' actor, dies at 74".
- (July 8, 2022). "Gregory Itzin Dies: Actor Who Played '24' President Charles Logan Was 74". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
- "Fourteenth Generation".
- Riley, Jenelle. (September 14, 2006). "Head of the (White) House".
- Ausiello, Michael. (November 1, 2009). "'24' scoop: President Logan returns!".
- "Emmy nomination list".
- (May 28, 2010). "24's Gregory Itzin Heading to Covert Affairs".
- Wenger, Stephanie. (July 8, 2022). "24 and NCIS Star Gregory Itzin Dead at 74". [[People (magazine).
- Wright, Minnie. (July 8, 2022). "Gregory Itzin, 24 and Star Trek actor, dies, aged 74". [[Radio Times]].
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