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Michael Lembeck (born June 25, 1948) is an American actor and television and film director. He is best known as Max Horvath in One Day at a Time (1979–1984).
His most notable acting role was as Julie Cooper (Mackenzie Phillips)'s husband, Max Horvath, on the sitcom One Day at a Time. He played newscaster Clete Meizenheimer on the series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
In 1975, he appeared on Barney Miller in the episode "Hair" as Officer Guardeno. He also played Kaptain Kool of the fictional band Kaptain Kool and the Kongs on The Krofft Supershow from 1976 to 1978. He is also known for his role as Vinnie Fazio in The Boys in Company C in 1978. He was a member of the cast of the 1985–1986 situation comedy Foley Square. He appeared with his father, actor Harvey Lembeck, in an episode of The Partridge Family in 1971.
Lembeck has had collaborations with actor Peter Boyle (with whom he had previously appeared as an actor in ) in both The Santa Clause 2 and its sequel . Lembeck also directed Boyle in a number of episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond.
Lembeck's first film appearance came in the 1968 film Hang 'Em High where he portrays “Marvin,” a store clerk with two spoken lines, in which he asks the proprietor where to store blankets. He later acted in The In-Laws. He directed The Santa Clause 2 and , as well as the Nia Vardalos film Connie and Carla and Tooth Fairy.
Lembeck now works as a full-time film and TV director. He won an Emmy for his work on the Friends episode "The One After the Superbowl", which was also the most-viewed episode of the series. He also directed 20 other episodes of the series.
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TV series
Personal life
Lembeck is married to his second wife, retired actress Lorna Patterson. They raised two children.
Awards
Lembeck's work has received recognition from the Directors Guild of America, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (also known as the ATAS).
Filmography
Film
Acting roles
1968 Hang 'Em High Store Clerk uncredited 1969 Gidget Grows Up Arnold TV movie 1972 Haunts of the Very Rich Johnny Delmonico 1973 A Summer Without Boys Burt Blood Sport Rueben 1975 It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman Joe 1976 Flannery and Quilt Quilt's Grandson ABC's Saturday Sneak Peek Kaptain Kool 1977 Kaptain Kool and the Kongs Present ABC All-Star Saturday 1978 The Boys in Company C Vinnie Fazio Having Babies III Russ Bridges TV movie The Krofft Comedy Hour Kaptain Kool The Bay City Rollers Met the Saturday Superstars 1979 The In-Laws Tommy Ricardo 1980 The Comeback Kid Tony TV movie Gorp Kavell Dan August: Once Is Never Enough TV movie 1981 On the Right Track Frank Biscardi 1982 Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever Elliott Garfield TV movie 1987 Abbie Hoffman Scott Masterson (voice role) 1988 Side by Side (1988 film) Tony Mercer Lady Mobster unknown 1989 The Dream Team Ed 1990 Joseph and His Brothers Voice role,
Short Film1993 Heartbeat Ted TV movie
Television
TV movies
Director
1989 Doctor Doctor 2 episodes My Two Dads Episode "I'm Dreaming of a Holiday Episode" Coming of Age 3 episodes 1989-1990 Coach 7 episodes 1990 Sugar and Spice Episode "Breaking in Is Hard to Do" The Marshall Chronicles 2 episodes 1992 Flying Blind 5 episodes 1990-1993 Major Dad 67 episodes 1993-1994 Love & War 16 episodes 1994 Good Advice 4 episodes 1994-1999 Mad About You 23 episodes 1995 Pride & Joe Episode "Terror at 30,000 Feet" High Society Episode "Family Val's" NewsRadio 3 episodes Double Rush 13 episodes 1995-2000 Friends 24 episodes 1995-1996 Hope & Gloria 8 episodes 1996 The Naked Truth Episode "Man Loses Load While Woman Can't Dump!" Party Girl Caroline in the City Episode "Caroline and the Cat Dancer" Ellen Episode "Harold and Ellen" 1996-1997 Everybody Loves Raymond 5 episodes 1997 Men Behaving Badly Episode "It's Good to Be Dead" Chicago Sons 2 episodes Over the Top 10 episodes 1997-1999 Veronica's Closet 4 episodes 1998 House Rules Episode "Pilot" That's Life Episode "The First One" Encore! Encore! Episode "The French Connection" 1998-2001 Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place 22 episodes 1999 Jesse 2 episodes 1999-2000 Stark Raving Mad 2 episodes 2000 The Weber Show 2 episodes 2001 What About Joan 4 episodes Inside Schwartz Episode "Event Night" Off Centre Episode "A Stroke of Genius" According to Jim Episode "Cheryl's Old Flame" 2003 The 5 Coolest Things Documentary miniseries 2007 Greek Episode "Liquid Courage" Californication Episode "Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser" 2010 Hot in Cleveland Episode "Pilot" 2012-2013 Guys with Kids 5 episodes 2012-2017 Baby Daddy 97 episodes (director); 35 episodes (executive producer) 2014 Mystery Girls 4 episodes 2015 Mr. Robinson Episode "Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog" 2017 One Day at a Time Episode "Sex Talk"
Acting roles
1970 The Young Lovers Student Episode "A Simple Thing Called Justice" 1970-1974 Room 222 Mickey Kaufman 3 episodes 1971 Dan August Ron Episode "Death Chain" The Partridge Family Marc Episode "To Play or Not to Play?" Make Room for Granddaddy Peter Episode "The Greatest Ear in the Business" The Funny Side Teenage Husband 6 episodes 1973 Love, American Style Bob Segment "Love and the Mind Reader" 1975 Happy Days Dooley Episode "Crusin' " Baretta Phil Episode "The Coppelli Oath" Barney Miller Detective Paul Gardeno Episode "Hair" The Rookies Gene/Maury 2 episodes 1976 The Krofft Supershow Kaptain Kool 1976-1977 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Clete Meizenheimer 39 episodes 1977 The Brady Bunch Variety Hour Kaptain Kool Episode "#1.1" 1978 What Really Happened to the Class of '65? Nick Romansky Episode "Class Clown" The Bay City Roller Show Kaptain Kool Episode "#1.1" 1979-1983 The Love Boat Joey/ Bill Burgess 5 episodes/S6 E7 "Too Many Dads" (1982) 1979-1984 One Day at a Time Max Horvath 49 episodes 1981 Aloha Paradise Josh Episode "Best of Friends/Success/Nine Karats" 1982 Darkroom Barry Episode "Who's There?" Insight J. Walter Episode "For Love or Money" 1983-1984 Fantasy Island Joe Manning/Dr. Russ Nicholas 2 episodes 1985 Episode "Joseph and His Brothers" Crazy Like a Fox Andy Farr Episode "Is There a Fox in the House?" 1985-1986 Foley Square Peter Newman 14 episodes 1987 Murder, She Wrote Arnie Wakeman Episode "When Thieves Fall Out" Pound Puppies Various Characters (voice role) 4 episodes 1987-1988 The Smurfs Additional Voices 2 episodes 1988-1989 Fantastic Max Additional Voices 3 episodes 1989 The Famous Teddy Z Landon Tarmac Episode "Bobby the Chimp" 1992 Fish Police Episode "The Two Gils" 1993 L.A. Law Mitchell Schein Episode "Come Rain or Schein" 1994-1999 Mad About You Mr. Shapiro Episode "Two Tickets to Paradise" 1995 Double Rush Angus Black" Episode "Snowings and Goings" 2012-2017 Baby Daddy Director Episode "Over My Dead Bonnie"
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