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Don Scardino

Don Scardino

Director · Born 1949-02-17 · New York City, New York, USA

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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…

Directed

  1. Young Sheldon (2017) — Director
  2. Only Murders in the Building (2021) — Director
  3. 2 Broke Girls (2011) — Director
  4. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) — Director
  5. New Amsterdam (2018) — Director
  6. 30 Rock (2006) — Director
  7. Law & Order (1990) — Director
  8. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015) — Director
  9. The West Wing (1999) — Director
  10. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Director
  11. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015) — Director
  12. Rescue Me (2004) — Director
  13. The Mindy Project (2012) — Director
  14. Royal Pains (2009) — Director
  15. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Director
  16. Instinct (2018) — Director
  17. George Lopez (2002) — Director
  18. Sports Night (1998) — Director
  19. Ed (2000) — Director
  20. Hope & Faith (2003) — Director
  21. Angel from Hell (2016) — Director
  22. Lipstick Jungle (2008) — Director
  23. Cosby (1996) — Director
  24. The Cool Kids (2018) — Director
  25. The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (2021) — Director
  26. Browsers (2013) — Director
  27. The Knights of Prosperity (2007) — Director
  28. American Playhouse (1982) — Director
  29. Central Park West (1995) — Director
  30. Advice From a Caterpillar (1999) — Director
  31. Murphy Brown (2018) — Director
  32. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987) — Director
  33. 100 Centre Street (2001) — Director
  34. Soul Man (1997) — Director
  35. The Big Easy (1996) — Director
  36. Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story (2023) — Director
  37. The Deal (1998) — Director
  38. Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993) — Director
  39. Me and Veronica (1993) — Director
  40. The Education of Max Bickford (2001) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. 30 Rock (2006) — Hermit
  2. Cruising (1980) — Ted Bailey
  3. Squirm (1976) — Mick
  4. He Knows You're Alone (1980) — Marvin
  5. The People Next Door (1970) — Sandy Hoffman
  6. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987) — Singer
  7. Rip-Off (1971) — Mike
  8. Homer (1970) — Homer Edwards
  9. Purlie (1981) — Charlie
  10. Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story (2023) — Don
  11. The History of 'Cruising' (2007) — Self
  12. Exorcising 'Cruising' (2007) — Self
  13. CBS Playhouse (1966) — Sandy Hoffman
  14. You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... (2026) — Self
  15. Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders (2026) — Self
  16. The Rubber Gun Squad (1977)