Family members have confirmed that two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Stuart Margolin best known for his performance as Evelyn “Angel” Martin on “The Rockford Files,” died of natural causes in Staunton, Virginia, on Monday. He was 82 years old.
Marjolene has also appeared in the films “M*A*S*H,” “The Fall Guy,” “Cannon,” “Hill Street Blues,” and “30 Rock,” and in films including “Days of Heaven” and “SOB.”
Margolin’s stepson, “Bosch: Legacy” cast member Max Martini, took to Instagram with a heartfelt tribute as he explained how the veteran actor’s immediate family surrounded him during his final moments: “The most profound moment of my life…giving birth to my kids and being at bedside with My mother’s father died this morning. My mother, brother and I are holding hands.”
Margolin got his start in acting in the early 1960s, with some of his early acting credits coming from guest star roles on black and white sitcoms like “The Gertrude Berg Show” and “Ensign O’Toole”. He proceeded to appear sporadically in shows including ‘Bewitched’, ‘That Girl’, ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘The Partridge Family’. before eventually scoring a repeat gig on “Love, American Style,” which he even directed for an episode in 1973.
But the rising star’s big break came with a recurring role as Deputy Mitchell’s sidekick alongside co-star James Garner on NBC’s 1971 series “Nichols.”
Garner wrote of Margolin in his 2011 memoir, “We did screen tests but couldn’t find what we were looking for until one day I saw a clip of ‘Love, American Style. ‘” It wasn’t a scene that had to be laughed at, but the actor was good So, it broke me. I knew he was the right person for the part.”
Margolin and Garner’s off-screen friendship would lead to him being offered a role in another NBC project – “The Rockford Files” – which followed the crime-solving secrets of former private detective and con artist Jim Rockford. In the series, Marjolene’s character, Angel, is a pathological liar who befriends Jim in prison.
He reprized the role in a number of “Rockford Files” TV movies in the 1990s.
The multi-hyphenate has also directed numerous television episodes, with notable credits being two episodes of “Wonder Woman” in 1977, seven episodes of “The Love Boat” that same year and three episodes of “Intelligence” in the early 2000s.
Margolin’s most recent projects include a voice role in the short film “Home,” which was released earlier this year, along with “What the Night Can Do,” which Margolin starred in and wrote under the direction of protégé Christopher Martini.
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