How tall was Harry Guardino?
In the acting school of hard knocks, Virile Brooklyn-born actor Harry Guardino, with short, wavy hair and a constant concerned look at his craggy-looking face, began to slumber in tiny, mysterious ' tough guy ' movie parts for nearly a decade in the early to mid-50's. A definite man, he eventually gained some recognition with "A Hatful of Rain" (1956) on the Broadway stage, and was nominated for a Tony for "One More River" in 1960. Around then, juicier film roles started to gravitate his direction, knocking out the thunder as a comedic handyman in Houseboat (1958) under Cary Grant and Sophia Loren. In crime and war movies like Pork Chop Hill (1959), 5 Branded Girls (1960), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), Harry went on to join other brash characters with and without a comedic brush.
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