John Beradino (born Giovanni Berardino, May 1, 1917 – May 19, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball infielder and actor. Known as Johnny Berardino[2] during his baseball career, he was also credited during his acting career as John Berardino, John Baradino, John Barardino or John Barradino.
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| Second baseman / Shortstop | |||||||||||||||||
| Born: Giovanni Berardino May 1, 1917 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Died: May 19, 1996 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||||
| April 22, 1939, for the St. Louis Browns | |||||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||||
| September 19, 1952, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .249 | ||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 387 | ||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
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Beradino was born in Los Angeles[3] and was raised near Hollywood.[2] He attended Belmont High School in downtown Los Angeles. Beradino won a football scholarship to the University of Southern California in 1936,[3] but he soon switched to baseball.[3]
Although Beradino is sometimes believed to have appeared in the silent Our Gang comedies as a child actor, he has not been identified as having appeared in any of the existing films.[3]
Career
editBaseball
editAfter attending the University of Southern California, where he played baseball under coach Sam Barry and was member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, Beradino was a major league player from 1939 to 1952,[3] except for three years of military service in the U.S. Naval Reserve[4][5] during World War II from 1942 to 1945. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates, winning the World Series with the Indians in 1948.[6] While primarily a middle infielder, playing second baseman or shortstop, he also played first and third base.
After injuring his leg and being released by Pittsburgh in 1952, he retired from baseball and returned to acting, having appeared in his first film in 1948.
Acting
editBeradino appeared briefly in an uncredited role as a state trooper in the 1954 thriller Suddenly, starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden, and later performed as a policeman who allows Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) to make a phone call to his mother in the 1959 Hitchcock thriller North by Northwest.
Beradino (still billed as John Berardino) played a cameo role in the 1954 sci-fi thriller Them!. He also appeared in a 1956 episode of the television series Adventures of Superman titled "The Unlucky Number" as a small-time criminal struggling to reform.
Beradino appeared twice on the Western series Annie Oakley: as Gorman in "Annie Rides the Navajo Trail" and as Roscoe Barnes in "Amateur Outlaw" (both 1956). He appeared as an outlaw in the opening scenes of Budd Boetticher'sSeven Men From Now in 1956. He guest-starred on John Bromfield's syndicated crime drama with a modern Western setting, Sheriff of Cochise, and Bromfield's successor series, U.S. Marshal. He was also cast in an episode of David Janssen's crime drama series Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
Beradino played a minor gangster in The Untouchables pilot that originally aired as an installment in the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. He then played the recurring role of gangster Augie Viale in two episodes from the first season of The Untouchables series, "The Jake Lingle Killing" and "One-Armed Bandits".
December 2, 1959, Beradino appeared in the episode "The Third Strike" of the syndicated adventure series Rescue 8, playing a professional baseball player who loses consciousness when struck by a wild pitch and awakens with short-term amnesia.
After appearing in more than a dozen B-movies, as well as in supporting roles on the series I Led Three Lives and The New Breed,[3] he was offered the role of Dr. Steve Hardy on the soap opera General Hospital.[7] Beradino also played a version of his General Hospital character on an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Recognition
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For his contribution to the television industry, Beradino has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[3] at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. He has also been inducted into the University of Southern California Athletic Hall of Fame.[citation needed]
He is the only person to have won a World Series (1948) and have his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1993).[citation needed]
Beradino received three Daytime Emmy Award nominations for best actor in a daytime drama.[3]
In tribute, General Hospital left Beradino's image with that of Rachel Ames in its opening sequence for more than a year after his death, through several updates.[8] His image was finally removed in early 1998, but an action clip of Beradino's character remained in the sequence until its 2004 retirement.
Personal life and death
editBeradino had two children, Toni and Cindy. from his first marriage and two children, Katherine Ann and John Anthony from his second marriage. He had a third wife, Marjorie, when he died.[3]
Beradino was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1996[3] and died later that year, aged 79, on May 19, 1996 in his Los Angeles home.[2][3][4]
Beradino supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election.[9]
Filmography
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Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1948 | The Winner's Circle | Trainer | |
| 1949 | The Kid from Cleveland | Mac | |
| 1951 | Francis Goes to the Races | S.C. White | uncredited |
| 1952 | The Winning Team | Sherdel | uncredited |
| 1953 | Powder River | Dealer | uncredited |
| The Kid from Left Field | Hank Dreiser | ||
| 1954 | The Command | Sergeant Major | uncredited |
| Suddenly | Trooper |
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| Them! | Patrolman Ryan |
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| The Raid | Yankee Soldier Buying Cigars | uncredited | |
| Shield for Murder | Gambler Being Booked | uncredited | |
| Suddenly | Trooper | uncredited | |
| The Bamboo Prison | Progressive | uncredited | |
| 1955 | East of Eden | Coalman at Lettuce Field | uncredited |
| Marty | Man in Bar | uncredited | |
| The McConnell Story | Engineer | uncredited | |
| Illegal | Scott's Client | uncredited | |
| 1956 | The Killer Is Loose | Mac | |
| Behind the High Wall | Carl Burkhardt | ||
| Seven Men from Now | Clint | ||
| Emergency Hospital | Policeman at Accident | uncredited | |
| 1958 | The World Was His Jury | Tony Armand | |
| Wild Heritage | Arn | ||
| The Naked and the Dead | Capt. Mantelli | ||
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Sergeant Emile Klinger |
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| 1960 | Seven Thieves | Chief of Detectives | |
| 1961 | The Right Approach | Rod |
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| 1982 | Young Doctors in Love | Soap Cameos | directed by Garry Marshall[14] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1954 | I Led Three Lives | Special Agent Steven Daniels | recurring from 1954 to 1956 |
| 1956 | Sheriff of Cochise | Walt Harris | episode: "Deputy's Wife" (S 2:Ep 6) |
| Annie Oakley | Gorman | episode: "Annie Rides the Navajo Trail"(S 3:Ep 25) | |
| Adventures of Superman | Dexter Brown | episode: "The Unlucky Number" (S 4:Ep 2) | |
| Annie Oakley | Henchman Roscoe Barnes | episode: "Amateur Outlaw" (S 3:Ep 28) | |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Marty Stopka | episode: "The Torch Carriers" (S 1:Ep 9) |
| 1958 | Tombstone Territory | Frank Leslie | episode: "Shoot Out at Dark" (S 1, Ep 13) |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Kendall | episode: "The Counterfeiters" (S 3"Ep 13 | |
| "Sea Hunt" | Athlete Father Dave Crane | episode: "The Lost Ones", S 1, Episode 28 | |
| 1959 | Have Gun - Will Travel | Nelson Pike | episode: "Juliet" ( S 2:Ep 20) |
| Rescue 8 | Al | episode: "The Third Strike" ( S 2:Ep 11) | |
| Bronco | Turk Hansen | episode: "The Belles of Silver Flat" (S 1:Ep 14) | |
| The Untouchables | Johnny Giannini, Augie Viale | episode 1: pilot, Episodes 3 and 17 | |
| The Texan | Duke Ellis | episode: "The Marshal of Yellow Jacket" | |
| 1960 | U.S. Marshal | Carl Tabor | episode: "Backfire" (S 2:Ep 25) |
| Lawman | Walt Carmody | episode: "Dilemma" (S 3:Ep 7) | |
| Checkmate | Floyd Venner | episode: "The Dark Divide" (S 1:Ep 9) | |
| 1961 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Virgil McCready | episode: "Border Renegades" (S 5:Ep 15) |
| Route 66 | Police Lieutenant Fielding | episode: "Sleep on Four Pillows: (S 1:Ep 18) | |
| Dante | Phil Diamond | episode: "Not as a Canary" (S 1:Ep 20) | |
| Coronado 9 | Andre Machado | episode: "Caribbean Chase" (S 1:Ep 24) | |
| Michael Shayne | Danny Fleck | episode: "The Body Beautiful" (S 1:Ep 25) | |
| Coronado 9 | Will | episode: "Excursion to Algiers" (S 1:Ep 26) | |
| Miami Undercover | Tom Dane | episode: "The Tom Dane Story" (S 1:Ep 11) | |
| Surfside 6 | Granger | episode: "Circumstantial Evidence" (S 1:Ep 29) | |
| The Brothers Brannagan | Don Girard | episode: "Treasure Hunt" (S 1:Ep 33) | |
| Whispering Smith | Claude Denton |
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| The New Breed | Sgt. Vince Cavelli | ||
| Cain's Hundred | Al Krajac | episode: "Crime and Commitment: Part 1" (S 1:Ep 1–Pilot) | |
| Bronco | Ross Kinkaid | episode: "The Cousin from Atlanta" (S 4:Ep 1) | |
| 1963 | General Hospital | Steve Hardy | from 1963 to 1996 |
| 1968 | Batman | Doctor | episode: "Penguin's Clean Sweep" (S 3:Ep 20) |
| 1968 | One Life to Live | Steve Hardy | 1 episode; crossover appearance |
| 1971 | Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate | Det. Hallum | directed by Ted Post[15] and the screenplay adapted by John D.F. Black from a novel of the same name by Doris Miles Disney.[16] |
| 1972 | Moon of the Wolf | Dr. Druten | directed by Daniel Petrie[17] |
| 1978 | A Guide for the Married Woman | Doctor | directed by Hy Averback[18] |
| 1981 | The Love Boat | Dr. Cotts | episode: "Black Sheep/Hometown Doc/Clothes Make the Girl" (S 4:Ep 21) |
| Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | Jake Wells | directed by Richard A. Colla[19] and based on Leroy's autobiography Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball.[20] | |
| 1992 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Dr. Harding | episode: "Ill Will" (S 2:Ep 18) |
References
edit- ^ Cohen, Alan (2018). "Johnny Berardino". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c Oliver, Mynra (May 22, 1996). "John Beradino; 'General Hospital' Star". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Grimes, William (May 22, 1996). "John Bernadino, 79, an Enduring Soap Opera Star". The New York Times. p. 21. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ a b Markusen, Bruce (August 26, 2011). "Cooperstown Confidential: Hollywood meets Mr. Boggs". Hard Ball Times. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Baseball in Wartime.com". Baseball in Wartime. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ SOD 2009, p. 67.
- ^ Kearney & Buchanan 1976, pp. 17–24, 53–55.
- ^ DiGiacomo, Robert (July 16, 1996). "'General Hospital' To Pay Tribute To Member Of Original 1963 Cast Dr. Hardy Was A Stalwart Character On The Soap Opera For 33 Years". Philadelphia Daily News. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Critchlow, Donald T. (October 21, 2013). When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107650282.
- ^ "Suddenly". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Them!". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "North by Northwest". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "The Right Approach". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Young Doctors in Love". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Disney, Dorris Miles (1970). Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate. New York City: Doubleday. ISBN 9997406311. OCLC 98757.
- ^ "Moon of the Wolf". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "A Guide for the Married Woman". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Ribowsky, Mark (2000). Don't Look Back : Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306809637.
Sources
edit- SOD (February 24, 2009). "Athletic Support". Soap Opera Digest. 34 (8). United States: 67.
- Kearney, Patricia; Buchanan, Betty (January 1976). "The Story of ABC-TV's General Hospital (First Installment)". Daytime TV: 17–24, 53–55. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- Selby, Spencer (1984). Dark City: The Film Noir. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786404780.
External links
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- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- The Virtual Card Collection – Johnny Berardino, 1952 Topps Card # 252 Archived September 25, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- John Berardino Archived January 23, 2020, at the Wayback Machine at The Deadball Era
