Michael Constantine

Michael Constantine was an American actor.

Constantine began his career on the Broadway stage, Of Greek extraction, he was routinely cast by Hollywood to portray a variety of ethnicities.

He played several Jewish characters, winning an Emmy in 1970 for the role of principal Seymour Kaufman, on Room 222.

He also played Italians, on shows including The Untouchables and Kojak, and a Russian in the 1980s series Airwolf.

Constantine was often cast as lawyers or heavies. He played the night-court judge Matthew Sirota, on Sirota's Court, a short-lived sitcom shown on NBC in the 1976-77 season.

He had guest roles on scores of other shows, including Naked City, Perry Mason, Ironside and Gunsmoke in the 1960s, and Remington Steele, Murder, She Wrote and Law & Order in the '80s and '90s. In 1966-67, he had a recurring role on the sitcom Hey, Landlord.

Constantine died August 31, 2021 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was 94.