Joe Regalbuto
Indelibly famous for playing cocky newscaster Frank Fontana on the long-running sitcom "Murphy Brown" (CBS, 1988-1998), Joe Regalbuto was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1949. Pursuing a love of acting he had felt since childhood, he would study at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. Eventually, Regalbuto was drafted for service in the Vietnam War, but his conscientious objector status led to him performing alternative service at the New York University Medical Center, where he began drifting away from the arts. Eventually however, a conversation with a therapist reminded him of his original passion, and he re-enrolled at NYU to further study acting. Eventually pursuing a professional career as a performer, Regalbuto made his on-screen debut with a small appearance in the film "The Goodbye Girl" (1977). He followed this with other roles, like one in the thriller "Schizoid" (1980) and in the Tom Selleck crime drama "Lassiter" (1984). Then in 1988, Regalbuto joined the cast of "Murphy Brown," cementing his place in the hearts of millions of fans as Brown's platonic best friend and co-worker, Frank Fontana. He would go on to appear in projects like the sleeper hit "Bottle Shock" (2008). Eventually, Regalbuto joined his castmates from "Murphy Brown" for the show's reboot in 2018.
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Joe Regalbuto
Filmography
Movies
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Fire Twister | Mitch (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Mockingbird Don't Sing | Dr. Norm Glazer (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bodily Harm | Stan Geffen (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond Obsession | Jake Meletti (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amazing Stories: The Movie V | Merle (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Writer's Block | Det. Mark Browning (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean | Paul Summerton (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage | Tony Blanchard (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fatal Judgment | Charlie Capute (Character) | - | 1988 |
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Deadly Weapon | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
10% |
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The Sicilian | Father Doldana (Character) | $4.4M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | J. Edgar Hoover | William C. Sullivan (Character) | - | 1987 |
31% |
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Raw Deal | Marvin Baxter (Character) | $14.8M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Secret Sunday | Willie Fitz (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Lives On | Unknown (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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Invitation to Hell | Tom Peterson (Character) | - | 1984 |
53% |
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Lassiter | Peter Breeze (Character) | - | 1984 |
77% |
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The Star Chamber | Arthur Cooms (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ace Crawford, Private Eye | Toomey (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Other Woman | Jeff Marisol (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Six Weeks | Bob Crowther (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Divorce Wars: A Love Story | Barry Fields (Character) | - | 1982 |
94% |
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Missing | Frank Teruggi (Character) | - | 1982 |
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Schizoid | Jake (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheaper to Keep Her | Chuck (Character) | - | 1980 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murphy Brown |
Frank Fontana (Character), Director |
2018 |
92% | 90% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Sal (Guest Star) | 2017 |
82% | 87% | Castle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Major Crimes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
25% | 50% | Partners | Director | 2014 |
0% | 31% | Saint George | Director | 2014 |
90% | 97% | Southland | Mr. Rogers (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Col. George Ellis (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 81% | George Lopez |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
2002-2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out of Practice | Director | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
58% | No Score Yet | I'm With Her | Director | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big House | Director | 2004 |
64% | No Score Yet | All About the Andersons |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
2003-2004 |
20% | No Score Yet | Like Family | Director | 2003 |
33% | No Score Yet | Married to the Kellys | Director | 2003 |
41% | No Score Yet | Greetings From Tucson | Director | 2002-2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Agency | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
61% | 78% | Ally McBeal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Your Love | Director | 1999-2001 |
67% | No Score Yet | Nikki | Director | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Veronica's Closet | Director | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy |
Frank Fontana / |
2000 |
46% | No Score Yet | It's Like, You Know ... | Director | 1999 |
67% | No Score Yet | Norm | Director | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smart Guy | Director | 1998-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maggie | Director | 1998-1999 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Director | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murphy Brown |
Frank Fontana (Character), Director |
1988-1998 |
44% | No Score Yet | Ink |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | Jeremy (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who's the Boss? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986-1987 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Don Eddie Rice (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Street Hawk | Norman Tuttle (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ace Crawford, Private Eye | Toomey (Character) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Best of the West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
90% | No Score Yet | Mork & Mindy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | Officer Earl Slatic-Sanitation Police (Guest Star) | 1980-1981 |
80% | 60% | Bosom Buddies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Associates | Eliot Streeter (Character) | 1979-1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eight Is Enough | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |