From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Lembeck (born June 25, 1948) is an actor, television and film director. Lembeck was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Caroline and Harvey Lembeck, an actor and comedian. He began acting in the late-1960s and directing in the 1970s. His most notable acting role was as Julie Cooper's husband, Max Horvath, on the sitcom, One Day at a Time. He also played "Kaptain Kool" of Kaptain Kool and the Kongs on The Krofft Supershow from 1976 to 1978. He is also known for his role in The Boys in Company C in 1978. Lembeck works now as a full-time film and TV director. He won an Emmy for his work as a director on the Friends episode "The One After the Superbowl", and directed 20 other episodes of the series. He is married to actress Lorna Patterson. He made his feature film debut with The In-Laws. He directed The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, as well as the Nia Vardalos movie Connie and Carla. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Lembeck,  licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2022#Xmas — Executive Producer
• 2022Snow Day — Director
• 2021Queen Bees — Director
• 2021The J Team — Director
• 2019Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary — Director
• 2016A Nutcracker Christmas — Director
• Mr. Robinson — Director
• Baby Daddy — Director, Executive Producer
• 2011Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure — Director, Co-Producer
• 2011The Bling Ring — Director
• Hot in Cleveland — Director
• 2010Tooth Fairy — Director
• 2008The Clique — Director
• Californication — Director
• Greek — Director
• 2006The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause — Director
• 2004Connie and Carla — Director
• 2002The Santa Clause 2 — Director
• According to Jim — Director
• Inside Schwartz — Director
• Off Centre — Director
• What About Joan? — Director
• 2000From Where I Sit — Director
• Stark Raving Mad — Director
• Jesse — Director
• 1998Some Guys — Director
• Two Guys and a Girl — Director
• Chicago Sons — Director
• Over the Top — Director
• Everybody Loves Raymond — Director
• Men Behaving Badly — Director
• Party Girl — Director
• Caroline in the City — Director
• Double Rush — Director
• High Society — Director
• Hope and Gloria — Director
• NewsRadio — Director
• Pride & Joy — Director
• The Naked Truth — Director
• Ellen — Director
• Friends — Director
• Good Advice — Director
• 1993Heartbeat — Ted
• Fish Police — Additional Voices (voice)
• Flying Blind — Director
• Love & War — Director
• Mad About You — Mr. Shapiro (uncredited), Director
• 1991Acting Sheriff — Director
• Sugar and Spice — Director
• The Marshall Chronicles — Director
• Coach — Director
• Doctor Doctor — Director
• Major Dad — Director
• 1989The Dream Team — Ed
• 1989Ultraman: The Adventure Begins — Scott Masterson (voice)
• Coming of Age — Director
• 1988Side by Side — Tony Mercer
• 1987Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 — Abbie Hoffman
• My Two Dads — Director
• L.A. Law — Mitchell Schein
• Foley Square — Peter Newman
• Crazy like a Fox — Dr. Andy Farr
• Murder, She Wrote — Arnie Wakeman
• Aloha Paradise
• Darkroom — Barry
• 1981On the Right Track — Frank Biscardi
• 1980Gorp — Kavell
• 1980The Comeback Kid — Tony
• 1979The In-Laws — Tommy Ricardo
• 1978Having Babies III — Russ Bridges
• 1978The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars — Kaptain Kool
• 1978The Boys in Company C — Pvt. Vinnie Fazio
• The Love Boat — Bill Burgess, Joey, Nicholas Nelson
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Clete Meizenheimer
• The Krofft Supershow — Kaptain Kool
• Barney Miller — Det. Paul Gardeno
• 1975It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! — Joe
• One Day at a Time — Max Horvath
• Happy Days
• 1973A Summer Without Boys — Burt
• 1973Blood Sport — Reuben
• 1972Haunts of the Very Rich — Johnny Delmonico
• The Rookies
• The Funny Side — Teenage Husband
• The Partridge Family — Marc
• 1969Gidget Grows Up — Arnold
• Room 222

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Donny & Marie — Self