Biography
His gamble paid off. After well-received guest spots on "Murphy Brown" and "Mad About You", CBS slotted him into the pilot of "The Nanny" which premiered on the fall schedule in 1993. Shaughnessy was the cool, collected, uppercrust British widower and Broadway producer whose household both comes unglued and is improved by the entrance of the Nanny from Flushing, New York (Fran Drescher). It took a few months for the audience to find the …
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Career Milestones
| Cast as Maxwell Sheffield in the CBS sitcom "The Nanny" | ||
| Starred in British TV series "Jury" | ||
1983 | First part in Hollywood -- a four day role on ABC's "General Hospital" | |
1984 | Regular cast member on NBC's "Days of Our Lives" soap opera as Shane Donovan | |
1989 | Starred in CBS miniseries, "Judith Krantz' Till We Meet Again" | |
Awards
1990 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in Murphy Brown |