The first season is always tough for an ensemble show.
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Carey appeared in the recurring role for. The pilot for the series focused on Barneys homelife, but when the show was picked up a few months later attention shifted to the goings on at the station, his son and daughter were gone, and his wife was around for season one, but vanished after that. This sitcom was widely regarded by real police officers as being the most realistic cop show on television. The series stars (Hal Linden, Max Gail, Abe Vigoda, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg) all stood 6 feet (1.83 m) or more. This tribute to Soo features reminiscences by the series regulars as. Finally there was Officer Carl Levitt (Ron Carey) who was a 5’4″ patrol officer who wanted nothing more than to become a detective.īarney had to try and keep the criminals off the streets while dealing with his motley crew of detectives, budget problems, endless paperwork and a wife who called all the time but was rarely seen on camera. The death of Jack Soo in 1979 marked the passing of both a fine comedy actor and one of TV's most memorable characters: Nick Yemana, the deadpan detective known for his dry wit and wretched coffee. Nick Yemana (Jack Soo) who if he wasn’t screwing up the files was probably placing an illegal bet on some game or a horse. Miguel “Chano” Amangual (Gregory Sierra) who always reminded you of his Puerto Rican heritage. LOS ANGELES > Ron Glass, the handsome, prolific character actor best known for his role. Ron Nathan Harris (Ron Glass) who was more concerned with his writing career than his police duties. Ron Glass, co-star of TVs Barney Miller dead at 71. “Wojo” Wojciehowicz whose bleeding heart didn’t match his tough guy ex-marine exterior. Fish (Abe Vigoda) the senior detective in the squad who was constantly reminding Barney that he was near retirement and shouldn’t have to go out on calls. Nick Yemana (Jack Soo) whose coffee was so bad that they wouldn’t even give it to the prisoners. From the main cast, we’ve still got Hal Linden who played Barney Miller, Max Gail who played Wojo and Barbara Barrie who played Liz. He died of natural causes at the age of 90 in 2002.
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Arthur Dietrich (Steve Landesberg) a very serious cop who showed off his intellectual prowess at every chance. His final role was in an episode of the TV show Belvedere in 1986.
It featured many comedic actors as well as a couple of very serious character actors who I’m sure enjoyed the chance to do comedy.īarney Miller (Hal Linden) was a NYPD Captain of Detectives, he was in charge of a precinct house and the detectives in it. In a decade dominated by “cop” shows this one stood out because it was a very humorous look at what was probably really going on in most police precincts.
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