The Bill (And Other Cop Shows)

[YoungWillz 18,963]

Creator of many law based shows but probably best known for Hill Street Blues, Steven Bochco, dead at 74, leukaemia. http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/01/steven-bochco-dead-dies/

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8 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Creator of many law based shows but probably best known for Hill Street Blues, Steven Bochco, dead at 74, leukaemia. http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/01/steven-bochco-dead-dies/

Thanks .

 

If memory serves me right I think he was one of the creative minds behind LA Law ? A show I loved.

[Joey Russ 7,119]

Probably was on a few people’s long list cause of his rare leukemia, but the articles that mentioned his diagnosis was before I even began researching, so I missed him...

[YoungWillz 18,963]

Just now, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Thanks .

 

If memory serves me right I think he was one of the creative minds behind LA Law ? A show I loved.

Indeed. LA Law was a superb show with an excellent cast (if nothing like a UK legal training in the UK, as I found to my cost later in life).

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Just now, YoungWillz said:

Indeed. LA Law was a superb show with an excellent cast (if nothing like a UK legal training in the UK, as I found to my cost later in life).

I couldn't agree more and I suspect in the fullness of time some of the shows stars will be worthy contenders for the gaze of this forum and even the committee , Jill Eikenberry, Susan Dey,Harry Hamlin etc . I recall having a bit of a crush on a tall blond lawyer in the show played by Corbin Bereynson? Or something similar!

[YoungWillz 18,963]

Hmmm, sounds like it might be time for a list or two, if anyone's interested?

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2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Hmmm, sounds like it might be time for a list or two, if anyone's interested?

I am interested in your lists!! 

 

I am a bit of a list person myself!

[YoungWillz 18,963]

People who were main or recurring cast on Hill Street Blues:

 

Daniel J Travanti (Frank Furillo) - b. 1940

Veronica Hamel (Joyce Davenport) - b. 1943

Michael Conrad (Sgt Phil Esterhaus) - b. 1925; d. 1983

Bruce Weitz (Sgt Mick Belker) - b. 1943

Joe Spano (Lt Henry Goldblume) - b. 1946

Michael Warren (Bobby Hill) - b. 1946

Charles Haid (Andy Renko) - b. 1943

James Sikking (Lt Howard Hunter) - b. 1934

Betty Thomas (Sgt Lucy Bates) - b. 1947

Kiel Martin (Det JD LaRue) - b. 1944; d. 1990

Taurean Blacque (Det Neal Washington) - b. 1940; d. 2022

Rene Enriquez (Lt Ray Calletano) - b. 1933; d. 1990

Ed Marinaro (Joe Coffey) - b. 1950

Barbara Bosson (Fay Furillo) - b. 1939; d. 2023

Robert Prosky (Sgt Stan Jablonski) - b. 1930; d. 2008

Ken Olin (Det Harry Garibaldi) - b. 1954

Mimi Kuzyk (Det Patsy Mayo) - b. 1952

Dennis Franz (Lt Norman Buntz) - b. 1944

Robert Clohessy (Patrick Flaherty) - b. 1957

Megan Gallagher (Tina Russo) - b. 1960

Jon Cypher (Chief Fletcher Daniels) - b. 1932

Robert Hirschfeld (Leo Schnitz) - b. 1942; d. 2009

Vincent Lucchesi (Capt Jerry Fuchs) - b. 1934

Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardner) - b. 1937

Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez) - b. 1950; d. 1988

Jeffrey Tambor (Alan Wachtel) - b. 1944

George Wyner (ADA Irwin Bernstein) - b. 1945

Lisa Sutton (Robin Tataglia) - b. ??

Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz) - b. 1963

Lee Weaver (Buck Naked) - b. 1930

Deborah Richter (Daryl Ann Renko) - b. 1961

Pat Corley (Chief Coronor Wally Nydorf) - b. 1930; d. 2006

Bobby Ellerbee (Blood) - b. ??

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42 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

People who were main or recurring cast on Hill Street Blues:

 

Daniel J Travanti (Frank Furillo) - b. 1940

Veronica Hamel (Joyce Davenport) - b. 1943

Michael Conrad (Sgt Phil Esterhaus) - b. 1925; d. 1983

Bruce Weitz (Sgt Mick Belker) - b. 1943

Joe Spano (Lt Henry Goldblume) - b. 1946

Michael Warren (Bobby Hill) - b. 1946

Charles Haid (Andy Renko) - b. 1943

James Sikking (Lt Howard Hunter) - b. 1934

Betty Thomas (Sgt Lucy Bates) - b. 1947

Kiel Martin (Det JD LaRue) - b. 1944; d. 1990

Taurean Blacque (Det Neal Washington) - b. 1940

Rene Enriquez (Lt Ray Calletano) - b. 1933; d. 1990

Ed Marinaro (Joe Coffey) - b. 1950

Barbara Bosson (Fay Furillo) - b. 1939

Robert Prosky (Sgt Stan Jablonski) - b. 1930; d. 2008

Ken Olin (Det Harry Garibaldi) - b. 1954

Mimi Kuzyk (Det Patsy Mayo) - b. 1952

Dennis Franz (Lt Norman Buntz) - b. 1944

Robert Clohessy (Patrick Flaherty) - b. 1957

Megan Gallagher (Tina Russo) - b. 1960

Jon Cypher (Chief Fletcher Daniels) - b. 1932

Robert Hirschfeld (Leo Schnitz) - b. 1942; d. 2009

Vincent Lucchesi (Capt Jerry Fuchs) - b. 1934

Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardner) - b. 1937

Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez) - b. 1950; d. 1988

Jeffrey Tambor (Alan Wachtel) - b. 1944

George Wyner (ADA Irwin Bernstein) - b. 1945

Lisa Sutton (Robin Tataglia) - b. ??

Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz) - b. 1963

Lee Weaver (Buck Naked) - b. 1930

Deborah Richter (Daryl Ann Renko) - b. 1961

Pat Corley (Chief Coronor Wally Nydorf) - b. 1930; d. 2006

Bobby Ellerbee (Blood) - b. ??

I am impressed! Did you watch  any of    the glossy US big soaps in the 1980s ?

Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest or Knots Landing? The regular and reoccurring or guest cast members of those soaps are also an interesting rollcall of names Im sure . A fair few of them would be decent contenders for the committee in future. Ken Kercheval, Linda Gray,  Patrick Duffy , Barbara Eden , Priscilla Presley , Donna Mills , Heather Locklear , George Hamilton etc

[YoungWillz 18,963]

Nah, the US soaps in those days were fantasyland for someone like me living in Thatcher's Britain. They bore no resemblance to my life or even one I aspired to. Anyway, not for this thread and if someone wants to even attempt lists in the soap thread for those, they are welcome to them.

[CoffinLodger 1,247]

Isn't there a producers thread somewhere ?

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6 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

I am impressed! Did you watch  any of    the glossy US big soaps in the 1980s ?

Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest or Knots Landing? The regular and reoccurring or guest cast members of those soaps are also an interesting rollcall of names Im sure . A fair few of them would be decent contenders for the committee in future. Ken Kercheval, Linda Gray,  Patrick Duffy , Barbara Eden , Priscilla Presley , Donna Mills , Heather Locklear , George Hamilton etc

Dallas actors is one of the categories in the current Scavenger Hunt deadpool.

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7 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

I am impressed! Did you watch  any of    the glossy US big soaps in the 1980s ?

Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest or Knots Landing? The regular and reoccurring or guest cast members of those soaps are also an interesting rollcall of names Im sure . A fair few of them would be decent contenders for the committee in future. Ken Kercheval, Linda Gray,  Patrick Duffy , Barbara Eden , Priscilla Presley , Donna Mills , Heather Locklear , George Hamilton etc

 

Kercheval was on the list in...2015 iirc, as apparently he is fond of a drink or ten?

 

Larry Hagman was a bit of a miss for nearly everyone on here (notable exception: Lardy!) back in 2012. You'd think an alcoholic 80 year old with liver cancer would be treated more seriously, but so it goes...

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7 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Nah, the US soaps in those days were fantasyland for someone like me living in Thatcher's Britain. They bore no resemblance to my life or even one I aspired to. Anyway, not for this thread and if someone wants to even attempt lists in the soap thread for those, they are welcome to them.

Though Dallas is a category in Scavenger Hunt Bingo this round. Not comprehensive but very interesting.

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6 hours ago, CoffinLodger said:

Isn't there a producers thread somewhere ?

https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8350-film-producers/

 

[YoungWillz 18,963]

8 hours ago, CoffinLodger said:

Isn't there a producers thread somewhere ?

 

1 hour ago, Cat O'Falk said:

https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8350-film-producers/

 

Misdirected yourself there CL, really if you want it should be the Screenwriters Thread.

[YoungWillz 18,963]

Trudie Goodwin is 67 today!

[charon 4,938]

Welsh actor Robert Blythe dead, counted The Bill amongst his long line of credits.

 

 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/high-hopes-star-robert-blythe-15443962

 

 

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1 hour ago, charon said:

Welsh actor Robert Blythe dead, counted The Bill amongst his long line of credits.

 

 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/high-hopes-star-robert-blythe-15443962

 

 

I remember him as the randy caretaker in the forgotton Stephen Pacey comedy vehicle Troubles and Strife.

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8 hours ago, charon said:

Welsh actor Robert Blythe dead, counted The Bill amongst his long line of credits.

 

 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/high-hopes-star-robert-blythe-15443962

 

 

I think almost every British actor counts The Bill amongst their credits don’t they......? 

[YoungWillz 18,963]

Anne Carroll, actress best known perhaps for playing WPC Shirley Palmer in Dixon Of Dock Green, dead at 78: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=anne-carroll-livingstone&pid=190802972

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140731/

 

[YoungWillz 18,963]

Mark Wingett is 58 today!

[the_engineer 1,405]

22 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Mark Wingett is 58 today!

 

He's been winging it for years! 58 of them.

[Handrejka 1,840]

Tribute to Hill Street Blue's cast and crew who died this year. Somehow Beeson Carroll's death in March completely passed me by, which as a MASH fan is rather remiss of me.  

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/owain.mattocks/videos/10218327804409384/

 

[YoungWillz 18,963]

John Karlen, best known this side of the pond as Harvey Lacey, the husband to Tyne Daly's character in Cagney and Lacey, dead at 86: https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/01/john-karlen-dead/

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439482/