Haid: We went from a bunch of schmucks to be at the top of your class. I Tragically, his life and career were cut short when his car was struck by a drunk driver. Bochco: We did stuff in that show Id never seen before anywhere. 17. But he loved it and started jumping up and down," Bosson told Playboy. So we used to just brutally go after Michael. There are too many loose ends. But if you see the episodes, you see how much fun we were having. dramatic sort of down and dirty, but then Hoblit said he wanted something to go with an idea he had in his head, for a opening garage less than a week I know one thing for sure, I will never work with a crew like that again. 14. ", [Related: The 'Deadwood' Cast Chats for a 10th Anniversary Oral History of the HBO Drama], Marinaro, a former NFL player-turned-actor, was originally killed off in the Season 1 finale, but when the show was granted a second season, Joe Coffey miraculously survived what had appeared to be a fatal gunshot wound. He was 76 years old, per the Los Angeles Times. But they were insistent that thats what they wanted. LaRue could have been a one-note sitcom character who happened to star in a gritty cop show, but Martin imbued him with so much soul that he came across as a fully realized, three-dimensional hero. Sopranos fan? That's one dangerously sexy redhead, indeed. Many actors are. Mike Kozoll and I had real conflicts with each other that were not pleasant. Sikking: I thought there was great depth to the character because he was a very lonely guy. Coffey's girlfriend is sexually assaulted. Haid: Steven said, Im doing a show over at MTM. Audiences found the ending unsatisfying. "Hill Street Blues"is one of the first police-themed shows to employ serialized storytelling. Actor Kiel Martin starred in all seven seasons of "Hill Street Blues" as J.D. potential for Belker. When Steven ran into Sammy, he told him about it, and there was a moment when we both thought he wasn't going to think it was funny. Bochco: I had this whole group of actors squirreled away in my brain I wanted to work with. It Then we won all that stuff and people got tired of hearing the Hill Street Blues theme play at the Emmys. During the filming of the fourth season,Conrad died ofurethral canceron November 22, 1983. Indeed, the show was exhausting but also intensely creative. Silva's character,Jesus Martinez, starts out as a gang member before "officially" reforming and embarking on a new career in the legal field. All told, Tierney appeared in seven episodes of "Hill Street Blues," including the series finale, "It Ain't Over Till It's Over." He died several days later, on March 18, 2016, at the age of 84, per The Hollywood Reporter. He moved to NY from LA to be with me, and acting was only occasional, so Bob It just changed the rules of TV, its producer, Steven Bochco, said in an interview. Im doing these movies and Ive got this other thing lined up. One of them was James B. Sikking, who had appeared in a number of Bochco-written shows. Hunter was often the shows HSB.net: Ramona Silipo said you are never happier than when you are doing theatre and especially when you are doing Once they got it, we were off to the races. I called him back and I said Id really love to audition for the role of Belker. the first episode. Marinaro says the enduring influence of "Hill Street Blues" can be summed up as the way the series portrayed its characters in a realistic light. And the collective was extraordinary. Everything Everywhere All at Once Discussion, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Discussion. Bochco left after Season 5. His wife and his son survived the automobile accident. But sobriety is the keystone of who I am now.". It showed a generation of writers how ambitious television drama could be.". About Joe Coffey I had moved out to Los Angeles after my NFL career was over it was 1978 and I had developed a bit of Without question the high point of my professional life. You wear out your welcome. "We were the lowest-rated drama in the history of television ever to get a second season," the Emmy-nominated Sikking says. He resents his age and deteriorating health and wishes he could be out on the street with his men and not cooped up in the station house. ACTOR KIEL MARTIN DIES AT 46 RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- Kiel Martin, 46, the actor who played shady detective Johnny "J.D." Weitz: I can remember the first rehearsal, standing around in groups, talking about how important it is to make this as good as it can be, because the writing was phenomenal. Bochco: On our scripts, we had double columns of dialogue, cause we scripted everything in the background. There was too much chaos in the station house, again reflecting that the police were incapable of maintaining control even on their home ground.. Repertory Theatre, as indeed did had a number of the cast. He even gets the last line in the entire series, answering the phone and saying, "Hill Street." idea. After his plane was shot down on a mission, he served two years as a Prisoner of War. Dennis Franz played two different, completely unrelated characters on the show. The title is never broadcast. "I can still smell drinks across the room. Joe Santos appeared in small roles in a handful of films in the late 1960s, but his first major film was 1971's "The Panic in Needle Park,"with Al Pacino and Kiel Martin. We won everything. Detective Harry Garibaldi (Ken Olin) is propped up in his place and becomes a continuing character, but seems very much like a cardboard cutout in these shows and delivers a lot of dialogue that sounds like it was written for LaRue. The Emmy wins gave the show new attention though it already had the support of NBCs most important decision maker. ", 19. Breaking Bad binge-watcher? "We were anything but heroes. Director Rick Wallace Writers Michael Kozoll Steven Bochco (story by) Jeffrey Lewis (teleplay by) WebHill Street Blues (TV Series 19811987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. AP. He's bad with money, he's bad with alcohol, and bad with women. Here are twelve "Hill Street Blues" actors you may not know passed away. myself were all involved at some time. Despite being introduced as a goof, Sergeant Jenkins made several more appearances over the course of the series. Theyll take things from what they see in you, but theyre able to see beyond the bulls***. Belker looks at her and said, Lady, could you pass a test like that?. Of course what you are doing at the moment is the most important thing in Anything we could come up with. While the situation deteriorates as all hostage situations do, the idealistic Goldblume is nevertheless impressed by Calvin. NBC was in last place. A relatively minor character, Oberman always keeps his cool and rarely raises his voice. Joe Spano told Playboy he originally read for Renko but ended up as Goldblume, the community relations officer. Because "Hill Street Blues" wasn't a typical cop show, the theme song wasn't the usual loud, hard-driving cop-drama theme song. Lucille Bates. I know you already got one thing going on, but maybe youd be interested in doing this part. The original part was a guy named Flannery who was going to be Furillo. With rising ratings came the joys and pitfalls of fame. 11. Buntz was fired from the PD and moved to Beverly Hills to become a private eye in the short-lived "Blues" spinoff "Beverly Hills Buntz," a comedy created by David Milch and Jeffrey Lewis. One of the saddest events of Hill Streets run involved Michael Conrad. In the theatre everything is much more intermit, with a stronger connection and ", 15. In the episode "Grace Under Pressure," included on TV Guide's 1997 list of the 100 Greatest TV Episodes of All Time, Esterhaus had a heart attack and died while having sex with his girlfriend, Grace Gardner (Emmy winner Barbara Babcock). "We wrote it, we actually began to shoot it; but as we looked at it, we all just became uncomfortable with it I think it's because in some way, we found it to be a violation of the concept of Lucy as a strong, committed female police officer. So if you get swept up by it in the beginning, thats one thing. The sum was truly greater than its parts. I was young and dumb and took a shot there. Another athlete-turned-actor on "Hill Street Blues": Michael Warren, a standout player on UCLA's 1967 and 1968 national champion basketball teams. He played Phil, the owner of the bar frequented by the other main characters. And Hunter says, 'You mean like that colored entertainer?' Also of course Michael Kozoll was the writer. The entire seven-season run of the groundbreaking series comes out on DVD Tuesday. His most famous teammate: Lew Alcindor, aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Haid: This guy died with his boots on, literally. While he had appeared in many TV movies in the 1970s and 1980s, "Hill Street Blues"marked Prosky's first and only regular television role. Joe: Yes Bob and I were friends for a long time before his tragic death because of course we both came up through Its the most well-intentioned exploitation imaginable. really would like to talk to a few more of the cast, if you can help there? His final film, 1989's "UHF," is dedicated to his memory. Marinaro: We were described once as the most unattractive cast on television, which was I guess a compliment. Factory. On December 28, 1990, he died of lung cancer at the age of 46. And we knew, once you find out a guys got thin skin, hes toast. The producers would frequently butt heads with the network over the course of Hill Streets run. was a different thing when you saw the finished production however! Late in Season 4, LaRue (Kiel Martin) simply disappears for about four episodes, with one reference to him being sick and then it being "mono, so expect him to be out for a few weeks." My mentor came out of that Gregory Hoblit. In one episode, Belker was undercover at a butcher shop. It took us a year or so to clean all that stuff up. 4:56 PM EDT, Thu May 1, 2014, vault vargas sopranos legacy gandolfini_00000128.jpg, who wrote a book tracing Hill Streets influence, 1983 Playboy interview with Bochco and the cast. He was magnificent in it, as you Joe: You would have an idea when reading the script, but in reality because we were doing different bits at different During the fourth season, Sweet was diagnosed with cancer and died on May 8, 1985, just three days before the fourth season finale aired. Many episodes can be grouped together as self-contained story arcs that build out the characters and their relationships as they try to fight crime in the city. So half the time, things that were going on in the background were in fact the elements of stories and character relationships that would emerge in the foreground two episodes from now. Henry is not me, but I am an actor and I moulded him the way I It was great people loved these shows but it wasnt Hill Street Blues.. A character said, Lets take him down to the worst part of Hill Street. As the show grew over the course of its seven-season run, the characters grew and changed, and their flaws would frequently catch up to them, leading to their untimely, tragic, and avoidable deaths. Kiel Martin was born on July 26, 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA as Kiel Urban Mueller. He was an actor, known for The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Hill Street Blues (1981) and Moonrunners (1975). He was married to Joanne Marie Lapomarda, Christina Montoya and Claudia Martin. He died on December 28, 1990 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA. wanted, where I could. Cast members Charles Haid, Ed Marinaro, James B. Sikking and Bruce Weitz spoke with CNN on the phone. My first sort of big break was on Laverne and Shirley where I did 13 episodes of that show, and then when they didnt pick up my contract, With rare exceptions, every episode of the show took place over the course of a single day, beginning with roll call and ending with the characters played byDaniel J. Travanti and Veronica Hamel discussing the events of the day, usually in the context of pillow talk. which led him to almost being kicked off the force. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much I would say, Well, stroke my bishop. Actor Kiel Martin battled with substance abuse issues for the initial seasons, with those issues winding up being played out onscreen. James B. Sikking . Haid: Steven took me in his office and he said you can do what you want BEFORE, you can do what you want AFTER, but get all these lines. It was clearly something very different to other programs of the This project will not be what you wanted us to do and what we want to do if we have to accommodate all these ridiculous notes. And I left. Actor Kiel Martin starred in all seven seasons of "Hill Street Blues" as J.D. Where does a Teamster make the kind of money to have a gold Rolex? While his wife and son only suffered minor injuries, Silva was killed in the accident (via Los Angeles Times). Bochco: For sport, Kiel would poke at Michael Conrad just to provoke him. Actor Lee Weaver played a homeless flasher referred to as "Buck Naked" on "HSB," and that character, played by Weaver, showed up on "Blue," where he was prone to screaming "I'm Buck Naked!" appreciated. Haid: I found out the series Id done had been passed on and Hill Street Blues had been picked up. Sweet's final project was the domestic sitcom "Gimme a Break!," which lasted six seasons and saw the star oppositeNell Carter. Not his usual role, he told Playboy in 1983. She does the exact same thing. Bochco also wanted to cast Charles Haid. Updated Following the conclusion of "Hill Street Blues,"the world was Silva's oyster, and he appeared in four movies in 1988, including "Colors" and "The Night Before." Though most viewers assumed the show took place in Chicago, producers took great pains throughout the seven-season run to avoid specifying the setting. 25. HSB.net: What happened to your collection of bow ties? Haid used his leverage to get a really good deal to play the good-ol-boy officer. spread from the sky. But at the end of that first season, this was all still in the future. I thought I'd give it to Furillo; then I thought, 'No, he's too stoic. Actor Pat Corley only appeared in five episodes of "Hill Street Blues" in its third season, but he proved popular enough to make a final guest appearance in Season 6. ", "Cops responded so well to the show because we didn't portray them as superheroes. Mad Men admirer? Ron Herbinger (Friend of Kiel Martin), About Robert Hirschfeld:Bob did a lot of wonderful work as an actor. Bruce's golf tournaments and had really nice conversations with them. So Martin is, The only way to service multiple storylines was to let them spill over into subsequent episodes. It wasnt a success that could have been predicted. Marinaro: I asked to leave. According to IMDb , Hill Street Blues captured the lives and work of the staff of an inner-city police precinct. It ran for seven seasons, from 1981-1987. The main characters were perceived as being not capable and having flawed personalities. I did meet several of them at The 1981-87 NBC cop drama (which just got the Complete Series DVD treatment) not only helped turn around a last-place network, but it's no hyperbole to say And wed react a little bit off camera. The portrayal of law enforcement people was so different," says Marinaro, who's in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a movie sequel to his Spike TV comedy "Blue Mountain State. "Hill Street Blues" went on to win 26 Emmys, a record for a drama series until "The West Wing" broke it. LaRue. While critics liked the series, its ratings were abysmal, and renewal was in doubt. ", 20. On "Hill Street Blues,"his death was written into the show, though his cause of death was changed. Robert Prosky replaced Conrad. Youre not supposed to do that. Granted, he uses forged documents to enroll in law school, but he still manages to become a successful paralegal, even if he continues to have a degree of influence over the Diablos gang. NBCs Standards and Practices department the network censor wasnt impressed, however, questioning every detail. Ill see this cast and this show over my dead body. 18. Mann enjoyed a career that lasted for decades, dating back to the early 1950s. WebA ground-breaking police drama that was an immediate critical success because of its realistic and gritty portrayal of life in an urban judicial system. (NBC) told me the character had tested so well, they didnt want him to die. commission for Hill Street he said he could get me a part in it. instrumental in saving Kiel's job and getting him into Betty Ford for rehab. I wish all the group could have visited the set in Studio City. I real don't know Bochco: We created a euphemistic language that suggested the raunchiness of the cop world, and it worked. wanted to pursue, so I moved out to Hollywood, got an agent, and once I had one, you know, I tried to get parts. not so ready to remember their time doing it. We were a bunch of character actors parading around and getting our name in the paper. It was just so different. Afterwards I went to a meeting with Bochco and some of the executives, I had an idea in my head for something In Season 5, actor Robert Prosky was brought in to play Sgt. And Emmy nominee Barbara Bosson, who played Fay, the ex-wife of Capt. where the music came from, but I am grateful I get the chance to create wonderful art, that can be laid on someone else's The project fell into the hands of producers Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll at MTM Enterprises. LaRue, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. He was sweet, sweet natured and grateful for what he had there but saddened by being let go. There was also much comedy and some of the cast and especially oneof the writers (no I am not saying which), loved to play Currently you are able to watch "Hill Street Blues" streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu or buy it as download on Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Vudu. Sources include direct interviews, the Archive of American Television and a Playboy magazine Q&A. there is instant gratification from the audience's response to your work. More than two dozen Emmys, an iconic theme song, a writing staff that would go on to create many other TV hits, and innovative storytelling techniques a large cast, overlapping dialogue, a focus on the characters' personal and work lives, an un-saccharine portrayal of those flawed characters are among "Hill Street Blues'" TV-land legacies. Female police officers still tend to be looked upon with less trust and respect than male officers and are treated more as sex objects in their departments. Jan 2, 1991. Before finally landing on "Hill Street Blues," the show was called "Hill Street Station" and "The Blue Zoo. There was a feeling of responsibility many of us felt of Hill Street Blues. Daniel J. Travanti, who ended up with the part, had played mostly bad guys. Frank Furillo. I did see something on Kiel's bio that said there were no funeral services. Pat Corley spent decades working in film and television. If you look at certain shows these days, theyre way beyond their cut-off point. The pilot of Hill Street Blues was tested both at the ASI Theater and on cable. Ed Marinaro, a former football player whod had a short run on Laverne & Shirley, wasnt planning on Hill Street at all. Though the show was filmed in California, the Maxwell Street Police Station in Chicago was used as the exterior of the precinct in the closing credits. This culminates in a hostage situation on a prison bus that pulls no punches and is one of the scariest and most intense sequences in the entire series. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. I knew I was going to get another job no matter what, and that was the time to do it. Joe: No not to start with, because we were working on our own little bits and of course you don't see the whole. And they left it on the air, and it was my favorite moment ever. Actors' real lives were not the only ones mined for storyline inspiration. Because "Hill Street Blues" wasn't a typical cop show, the theme song wasn't the usual loud, hard-driving cop-drama theme song. Trending. He could twist arms and pat backs. Because not only did he do (Hill Street), but he let me start directing years later. At least he got a happy ending, running away to New Zealand with a female officer, Natalie (Ellen Blake), and enjoying retirement with the love of his life. It was initially reported that he died of pancreatic cancerin 1990, but it was later revealed that he actually died due to complications from AIDS. Did you encounter any technical issues? Weitz: It was devastating. four episodesand was scheduled to die in the final episode. Conrad died on November 22, 1983, during the series fourth season. "Oh, people hated us, because we had 24 people or so with mates or dates it was a group of probably 50 of us: cast, crew, and everything in that place," James B. Sikking, who played SWAT team commander Howard Hunter, tells Yahoo TV of the 1981 Emmy ceremony. contact with. WebLate in Season 4, LaRue (Kiel Martin) simply disappears for about four episodes, with one reference to him being sick and then it being "mono, so expect him to be out for a few 4. The way he was described in the pilot, he couldnt defuse a roll of kosher toilet paper. Actors came and went: Ken Olin, Mimi Kuzyk, Megan Gallagher, Lisa Sutton. That's where the coroner comes in. Unlike his character, Enrquez was born in Nicaragua, not Colombia. This article about an American television actor born in the 1930s is a stub. Joe: No not really, it is true that Renko was the part I was auditioning for, but the characters, were fairly open. But Bochco never flinched. Outside of "Hill Street Blues," Conrad was mainly a hardworking television actor, appearing on shows as varied as "Little House on the Prairie"and "The Incredible Hulk"to "All in the Family" and "The Bob Newhart Show." an interest in acting, and prior to my retirement for football, I had worked in an acting class in New York, soI dont know that you WebActor Kiel Martin, who played shady detective Johnny J.D. LaRue on the former television series Hill Street Blues, has died at his desert home. About The Cast::I worked as a lighting technician at CBS Studio City during the filming of most of the episodes It wasnt about the money. Sikking: We had (punning) titles on all of our shows. The husky tough-guy actor gives a tremendous performance in his scant few scenes; it's a testament to series lead Daniel J. Travanti that he is able to match Sweet during the more emotionally-charged moments. by once in a while and keep me posted on Kiel's career. There are all these actors waiting around. Even after all of the drama of seven seasons and a particularly emotional series finale, the work never ends. I remember one day, he just stopped. I went home (which was nearby) and within half hour I had written it. You know yourself if it seemed right, but your fellow actors are also working on their part and unless it is a very special Aaron Spelling launched a similar series, "Hotel," in 1983. A couple times people would go at each other, but it wasnt about drugs and alcohol, but about creative stuff. But, the real boil belonged to Bochco. While Im standing here Geri Windsor walks in who is a woman and I introduce myself. Sometimes causing delay or retakes in production, much to the annoyance of the on set accountant. Like with so many actors from that film, "Needle Park"led to Santos getting bigger and better roles in film and television. and displaying his wares, just as he'd done on "Hill Street Blues.". On the stage, he starred in productions in Washington D.C. and New York City, including "Camping with Henry and Tom"and "Democracy.". But Haid was a busy man with a recent role in the film Altered States and a medical pilot in the works. "Every time they named somebody from the show, we'd scream 'Yay!' It was a serialized mixture of drama and comedy featuring diverse, colorful and three-dimensional characters the policemen and policewomen of the rundown Hill Street Station. Betty Thomas . Buff my Oscar! Theyd always shoot him first. But everything sort of gelled, my character worked well with everyone else, and Two decades of dominance for the Peacock Network Hill Street was the first cornerstone of its Thursday lineup and the bounty of novelistic TV series we see today. It just changed the rules of TV. Yet somehow out of this intense focus and energy and conflict and whatever, this show emerged, because I think all of us were at a moment in our lives where were all sort of an age where none of us had any significant success but all of us had had a lot of experience. Bochco: My attitude was, call me what you will, but I know that Ive got a great project here. Bochco: We bring them all over, and I hear that (NBC head of casting) Joel Thurm has said, theyre all too dark. The 1981-87 NBC cop drama (which just got the Complete Series DVD treatment) not only helped turn around a last-place network, but it's no hyperbole to say the show changed television, for the better, in a way that current Golden Age of Television viewers continue to benefit from. Without that it is hard to know a great deal about where it was Haid: He didnt let us know for a long time. What happened to Martin in these weeks? 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