Without that it is hard to know a great deal about where it was (NBC) told me the character had tested so well, they didnt want him to die. J.D. This is my cast. The supermarket tabloids have had a field day with Kiel Martin, the actor best known as hard-living Detective J.D. LaRue of Hill Street Blues. So Martin is, understandably, a bit reticent when it comes to doing interviews. He is not, however, reluctant to beat the drum for Second Chance, the Fox Broadcasting Co. sitcom in which he stars. I am about to be involved in play a The Sunset Limited and I am preparing for that. But when my NFL career was over, I kind of knew it was something I In Season 3, he played corrupt cop Sal Benedetto, who was killed off after five enullpisodes. That was important. I was doing mostly doctors, lawyers and accountants. Like with so many actors from that film, "Needle Park"led to Santos getting bigger and better roles in film and television. Unlike his character, Enrquez was born in Nicaragua, not Colombia. When it premiered on NBC in January 1981, Hill Street was unlike anything else on American television. La Rue on the 1980s television drama Hill Street Blues. Id killed every Gdamned thing in America, including nuns and babies. It took audiences a full year to figure out what the hell we were doing. When LaRue introduced himself during the gathering, the camera panned to someone saying "Hello, John"; it was Furillo. Joe: No not to start with, because we were working on our own little bits and of course you don't see the whole. 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. Indeed, the show was exhausting but also intensely creative. Thomas, who won an Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series statue in 1985, went on to direct the HBO comedy "Dream On" and the network's classic adaptation of "The Late Shift," the book about the David Letterman/Jay Leno "Tonight Show" battle, as well as "The Brady Bunch Movie" and Howard Stern's autobiographical "Private Parts. Was it a handful, that kind of creativity? Composer Mike Post who also wrote the theme songs for "The Rockford Files," "Magnum, P.I.," "NYPD Blue," "The A-Team," "CHiPs," and "Law & Order" (including the famous scene-change "chung chung" sound effect) was commissioned by Bochco to write the "Blues" theme, and after watching the pilot with the series creator, Post went home, sat at this piano, and wrote the song in two hours. ", 21. Here, 25 things you didn't know about the arresting series, including its humble ratings beginnings. on to a desolate inner city street, with a police car speeding out of it! When an underage sex worker is found murdered, suspicion turns to a city councilman and the cop, Lieutenant Emil Schneider, who seems to be protecting the politician. Following "Hill Street Blues,"Hirschfeld made many television appearances across the 1990s and 2000s, including five episodes of "Law &Order," as five different characters. AP. The way he was described in the pilot, he couldnt defuse a roll of kosher toilet paper. Here are twelve "Hill Street Blues" actors you may not know passed away. NBC was in last place. Sikking and Bochco were good friends whose children were also pals (the actor tells Yahoo TV he and Bochco still have regular dinners together). But he had excellent timing. Her response was "If you're not going neither am I." The former Yale writing teacher won an Emmy for his first "Blues" script the Season 3 premiere, "Trial by Fury" and went on to become an executive producer on the show, adding Writers Guild awards and a Humanitas Prize to his rsum. Bochco: At the end of the meeting, I got up and said, We cant do this project. ", 19. 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. HSB.net: Interesting that you say that Joe, because I get the impression that some of your fellow cast members are was just incredible! The role followed appearances in many TV series, including "The Virginian" and "Gunsmoke. In all my years in the industry I cannot remember a better cast to work with. The cops were flawed; the story lines were not resolved in a single episode; characters you loved died while having sex. Marinaro: My agent said he wanted to set up a meeting for me to say hello to the casting director on Hill Street Blues, Geri Windsor. James B. Sikking . If you look at certain shows these days, theyre way beyond their cut-off point. His final role was in 2014's video game, "Alien: Isolation," in which he reprised his role as Parker in audio logs. WebKiel Martin was born on July 26, 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. This typecasting only serves to enhance his role in "Hill Street Blues"since it's unexpected for him to play a character who subverts expectations. They had already brought in Ken Olin to replace Kiel and Although some people don't like to look back, I am happy that role made a Margaritas make me salivate. I know I'm prejudiced but I still think Hill Street Blues was one incredible show. LieutenantCalletano, played byRen Enrquez, made his first appearance in the pilot episode of "Hill Street Blues"and appeared in 109 episodes across all seven seasons. practical jokes on each other. Joe: You would have an idea when reading the script, but in reality because we were doing different bits at different This guy did his last thing on Hill Street Blues, and he left his body a week later. was too tough for me. I called Bochco and he and Hoblit come Hill Street Blues Actors You May Not Know Passed Away. 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. The cremation canister was given to the stationhouse and everybody went by and shook it and did things like that. He was, 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). Early in the shows run, Conrad developed cancer. He was a lonely guy with this pretentious uniform who wanted to fall in love and wanted to be a friend and didnt have the guts to go out and get it. 17. Unusually there were no egos and Youre not supposed to do that. And I dont know how many great projects there will be in my life, and Im not going to screw this one up. 13. It was extraordinary in its time. the first episode. The supermarket tabloids have had a field day with Kiel Martin, the actor best known as hard-living Detective J.D. "Hill Street Blues"is one of the first police-themed shows to employ serialized storytelling. probably can imagine because he was such a fine actor. But the growl was the writers idea and all the hairbags and all that slang was all theirs. Following the conclusion of "Hill Street Blues" in 1987, Prosky returned to film and theater, appearing in movies like "Last Action Hero"and the 1994 version of "Miracle on 34th Street." But sobriety is the keystone of who I am now.". But it wasn't always a smooth road to classic TV status. Among the future stars who made "Hill Street Blues" guest appearances: Don Cheadle, James Cromwell, Forest Whitaker, CCH Pounder, Chris Noth, Laurence Fishburne, Tim Robbins, Andy Garcia, Edward James Olmos, Cuba Gooding Jr., Danny Glover, "Terminator" parents Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn, Frances McDormand, Alfre Woodard, and a pre-Kramer Michael Richards. The only "Hill Street Blues" star nominated for an Emmy in each of the series' seven seasons: Betty Thomas, who played the squad's only female officer, Lucy Bates. ", [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. It was great. (For complete sourcing, see the contributor line at the bottom of this story.). 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. Wed go up there and youre not supposed to take the Bunnies away from the Bunny House, and we took them out to the beach. Nobody had ever seen that many characters all squished into a frame of film on television. Were going to have some fun here.. His alcoholism frequently puts him at odds with Captain Furillo, a recovering alcoholic himself. idea. The building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, now serves as the home station for the University of Illinois at Chicago police department. He even gets the last line in the entire series, answering the phone and saying, "Hill Street." Calletano's passive leadership style results in derogatory treatment by the men under his command, who call him "Captain Taco"behind his back. stage at Berekely Rep and Magic Theater in the Bay Area. You still have to do the work. The entire seven-season run of the groundbreaking series comes out on DVD Tuesday. Bochco also wanted to cast Charles Haid. Haid: Michael Conrad talk about old school. Trini, I believe was on 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." Among the series' other writers: Pulitzer Prize winners Bob Woodward (Season 7's "Der Roachenkavalier") and David Mamet (Season 7's "A Wasted Weekend" was his first TV script), "L.A. Law" actor Alan Rachins (Season 1's "Fecund Hand Rose"), and "Law & Order" universe creator Dick Wolf, who began his TV career as a "Hill Street Blues" writer, including the Season 6 episode "What Are Friends For?" He was acting, and he wanted everybody to react in the way he wanted us to react. Before finally landing on "Hill Street Blues," the show was called "Hill Street Station" and "The Blue Zoo. WebHe dabbled in film, beginning with a lawyer role in Rocky IIbut after his Hill Street Bluessuccess, he landed a lead role alongside BJ himself, Greg Evigan, in the 1989 sci-fi pulled off by one of the number and on the odd occasion been moved to tears by story line, particularly the scene where Veronica Hamel Joe: It has been a pleasure chatting to you guys and I promise I will put a good word in with those I am still in of Hill Street Blues. 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. how far ahead did you know where a story that featured you heavily was going? Martin, 46, a regular performer on But I was always disappointed that I didnt end up playing Renko. He was the guy selling drugs. Martin was once in contention for the lead role in the Oscar winning film Midnight Cowboy. All the shows that became popular were hybrids of what we did. Sergeant Belker (Bruce Weitz) takes the opportunity to go undercover and dismantle their extortion and gambling racket that turns out to be much more ruthless and violent than expected. Frank Furillo (Emmy winner Daniel J. Travanti) was revealed to be a recovering alcoholic when he ordered one of his detectives, J.D. Hill Street did not come off as a real police station. Without question the high point of my professional life. 2. Then of course there is always television, a few more series of NCIS perhaps. Its temporary and it has nothing to do with basic reality as most of us know it. Sources include direct interviews, the Archive of American Television and a Playboy magazine Q&A. 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. RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- Kiel Martin, 46, the actor who played shady detective Johnny "J.D." LaRue on the former NBC television series "Hill Street Blues," died Dec. 28 at his desert home here. He had lung cancer. God bless him. It just changed the rules of TV. Theyll take things from what they see in you, but theyre able to see beyond the bulls***. Hill Street Blues Kiel Martin Johnny "J.D." The Emmy wins gave the show new attention though it already had the support of NBCs most important decision maker. These immortal words were uttered by Michael Conrad at the beginning of every episode in which he appeared. [Related: 'Hill Street Blues' Made the Writers Guild's List of the Best-Written TV Shows Ever]. 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. The company's famous logo, which featured Mimsie the kitten meowing at the end of MTM shows, was tweaked for "Hill Street Blues": Mimsie sported a police hat. [Laughs.] A relatively minor character, Oberman always keeps his cool and rarely raises his voice. Charles Haid . Sweet's final project was the domestic sitcom "Gimme a Break!," which lasted six seasons and saw the star oppositeNell Carter. A notable Season 2 episode,"The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded," nearly sees LaRue's alcoholism get him fired from the force for good. He reprised the role in eight made-for-TV movies in the 1990s. Maybe he was unwell at an earlier stage of his life. On "Hill Street Blues,"his death was written into the show, though his cause of death was changed. Considering "Hill Street Blues" first aired over 40 years ago, it's only natural that some of its actors are no longer among the living. Haid: We really did not know what was going on and how popular it was until we got all those Emmy nominations. Not that the actors didnt contribute in certain ways. And Hunter says, 'You mean like that colored entertainer?' It was still very popular when it About The Cast::I worked as a lighting technician at CBS Studio City during the filming of most of the episodes Even Saturday Night Live was having its worst season ever. The only way to service multiple storylines was to let them spill over into subsequent episodes. "We had Joe and Lucy having an affair," Bochco told Playboy in 1983. When "Hill Street Blues" co-creators Bochco and Michael Kozoll were asked to create a cop show for MTM and NBC, they were already at work developing another series, a drama that would revolve around the guests at a luxury hotel. Cast also took par. We stuck intensely powerful melodrama side by side with almost slapstick farcical fall-down clowning. After the hostage-taker is killed by a police sniper and Goldblume is rescued, he tells his Lieutenant Howard, "The guy had ideas.". He suffers a fatal heart attack during a heated romantic encounter with his girlfriend, Grace, played by Barbara Babcock. He's bad with money, he's bad with alcohol, and bad with women. HSB.net: Did you get a chance to make changes? What happened to Martin in these weeks? Bare in mind that he did nothing but Hill Street Blues until its conclusion in 1987. Stanislaus Jablonski, a rougher, more hard-edged foil to his predecessor. "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. Michael Warren was regular and I think Keil Martin, Taurean Blacque, Michael Conrad and James Sikking along with Within seconds I knew this was something special and that ending with Renko and Hill going down in slow motion If the owners refuse, he and his associates destroy their property until they acquiesce. Can you imagine having the power to give a boil to anybody in this cast? She goes in the office and she comes out and she calls me over and says if Id be willing to audition for this part they were casting, (Officer) Joe Coffey. Brett Martins assessment in his 2013 book Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution was that Hill Street pioneered the second of televisions three dramatic eras. Mike Kozoll and I had real conflicts with each other that were not pleasant. not so ready to remember their time doing it. I knew if I gave it up, Id never get it back. Haid: The goodbye to Esterhaus was one of the most brilliant moments in television. We could put a human face on these people. Bochco: By the time this thing went on the air, I think we had 11 regulars. When I got into the room, I jumped up on Grant Tinkers desk and went after his nose. HSB.net: Is it true that you were originally cast as Renko, but they thought you were not aggressive enough for He returned in Season 6 as Lt. Norman Buntz, who he played through the end of the series, and beyond. only runs for a few weeks, but it will be fun. His mother Eileen called me in Miami to see if I was coming to Palm Springs for the celebration and I told her it Joyce Davenport. spread from the sky. indeed, an amazing guy. "Hill Street Blues" went on to win 26 Emmys, a record for a drama series until "The West Wing" broke it. 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. Bochco: We created a euphemistic language that suggested the raunchiness of the cop world, and it worked. The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded. Bochco and Kozoll met with the network brass. Webmaster Andy Lambert with Joe Spano,Calabasas Commons, California. Theyd always shoot him first. Sikking: We had a funeral for Esterhaus on camera. Belker puts the chicken away, picks up another chicken. Co-star Daniel J. Travanti reminisced that, during his time on Hill Street Blues, Enrquez was "sad, unhappy because they were not thrilled with him, they kept saying that it was difficult to understand him. We were thrilled, absolutely thrilled. something special. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much That part was John LaRue, but when I read the script I could see the meet you and find out more about it. And when he picked us, he sent me a copy of the NBC press release and he hand-scrawled across it: Youre going to sweep the Emmys and go on to become a great hit Fred. Thats exactly what happened. What is the key to everything? When I got there, I went over to the offices and they were in the middle of a casting session. He appeared in leading roles in war movies, noir films, and gangster flicks alike. So we used to just brutally go after Michael. co-ordinator for a TV show called Falcon Crest. 10. Joe: When Nancy ( Robert Hirschfeld widow) told me of your efforts in creating the website, I felt it would be good to WebKiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December 28. She told me she lived in Miami for a while when By the mid-80s, the show was an established hit. Marinaro: I asked to leave. And theres a street sweeper coming around the corner with the red lights on, and the street sweeper cleans up all the ashes. "We were anything but heroes. Joe: This was the first time I actually worked with him. WebKiel Martin . Throughout the first four seasons, Conrad starred as Sergeant Phil Esterhaus, the wise and paternal authority figure who cared for the safety of the officers under his command. Haid: We collectively made a decision that it was seven (seasons) and out. It was just so different. Despite his talent and fame, Tierney was notoriously difficult to work with, and his struggles with alcoholism and proclivity towards public brawling always kept him just shy of stardom. The writers, too, were experts at getting material past the censors. which led him to almost being kicked off the force. things like your one-man show about Buckminster Fuller? LaRue of Hill Street Blues. ACTOR KIEL MARTIN DIES AT 46 RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- Kiel Martin, 46, the actor who played shady detective Johnny "J.D." Joe:(smiling) That's actors for you! Kiel and his mother and Because "Hill Street Blues" wasn't a typical cop show, the theme song wasn't the usual loud, hard-driving cop-drama theme song. At the age of 84, Santos suffered a heart attack. Sikking: I thought there was great depth to the character because he was a very lonely guy. Discovery Company. Cocaine was rampant. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. What interested me about him was his vulnerability,or at least the potential for vulnerability. HSB.net: She is an incredible lady who has a great enthusiasm for helping the website, but of course you must have Across 15 episodes between Season 3 and Season 6, actor Larry D. Mann appeared as JudgeLee Oberman. Then he had to deal with it. The writers occasionally mined the actors actual experiences for Hill Street stories: alcoholism, ethnic stereotyping, sexual politics. 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. WebIt was still very popular when it was canceled but Kiel told me the huge success brought big increases in pay to the actors and the producers decided to do another show, NYPD there is instant gratification from the audience's response to your work. I knew I was going to get another job no matter what, and that was the time to do it. Milch, meanwhile, would later use one actor Garret Dillahunt to play two different characters on "Deadwood. Its shows, such as the flop Supertrain, were the butt of jokes. Conrad died on November 22, 1983, during the series fourth season. instrumental in saving Kiel's job and getting him into Betty Ford for rehab. Audiences found the ending unsatisfying. that would shortly follow. I real don't know Bochco paid homage to "Hill Street Blues" in his other classic cop drama, "NYPD Blue." Writing. But Haid was a busy man with a recent role in the film Altered States and a medical pilot in the works. which earned him his first Emmy nomination. That's where the coroner comes in. They went berserk. Thats Hill Street.. 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. times, I would often have no idea what others actors were doing. Bochco: For sport, Kiel would poke at Michael Conrad just to provoke him. Jan 2, 1991. Instead of cancer, which was never part of the Esterhaus character, they had the character die offscreen. Dennis Franz joined the cast. We chose that. at the end of the first season. Nobody will ever see it. But (Standards) said, Youve been so successful, it could get an Emmy: And the winner is Hill Street Blues segment Moon Over Uranus. We cant have that. And Steven said, Good-bye., Haid: So the next one was called, Moon Over Uranus, Part II.. room, heart of gold.". His initial appearance is an inside joke, meant to trick the audience into believing the cast of the series had been replaced with all-new actors only to reveal that these "new" characters are just the never-before-seen cops of the night shift. money for a party in some park in Palm Springs for close friends. He was magnificent in it, as you would have liked the Renko part but in the end I was given Goldblume. Actors came and went: Ken Olin, Mimi Kuzyk, Megan Gallagher, Lisa Sutton. was canceled but Kiel told me the huge success brought big increases in pay to the actors and the producers decided to do another show, "Every time they named somebody from the show, we'd scream 'Yay!' Bochco: On our scripts, we had double columns of dialogue, cause we scripted everything in the background. Many of us who were in the series, heard of the initial additions Generations of children know Larry D. Mann as the voice of Yukon Cornelius from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,"the stop-motion holiday classic. 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 over to hear it and instantly we all knew we had found what we wanted, something that would exactly go with the film. "Rene Enriquez, 56; Played a Lieutenant In 'Hill Street Blues', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ren_Enrquez&oldid=1132306641, Nicaraguan emigrants to the United States, American television actor, 1930s birth stubs, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 January 2023, at 06:59. It just changed the rules of TV, its producer, Steven Bochco, said in an interview. HSB.net: Hi Joe and thanks for taking the time out from your busy schedule to chat to us. Bochco: So I said to them, fold it. 2. Ron Herbinger (Friend of Kiel Martin), About Robert Hirschfeld:Bob did a lot of wonderful work as an actor. Matt Weiner (Mad Men) and Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) and David Chase (The Sopranos) and all these people ought to wake up every morning and send a note to Hill Street Blues. . Rather than be one of 13 other actors who were out on the street after the show was canceled, I wanted to be the first one. In comparison to Esterhaus, Jablonski is more bitter and cantankerous than his counterpart. Travanti: They said I was the first guy they called in. While critics liked the series, its ratings were abysmal, and renewal was in doubt. We won everything. Good. 14. appreciated. We realized we had so many characters that the only way to service all those characters was to have multiple storylines. Marinaro: We were way ahead of our time. About The Theme Music:When I was asked to come up with the music for the series I went to the Studio and watched I called him back and I said Id really love to audition for the role of Belker. Other material was taken from the Archive of American Television, which interviewed Steven Bochco in 2002 and Daniel J. Travanti in 2004; a 1983 Playboy interview with Bochco and the cast; and Grant Tinkers 1994 memoir, Tinker in Television. The quotations have been edited and condensed. Bochco: I had this whole group of actors squirreled away in my brain I wanted to work with. And the building's exterior once again stands in as a TV series police station on Dick Wolf's "Chicago PD.". "They were negotiating a deal. Travanti: He added a great deal to that character. Frank Furillo. I The show received 21 Emmy nominations its first season. I worked in downtown Miami for 25 years and Kiel's dad Karl was a court recorder and would stop 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. 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 Afterwards I went to a meeting with Bochco and some of the executives, I had an idea in my head for something I did meet several of them at Trinidad Silva popped up in 28 episodes of "Hill Street Blues," debuting in the 1981 pilot and making his final appearance in Season 7's "A Pound of Flesh," the penultimate episode of the series. 24. LaRue, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. Consequently, we have always had Lucy show a very strong feeling that she had to be better, tougher, stronger in those arenas than anybody else to maintain her credibility as a police officer. Haid: I owe my career to Steven Bochco. The Cast Of NBC-TV's Hill Street Blues. Kiel Martin Detective J.D. So they said, Why dont you try this character here, this guy Renko. He gets killed in the first episode. His character has a notable arc during the series, beginning as a glorified extra in the pilot and a minor character for the first two seasons before getting his own storylines in Season 3 and beyond. "Hill Street Blues: The Complete Series" is now available on DVD from Shout! He picked the show up early, which was unheard of for a show as lowly as we were in the rankings. Buff my Oscar! Then theyd turn the camera around on us and hed have to do it again. His wife and his son survived the automobile accident. So we scripted everything. It stayed on through a combination of key corporate support, determination and a little bit of luck. Spano: I wasnt the Goldblume type. Although he was Many actors are. Bochco: Talk about the early 80s. He remained in the lead credits, appears in the season finale and of course continued to the end of the show. As the show progressed, he became Captain of the Polk Avenue Precinct, though his promotion ended in disaster. There was too much chaos in the station house, again reflecting that the police were incapable of maintaining control even on their home ground.. This article about an American television actor born in the 1930s is a stub. But take my word for it it did not go onto the set. Take a moment to thank Hill Street Blues., There is no Sopranos without Hill Street Blues, says Syracuse University pop culture professor Robert Thompson, who wrote a book tracing Hill Streets influence. 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. He won an Emmy in 1988 for Best Guest Actor for his Instead of the paternal, "Be careful out there,"Jablonski ended his daily roll call with the more combative phrase,"Do it to them before they do it to us." Bochco got his way. 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!" ", [Related: Steven Bochco on Slowing Down: 'I'm Just Old']. It was great people loved these shows but it wasnt Hill Street Blues.. Dont bother me. And the third one came out and Steven wrote, Moon Over Uranus: The Final Chapter. Just to stick it in their ears. Yaphet Kotto is best known for his roles in "Live and Let Die"and "Alien,"as well as his starring role in another groundbreaking cop show, "Homicide:Life on the Street." by once in a while and keep me posted on Kiel's career. His name was Joe Stone and was stunt 18. Mad Men admirer? Abso-friggin-lutely. When I started, I was supposed to be doing a guest spot a four-episode arc In particular, his interactions with his partner, Detective Neal Washington (Taurean Blacque) see the two characters bring out the best in one another in a believable and realistic way. But at the end of that first season, this was all still in the future. Its absolutely the high point. 7. His most well-known role is Sergeant Becker in "The Rockford Files,"opposite James Garner, which aired from 1974 until 1980. He is best remembered for his role as Lt. Ray Calletano in the long-running television series Hill Street Blues (19811987).[2][3]. An interview with Joe Spano (Lieutenant Henry Goldblume) Interview, kindly given on the 25th September 2013 at the There was of course a lot of creative writing going on and so largely you left it up to the writers to look forward. Series co-creator Steven Bochco, in Brett Martin's book "Difficult Men," said "HSB" was saved only by NBC's overall poor, pre-Must-See-TV ratings. knew Robert and her very well. With the encouragement of my wife, I did not allow myself to get swept up in it. NYPD Blue. In fact what happened was in Kiel's will he set aside some 11. [4], Original reports said Enrquez died of pancreatic cancer. Once they got it, we were off to the races. Haid: I dont want to comment on anybodys stuff, because back in those days, there was that stuff going on. 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. So I got Belker and left the door open for Kiel to LaRue. And wed react a little bit off camera. 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. On the stage, he starred in productions in Washington D.C. and New York City, including "Camping with Henry and Tom"and "Democracy.". That's one dangerously sexy redhead, indeed. 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. Coffey's girlfriend is sexually assaulted. The Season 3 episode "Little Boil Blue" found Officer Bobby Hill (Emmy nominee Michael Warren) suffering from a painful and embarrassing boil on his butt. Haid: We went from a bunch of schmucks to be at the top of your class. On December 28, 1990, he died of lung cancer at the age of 46. Bochco: Here we had, at an impetuous moment from a network floundering in last place, extracted the promise of creative autonomy. It wasnt a success that could have been predicted. Sadly, he passed away in 2006 due to congestive heart failure. On the big screen, he made a notable appearance in 1974's "The Longest Yard," alongside Burt Reynolds. So if you get swept up by it in the beginning, thats one thing. It 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. Martin: It was the first time in my career I played a part where I wasnt some terrible creep. Haid: They take his ashes and put them in the street and say, Bye, Sarge., Sikking: The last car door shuts and the cars drive away, and you hear beep beep beep beep. The character retires during Season 7 but still appears throughout the final season, supporting his old colleagues as a friend and confidant. LaRue (Kiel Martin), to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. While the situation deteriorates as all hostage situations do, the idealistic Goldblume is nevertheless impressed by Calvin. Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). father were very close friends of mine. He was at MTM to audition for a movie about male strippers. He played Phil, the owner of the bar frequented by the other main characters. But we decided Hill Street should have some kind of service. Weitz: The one person with enormous experience in front of the camera was Michael Conrad, and he, in the beginning, had trouble adjusting. Ed Marinaro, a former football player whod had a short run on Laverne & Shirley, wasnt planning on Hill Street at all. commission for Hill Street he said he could get me a part in it. A couple times people would go at each other, but it wasnt about drugs and alcohol, but about creative stuff. And well all say a prayer and well sprinkle it on the street. And we went downtown and we were all there and everybodys dressed in their finest, taking a little bit of the ashes. About Mick Belker:I had known Steven (Bochco) since we were at Carnegie Tech together and when he got the I spoke a few times with Barbra Bosson. So I became a regular.". Kiel Martin played Detective J.D. WebJust leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. And it was everybody versus the network suits. Haid: Thats why it said (in the credits), Charles Haid as Renko.. He moved to NY from LA to be with me, and acting was only occasional, so Bob After the war, he became an actor and appeared in dozens of films and television shows, frequently playing lawmen. Like his character, Martin was a recovering alcoholic and a lifelong chain-smoker, the latter of which surely contributed to his ill health. Joe: Much of the same I guess. HSB.net:Was there an indication for those of you on the inside that the series was going to be such a success He was 77 years old. It The pilot of Hill Street Blues was tested both at the ASI Theater and on cable. Robert Prosky replaced Conrad. Before he became a Hollywood actor, Dolph Sweet served on B-24 bombers during World War II. In front are L to R: Michael Warren, Kiel Martin, Joe Spano, and Bruce Weitz. Weitz: I went to the audition dressed as how I thought the character should dress and loud and pushy. He could twist arms and pat backs. Sikking, however, saw his humanity. He was 81 years old. The two wrote a script in 10 days, with a clarity and energy that surprised even its creators. There are all these actors waiting around. We should have won 10. Phil Esterhaus, played by two-time Emmy winner Michael Conrad. Crime Drama Mystery Furillo breaks the news of Esterhaus's death. Cast members Charles Haid, Ed Marinaro, James B. Sikking and Bruce Weitz spoke with CNN on the phone. Lucille Bates. Vail and I was paired up with one of his buddies two years in a row in the golf tournament. Then Bochco asked me what I thought and I suggested doing something opposite to that, light but conveying the non stop excitement During the filming of the fourth season,Conrad died ofurethral canceron November 22, 1983. Travanti: What is the key to everything? Mick Belker, was a college friend of Bochco's. Conrad earned critical praise for his performance, winning two Emmy Awards in the Best Supporting Actor category. The show lasted just 13 episodes (only nine aired) on NBC during the 1987-88 season, but Franz and Milch would be reunited on "NYPD Blue," for which Franz earned four Lead Actor Emmys. Pat Corley spent decades working in film and television. Despite its many awards, critical successes, and watercooler-show status, the series never finished in the Nielsen Top 20 for any season. Haid used his leverage to get a really good deal to play the good-ol-boy officer. 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. They had done 13 episodes, and they got an order for four more, and the character of Joe Coffey was in those they decided to keep me alive! Anything with a tie and a white shirt. NBCs Hill Street Blues, televisions most honored dramatic series, will leave the air for good after seven seasons, it was announced Monday. Kiel Martin was cast as LaRue, a slick detective. I heard he said afterwards, theres no way I cant offer him the job. "Hill Street Blues" launched the TV career of "NYPD Blue" and "Deadwood" creator David Milch. "Steven Bochco was on set that night, and he came to me and said, 'Joe Coffey's life is in the hand of your agents right now,'" Marinaro tells Yahoo TV. In one episode, Belker was undercover at a butcher shop. You could not Another athlete-turned-actor on "Hill Street Blues": Michael Warren, a standout player on UCLA's 1967 and 1968 national champion basketball teams. I went home (which was nearby) and within half hour I had written it. the verge of becoming a big star. LaRue. And everybody started crying. Still, initial ratings were poor and audiences were confused. your life and we are inclined to want to talk about that. People often ask if we knew how good it was at the time, well although others have said not I know some of us did. Menu. [Howard] Hunter is with Linda Wolfowitz and she says, 'I'm Jewish, and you'd have to convert if we were to marry.' 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. Joe: No not really, it is true that Renko was the part I was auditioning for, but the characters, were fairly open. Bochco: We bring them all over, and I hear that (NBC head of casting) Joel Thurm has said, theyre all too dark. 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. and perhaps more interestingly that it would still be screened all the way around the world some 30 plus years later? The death-during-sex character refers to Sgt. Other cast members included Michael Conrad (Phil Esterhaus), Michael Warren (Bobby Hill), Betty Thomas (Lucy Bates), Taurean Blacque (Neal Washington), Veronica Hamel (Joyce Davenport), Rene Enriquez (Ray Calletano) and Barbara Bosson (Fay Furillo). HSB.net: Can you tell us a little about how the show was structured with regards to forward planning, for example Sikking: The guy called up, he was screaming, You cant put that on there. Steven said, I can, too. He was 91 years old (via The Hollywood Reporter). 9. Here is Hill Streets story. "I got a boil on my a-- when I went to London last year," Bochco told Playboy in 1983. His character,Wally Nydorf, is perpetually overworked and behind-schedule, but always makes time to crack a corny joke, usually at the expense of the cadaver he's just examined. Even the local pizza place wasnt immune: Pizza Man Furillos nickname was drawn from Pizza Man, an L.A. chain. It took us a year or so to clean all that stuff up. Sometimes causing delay or retakes in production, much to the annoyance of the on set accountant. For the record, the actual titles were Moon Over Uranus, Moon Over Uranus: The Sequel, and Moon Over Uranus: The Final Legacy. They all aired consecutively in Season 3. The short-lived series followed a minor league baseball team, and featured many actors from "Hill Street Blues," including Dennis Franz and Ken Olin. 5. It was happy, it was sad, it was crazy, it was mean it was nuts. Ren Enrquez (November 24, 1933 March 23, 1990) was a Nicaraguan-born[1] American television actor of the 1970s and 1980s. RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Actor Kiel Martin, who played shady detective Johnny ``J.D.'' Actor Kiel Martin starred in all seven seasons of "Hill Street Blues" as J.D. Travanti's Furillo and Veronica Hamel's public defender Joyce Davenport formed the series' signature couple she called him "Pizza Man," because he "delivered" but Bochco and company had planned another romance for "HSB": Lucy Bates and Ed Marinaro's Joe Coffey. Belker looks at her and said, Lady, could you pass a test like that?. 32The sixth season of "Hill Street Blues" introduced Lawrence Tierney asSergeant Jenkins of the night shift. course some wanted to expand more than others. Because "Hill Street Blues" wasn't a typical cop show, the theme song wasn't the usual loud, hard-driving cop-drama theme song. The project fell into the hands of producers Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll at MTM Enterprises. He was sweet, sweet natured and grateful for what he had there but saddened by being let go. Award-winning show that it is, Hill Street still sank by roughly 10% in the ratings since its peak in 1982-83. started a whole new career as a writer, writing about 30 books for kids and young adults mystery and science fiction, mainly! Repeat after me: Good. His best was probably before Hill Street on the 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." Belker goes undercover as a truck driver to try and catch thieves that are stealing poultry. Despite its title and being created by Steven Bochco, the show had nothing to do with "Hill Street Blues." 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 "I can still smell drinks across the room. Mann enjoyed a career that lasted for decades, dating back to the early 1950s. He said, Stop it. He just couldnt stand it. "Hill Street Blues" finished 87th (out of 96 shows) in the Nielsen ratings. And (the network) said OK. Now were stuck with it. Daniel J. Travanti, who ended up with the part, had played mostly bad guys. Guess I'm not the Hollywood type. In Season 5, actor Robert Prosky was brought in to play Sgt. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. His most famous teammate: Lew Alcindor, aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Frank Furillo, was married to Bochco. "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. Trending. And we knew, once you find out a guys got thin skin, hes toast. 2023 Cable News Network. The main characters were perceived as being not capable and having flawed personalities. Weitz: It was devastating. 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 Riverside County coroners office said the 46-year-old actor died Friday after suffering a cardiovascular collapse because of lung cancer. Occasionally, dead bodies need to be examined by an experienced professional. But we also didn't want to take it too seriously, the winning of awards. Steven Bochco, co-creator: I didnt particularly want to do another cop show. and displaying his wares, just as he'd done on "Hill Street Blues.". The actor, whose beloved Esterhaus famously told his co-workers after morning roll call, "Let's be careful out there," died of cancer in November 1983, during the show's fourth season. something here please email us), About Trinidad Silva: Just wanted to add an addendum regarding Trinidad Silva. 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. There was a feeling of responsibility many of us felt While his wife and son only suffered minor injuries, Silva was killed in the accident (via Los Angeles Times). The first three seasons of the series, including Milch's Emmy-winning episode, are available on Hulu.com. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. His marriage to wifeGloria Kochberg lasted for nearly 70 years, only ending with his death from natural causes on January 6, 2014. "Hill Street Blues" paved the way for a generation of novelistic TV series, Show was no sure thing -- it was poorly rated and confused audiences, But series hung on and proved tremendously influential, Complete series is available on DVD Tuesday. It wasnt about the money. would call it a conventional route to a career in acting. 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. Actor Kiel Martin battled with substance abuse issues for the initial seasons, with those issues winding up being played out onscreen. Because not only did he do (Hill Street), but he let me start directing years later. attempts to steal another actors scene. His final television appearance was in a 2006 episode of "The Sopranos." Kotto appears as Calvin Matthias, a would-be revolutionary who takes Goldblume (Joe Spano) hostage. And they left it on the air, and it was my favorite moment ever. Robert Prosky died in 2008 following complications from heart surgery. Outside of his duty as a cop, his life is marred by poor choices. Network President Fred Silverman, inspired by the Paul Newman film Fort Apache, the Bronx, wanted a cop show. Marinaro: We were described once as the most unattractive cast on television, which was I guess a compliment. I wish all the group could have visited the set in Studio City. EVERYTHING in the background. Bruce Weitz, who won an Emmy for portraying Sgt. Though most viewers assumed the show took place in Chicago, producers took great pains throughout the seven-season run to avoid specifying the setting. Haid: He didnt let us know for a long time. Hunter was often the shows Its ratings didnt grow at all last season. Producers would say, We need somebody to pose as a homosexual to wipe out a monastery get Kiel Martin.. So Martin is, 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. Are you going to do it that way? And we all said yeah, what about it? A Warner Bros. read that script with so much going on and not know this was something unique. Not his usual role, he told Playboy in 1983. WebMartin, 46, a regular performer on the Emmy-winning series, died Friday of cardiovascular collapse caused by lung cancer, Michael Werk, deputy coroner for Riverside County, reported Monday. First year, I went a little nuts. scene you are not going to get much feedback from them. And I knew I had something unprecedented in terms of that kind of control and I wasnt going to give it up. 22. And when the writers made his exit permanent Coffey was shot and killed on duty in "Larry of Arabia" Marinaro hosted a "Watch Joe Coffey Die Party," attended by co-stars Sikking, Thomas, and Weitz, as well as his old NFL pal Joe Namath. Martin (to Playboy, 1983): The writers are very perceptive reporters. Kiel's return. In the second season episode, The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded, Martins character LaRue was demoted to the motor pool for falling off the wagon. Haid: Steven said, Im doing a show over at MTM. I thought I'd give it to Furillo; then I thought, 'No, he's too stoic. Director Rick Wallace Writers Michael Kozoll Steven Bochco (story by) Jeffrey Lewis (teleplay by) feedback. wanted, where I could. He was 76 years old, per the Los Angeles Times. Ill see this cast and this show over my dead body. But he loved it and started jumping up and down," Bosson told Playboy. And the collective was extraordinary. Bochco: We did stuff in that show Id never seen before anywhere. What happened was (Bochco) couldnt come up with a title, and theyd just done something at Cape Canaveral, and he said, Well call this Moon Over Uranus. And he sent it in and Standards and Practices called up, No, no, no., Steven said, Why do I have to change the title? Betty Thomas . But Bochco never flinched. Hirschfeld died in 2009 at the age of 67, presumably of natural causes. ", 15. Co-star Daniel J. Travanti reminisced that, during his time on Hill Street Blues, Enrquez was "sad, unhappy All Rights Reserved. They called Grant Tinker. You wear out your welcome. four episodesand was scheduled to die in the final episode. Updated You know yourself if it seemed right, but your fellow actors are also working on their part and unless it is a very special Kotto died seven years later, in 2021. Robert Butler, who directed the first five episodes, established the feel. We left nothing to chance. Breaking Bad binge-watcher? 3. He was really crushed when they let him go. Tierney died in his sleep on February 26, 2002, while suffering from a bout of pneumonia. There was also much comedy and some of the cast and especially oneof the writers (no I am not saying which), loved to play During the fourth season, Sweet was diagnosed with cancer and died on May 8, 1985, just three days before the fourth season finale aired. "Let's be careful out there." One of them was James B. Sikking, who had appeared in a number of Bochco-written shows. He's a figure of authority respected by all for his fairness, though he doesn't receive much characterization beyond his day-to-day role overseeing arraignments. WebIt was eventually a bitter battle with lung cancer which finally took his life. Bates is given serious consideration for Sergeant. 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