There are all these actors waiting around. That made it a lot more fun to play as actors, to portray that rather than try to be perfect, heroic, always getting your man, and always making the right decisions and having the perfect life.". 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." 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. LaRue, a self-styled ladies' man, on "Hill Street Blues." On December 28, 1990, he died of lung cancer at the age of 46. 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WebKiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December 28. He just couldnt stand it. He moved to NY from LA to be with me, and acting was only occasional, so Bob 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?" "Let's be careful out there." Its the most well-intentioned exploitation imaginable. Belker goes undercover as a truck driver to try and catch thieves that are stealing poultry. Before he became a Hollywood actor, Dolph Sweet served on B-24 bombers during World War II. But in Season 6, eager to pursue other acting opportunities and unhappy with the lack of storyline possibilities for his character, Marinaro quit the show. Still, initial ratings were poor and audiences were confused. He is best remembered for his role as Lt. Ray Calletano in the long-running television series Hill Street Blues (19811987).[2][3]. Hill Street Blues Actors You May Not Know Passed Away. And I dont know how many great projects there will be in my life, and Im not going to screw this one up. Kiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December 28. ", 19. But at the end of that first season, this was all still in the future. It We realized we had so many characters that the only way to service all those characters was to have multiple storylines. In Season 5, actor Robert Prosky was brought in to play Sgt. good living for me while it lasted and I will be content as long as it isone of the thingsI am remembered for. Bochco: Fred (Silverman) was great. Frank Furillo. Repeat after me: Good. Michael Warren . Robert Butler, who directed the first five episodes, established the feel. I did meet several of them at "I can still smell drinks across the room. As the months 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 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. 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!" What happened to Martin in these weeks? the first episode. LaRue of Hill Street Blues. Bochco: At the end of the meeting, I got up and said, We cant do this project. 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. In fact what happened was in Kiel's will he set aside some Actors came and went: Ken Olin, Mimi Kuzyk, Megan Gallagher, Lisa Sutton. We stuck intensely powerful melodrama side by side with almost slapstick farcical fall-down clowning. to do the best we could for them and the script. by once in a while and keep me posted on Kiel's career. Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). Good. Daniel J. Travanti, who ended up with the part, had played mostly bad guys. Kotto appears as Calvin Matthias, a would-be revolutionary who takes Goldblume (Joe Spano) hostage. The result? four episodesand was scheduled to die in the final episode. Guess I'm not the Hollywood type. Mick Belker, was a college friend of Bochco's. You dont work with guys like Bob Butler and Gregory Hoblit and dont learn something. An interview with Joe Spano (Lieutenant Henry Goldblume) Interview, kindly given on the 25th September 2013 at the I remember one day, he just stopped. 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. 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. . not so ready to remember their time doing it. be partners with "Washington". The cops were flawed; the story lines were not resolved in a single episode; characters you loved died while having sex. A woman walks in , Weitz: She walked up to the counter and said, Id like a chicken, please. Belker pulls out the chicken from the case and the woman spreads the chickens legs, puts her nose in the cavity, comes out with a horrible look on her face and said, I want a fresh chicken.. Robert Prosky died in 2008 following complications from heart surgery. "Every time they named somebody from the show, we'd scream 'Yay!' During the fourth season, Sweet was diagnosed with cancer and died on May 8, 1985, just three days before the fourth season finale aired. (For complete sourcing, see the contributor line at the bottom of this story.). feedback. Sikking: We had (punning) titles on all of our shows. She said, Ed, well have to reschedule because I have this meeting. I said OK. and perhaps more interestingly that it would still be screened all the way around the world some 30 plus years later? None won Emmys. think most people can see this camaraderie in the finished program and remember that despite all this most, episodes were filmed in stage at Berekely Rep and Magic Theater in the Bay Area. 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. EVERYTHING in the background. In the theatre everything is much more intermit, with a stronger connection and Like with so many actors from that film, "Needle Park"led to Santos getting bigger and better roles in film and television. I Spano: I wasnt the Goldblume type. Cast also took par. Bochco: By the time this thing went on the air, I think we had 11 regulars. Weitz: Occasionally theyd see me do something in dailies and add it to the script. After 'Hill Street Blues' ended, Spano appeared in series like 'Murder One,' 'The X-Files,' and 'NYPD Blue.' Audiences found the ending unsatisfying. The work is what you have to do to earn respect.". She told me she was a bunny at the Playboy club for a time. HSB.net: Hi Joe and thanks for taking the time out from your busy schedule to chat to us. have to say things like "Goldblume would never do that" I think all of us contributed to expanding our characters to some degree and of The only way to service multiple storylines was to let them spill over into subsequent episodes. Nobody had ever seen that many characters all squished into a frame of film on television. "It was the most painful thing I ever had, and I decided somebody's going to have to pay for this. Was it a handful, that kind of creativity? It was LaRue, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. Bochco: We bring them all over, and I hear that (NBC head of casting) Joel Thurm has said, theyre all too dark. Abso-friggin-lutely. Of course what you are doing at the moment is the most important thing in Her response was "If you're not going neither am I." 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. "We were anything but heroes. Robert Prosky replaced Conrad. He was 58 years old. Sikking, however, saw his humanity. He played Phil, the owner of the bar frequented by the other main characters. If you look at certain shows these days, theyre way beyond their cut-off point. 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. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. Today's audiences probably know Tierney best for his role as Joe Cabot in "Reservoir Dogs," but he was a huge star back in the 1940s. Conrad (to Playboy, 1983): My greatest joy was sitting in a restaurant with these good-looking guys Ed Marinaro, Michael Warren, Chuck Haid and Bruce Weitz when this mature lady came up and said to me, I just love you.. "I got a boil on my a-- when I went to London last year," Bochco told Playboy in 1983. And they didnt know. Many actors are. appreciated. While Im standing here Geri Windsor walks in who is a woman and I introduce myself. Pat Corley spent decades working in film and television. We won everything. 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. 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 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. Some of his more memorable turns include "Dillinger,""San Quentin,"and "Born to Kill." your life and we are inclined to want to talk about that. 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.. It just changed the rules of TV, its producer, Steven Bochco, said in an interview. 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. Kind of isolated loner actor. 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. [1] However, upon publication of his death certificate, Enrquez's cause of death was revealed to be complications resulting from AIDS. I said, thats perfect. The series ratings for its first season were less impressive. 4. Unusually there were no egos and Crime Drama Mystery Furillo breaks the news of Esterhaus's death. Bochco got his way. That was important. I can even remember cast members giving a round of applause after a difficult portrayal was He remained in the lead credits, appears in the season finale and of course continued to the end of the show. 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. More surprisingly: Travanti made commercials for Almaden wine. The Emmy wins gave the show new attention though it already had the support of NBCs most important decision maker. 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. Actor Kiel Martin starred in all seven seasons of "Hill Street Blues" as J.D. HSB.net: She is an incredible lady who has a great enthusiasm for helping the website, but of course you must have He was 82 years old (via Los Angeles Times). Dennis Franz joined the cast. Bochco left after Season 5. One can only imagine what he could have achieved had he not been killed in such a senseless accident. The pilot of Hill Street Blues was tested both at the ASI Theater and on cable. "Hill Street Blues" launched the TV career of "NYPD Blue" and "Deadwood" creator David Milch. But he had excellent timing. Webmaster Andy Lambert with Joe Spano,Calabasas Commons, California. So they said, Why dont you try this character here, this guy Renko. He gets killed in the first episode. co-ordinator for a TV show called Falcon Crest. Indeed, the show was exhausting but also intensely creative. Thats Hill Street.. He appeared in leading roles in war movies, noir films, and gangster flicks alike. Bochco also wanted to cast Charles Haid. Bochco: We created a euphemistic language that suggested the raunchiness of the cop world, and it worked. 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). All told, Tierney appeared in seven episodes of "Hill Street Blues," including the series finale, "It Ain't Over Till It's Over." If you think its boring watching them, you ought to try directing them. There was too much chaos in the station house, again reflecting that the police were incapable of maintaining control even on their home ground.. He reprised the role in eight made-for-TV movies in the 1990s. Without that it is hard to know a great deal about where it was Steven Bochco, co-creator: I didnt particularly want to do another cop 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. was a different thing when you saw the finished production however! "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. Director Rick Wallace Writers Michael Kozoll Steven Bochco (story by) Jeffrey Lewis (teleplay by) So we used to just brutally go after Michael. 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. The cremation canister was given to the stationhouse and everybody went by and shook it and did things like that. [Howard] Hunter is with Linda Wolfowitz and she says, 'I'm Jewish, and you'd have to convert if we were to marry.' Its absolutely the high point. He was sweet, sweet natured and grateful for what he had there but saddened by being let go. The death-during-sex character refers to Sgt. Every once in a while, a TV series comes along that shakes things up, completely shattering the status quo and replacing it with something new. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Id killed every Gdamned thing in America, including nuns and babies. Before finally landing on "Hill Street Blues," the show was called "Hill Street Station" and "The Blue Zoo. But he loved it and started jumping up and down," Bosson told Playboy. Kiel Martin was cast as LaRue, a slick detective. Cast members Charles Haid, Ed Marinaro, James B. Sikking and Bruce Weitz spoke with CNN on the phone. Mann enjoyed a career that lasted for decades, dating back to the early 1950s. 18. Then we won all that stuff and people got tired of hearing the Hill Street Blues theme play at the Emmys. time, although of course that by no means guaranties success. Kiel Urban Mueller (July 26, 1944 December 28, 1990), known professionally as Kiel Martin, was an American actor best known for his role as Detective John "J.D." Here, 25 things you didn't know about the arresting series, including its humble ratings beginnings. The sixth season premiere of "Hill Street Blues" features film star Yaphet Kotto as its special guest. HSB.net: Ramona Silipo said you are never happier than when you are doing theatre and especially when you are doing I called him back and I said Id really love to audition for the role of Belker. 2. 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. Buff my Oscar! Menu. By the mid-80s, the show was an established hit. over to hear it and instantly we all knew we had found what we wanted, something that would exactly go with the film. For its sophomore season, the show claimed all five nomination spots in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category, with Michael Conrad getting the win. We were a ragtag group of characters, and that's what made the show unique and popular. Hill Street Blues Kiel Martin Johnny "J.D." Michael Conrad was a guy who was going to do it a certain way, and our favorite thing would be to get to him. this super tough guy on the outside I visualized him as lonely and hurt on the inside and fortunately for us, the writer had the same Travanti: He added a great deal to that character. Actors' real lives were not the only ones mined for storyline inspiration. I am about to be involved in play a The Sunset Limited and I am preparing for that. 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. Haid: We really did not know what was going on and how popular it was until we got all those Emmy nominations. Bochco: It was a teeming world. WebBrowse 147 kiel martin hill street blues stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Jan 2, 1991. He died on March 23, 1990, from AIDS, the first of two Hill Street Blues stars to die that year. Martin: It was the first time in my career I played a part where I wasnt some terrible creep. We should have won 10. He was an actor, known for Hill Street Blues (1981), The Panic in Needle Park (1971) and The Ray We were thrilled, absolutely thrilled. 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." NYPD Blue. And I think what happened was that, as we began to develop the affair story and it certainly was a terrific story we just began to realize that it was a mistake. RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Actor Kiel Martin, who played shady detective Johnny ``J.D.'' It wasnt about the money. Marinaro: We were way ahead of our time. 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. Bates is given serious consideration for Sergeant. 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 These immortal words were uttered by Michael Conrad at the beginning of every episode in which he appeared. 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, A character said, Lets take him down to the worst part of Hill Street. At the age of 84, Santos suffered a heart attack. Kotto died seven years later, in 2021. really would like to talk to a few more of the cast, if you can help there? Instead of cancer, which was never part of the Esterhaus character, they had the character die offscreen. 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. Martin, 46, a regular performer on Ill see this cast and this show over my dead body. 24. 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. Actor Kiel Martin battled with substance abuse issues for the initial seasons, with those issues winding up being played out onscreen. 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. There are too many loose ends. Bruce's golf tournaments and had really nice conversations with them. 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 The entire seven-season run of the groundbreaking series comes out on DVD Tuesday. The title is never broadcast. But I was always disappointed that I didnt end up playing Renko. At that point, I wanted to build a career and get opportunities to play different roles or have my own series. 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. I know her husband Steve was 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. HSB.net: What happened to your collection of bow ties? He could twist arms and pat backs. They had already brought in Ken Olin to replace Kiel and NBC wasnt thrilled with the way things were going. I went home (which was nearby) and within half hour I had written it. that part? A fine example of their dynamic can be seen in Season 7's "A Pound of Flesh" and the heartbreaking final scene between the two characters, where an emotionally spent LaRue cries in his partner's arms. It was just so different. I did see something on Kiel's bio that said there were no funeral services. "Hill Street Blues"is one of the first police-themed shows to employ serialized storytelling. "Ironic, isn't it?" Trini, I believe was on His alcoholism frequently puts him at odds with Captain Furillo, a recovering alcoholic himself. wanted, where I could. And I knew I had something unprecedented in terms of that kind of control and I wasnt going to give it up. myself were all involved at some time. 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. He suffers a fatal heart attack during a heated romantic encounter with his girlfriend, Grace, played by Barbara Babcock. 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. We portrayed them as real people. 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. Following the conclusion of "Homicide," Kotto mostly retired, though he made sporadic appearances in his later years. Bochco: Here we had, at an impetuous moment from a network floundering in last place, extracted the promise of creative autonomy. So we scripted everything. Bochco: So I said to them, fold it. 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? Following "Hill Street Blues,"Hirschfeld made many television appearances across the 1990s and 2000s, including five episodes of "Law &Order," as five different characters. 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. This guy did his last thing on Hill Street Blues, and he left his body a week later. His final television appearance was in a 2006 episode of "The Sopranos." Marinaro: We were described once as the most unattractive cast on television, which was I guess a compliment. I thought I'd give it to Furillo; then I thought, 'No, he's too stoic. Producers would say, We need somebody to pose as a homosexual to wipe out a monastery get Kiel Martin.. Corner Bakery, Calabasas Commons over Coffee. It took audiences a full year to figure out what the hell we were doing. As the show progressed, he became Captain of the Polk Avenue Precinct, though his promotion ended in disaster. LaRue, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. 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. Then he knew and he said to everybody. LaRue (Kiel Martin), to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Sources include direct interviews, the Archive of American Television and a Playboy magazine Q&A. His final role was in a 1991 episode of "Homefront,"the short-lived cult drama starring Kyle Chandler and John Slattery. ACTOR KIEL MARTIN DIES AT 46 RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- Kiel Martin, 46, the actor who played shady detective Johnny "J.D." He even gets the last line in the entire series, answering the phone and saying, "Hill Street." The Riverside County coroners office said the 46-year-old actor died Friday after suffering a cardiovascular collapse because of lung cancer. Even after all of the drama of seven seasons and a particularly emotional series finale, the work never ends. 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. "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. 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. Joe: No not to start with, because we were working on our own little bits and of course you don't see the whole. But, the real boil belonged to Bochco. Martin (to Playboy, 1983): The writers are very perceptive reporters. 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