Joe: (laughing): I was never a bow tie man but I think I may still have one or two hanging around at home. He was 58 years old. time, although of course that by no means guaranties success. He picked the show up early, which was unheard of for a show as lowly as we were in the rankings. On the stage, he starred in productions in Washington D.C. and New York City, including "Camping with Henry and Tom"and "Democracy.". He was capable of being tough but also calmly diplomatic. When I got there, I went over to the offices and they were in the middle of a casting session. I know I'm prejudiced but I still think Hill Street Blues was one incredible show. HSB.net: What of the future. Its the most well-intentioned exploitation imaginable. 7. 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.. We were thrilled, absolutely thrilled. All Rights Reserved. I was a free agent again, and I auditioned for Hill Street Blues. James B. Sikking . Dennis Franz joined the cast. Trending. Here are twelve "Hill Street Blues" actors you may not know passed away. Its ratings didnt grow at all last season. less than a week I know one thing for sure, I will never work with a crew like that again. 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. I did meet several of them at Writing. 24. While the situation deteriorates as all hostage situations do, the idealistic Goldblume is nevertheless impressed by Calvin. Bochco also wanted to cast Charles Haid. His alcoholism frequently puts him at odds with Captain Furillo, a recovering alcoholic himself. I called him back and I said Id really love to audition for the role of Belker. It was clearly something very different to other programs of the But the growl was the writers idea and all the hairbags and all that slang was all theirs. Generations of children know Larry D. Mann as the voice of Yukon Cornelius from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,"the stop-motion holiday classic. And everybody started crying. 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." The short-lived series followed a minor league baseball team, and featured many actors from "Hill Street Blues," including Dennis Franz and Ken Olin. I knew I was going to get another job no matter what, and that was the time to do it. would have liked the Renko part but in the end I was given Goldblume. But when my NFL career was over, I kind of knew it was something I ", 15. Pat Corley spent decades working in film and television. Even Saturday Night Live was having its worst season ever. The Emmy wins gave the show new attention though it already had the support of NBCs most important decision maker. spread from the sky. 3. You still have to do the work. Her response was "If you're not going neither am I." was just incredible! by once in a while and keep me posted on Kiel's career. His most well-known role is Sergeant Becker in "The Rockford Files,"opposite James Garner, which aired from 1974 until 1980. In front are L to R: Michael Warren, Kiel Martin, Joe Spano, and Bruce Weitz. "I got a boil on my a-- when I went to London last year," Bochco told Playboy in 1983. 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 Riverside County coroners office said the 46-year-old actor died Friday after suffering a cardiovascular collapse because of lung cancer. Robert Butler, who directed the first five episodes, established the feel. Bochco: We bring them all over, and I hear that (NBC head of casting) Joel Thurm has said, theyre all too dark. Actors' real lives were not the only ones mined for storyline inspiration. He was 82 years old (via Los Angeles Times). She told me she was a bunny at the Playboy club for a time. More surprisingly: Travanti made commercials for Almaden wine. The hardest part to cast was the police captain, Francis X. 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 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 They had done 13 episodes, and they got an order for four more, and the character of Joe Coffey was in those And they left it on the air, and it was my favorite moment ever. 9. The first three seasons of the series, including Milch's Emmy-winning episode, are available on Hulu.com. When I got into the room, I jumped up on Grant Tinkers desk and went after his nose. 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 Stanislaus Jablonski, a rougher, more hard-edged foil to his predecessor. Cookies help us deliver our Services. 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. Travanti: What is the key to everything? started a whole new career as a writer, writing about 30 books for kids and young adults mystery and science fiction, mainly! If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available. Still, initial ratings were poor and audiences were confused. NBCs Hill Street Blues, televisions most honored dramatic series, will leave the air for good after seven seasons, it was announced Monday. Robert Prosky died in 2008 following complications from heart surgery. Belker looks at her and said, Lady, could you pass a test like that?. Here, 25 things you didn't know about the arresting series, including its humble ratings beginnings. Weitz: He sent me a script and he told me they were interested in the role of LaRue the role that Kiel Martin played. Another athlete-turned-actor on "Hill Street Blues": Michael Warren, a standout player on UCLA's 1967 and 1968 national champion basketball teams. 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. "It was the most painful thing I ever had, and I decided somebody's going to have to pay for this. knew Robert and her very well. Joe: He is not wrong, when you are involved with a film, or TV production and are doing a scene, there is no real His most famous teammate: Lew Alcindor, aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It 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. Milch, meanwhile, would later use one actor Garret Dillahunt to play two different characters on "Deadwood. 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. LaRue on the former NBC They went berserk. I would say, Well, stroke my bishop. If you think its boring watching them, you ought to try directing them. Although he was 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. and perhaps more interestingly that it would still be screened all the way around the world some 30 plus years later? co-ordinator for a TV show called Falcon Crest. 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. (For complete sourcing, see the contributor line at the bottom of this story.). Well, whack my monkey, Bobby Hill! We would go on and on. I went home (which was nearby) and within half hour I had written it. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Then he knew and he said to everybody. 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.". Trini, I believe was on Was it a handful, that kind of creativity? "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. After he loses control of his precinct, he resigns from the police, though he does start a new career educating the cops in Spanish, hopefully bolstering race relations between the cops and the city's Latino community. 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 December 28, 1990, he died of lung cancer at the age of 46. 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 It was well-written, boldly directed and creatively revolutionary. The title is never broadcast. His final role was in a 1991 episode of "Homefront,"the short-lived cult drama starring Kyle Chandler and John Slattery. 6. 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. It took audiences a full year to figure out what the hell we were doing. What is the key to everything? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. ", 20. There are too many loose ends. We realized we had so many characters that the only way to service all those characters was to have multiple storylines. He died on March 23, 1990, from AIDS, the first of two Hill Street Blues stars to die that year. His name was Joe Stone and was stunt Martin: It was the first time in my career I played a part where I wasnt some terrible creep. 10. towards Steven (Bochco) and Michael Kozoll. What happened to Martin in these weeks? Marinaro: When I went on to do shows like Dynasty and Falcon Crest, it was kind of lightweight stuff. Cast members Charles Haid, Ed Marinaro, James B. Sikking and Bruce Weitz spoke with CNN on the phone. He was really crushed when they let him go. He was sweet, sweet natured and grateful for what he had there but saddened by being let go. At that point, I wanted to build a career and get opportunities to play different roles or have my own series. Joe: When Nancy ( Robert Hirschfeld widow) told me of your efforts in creating the website, I felt it would be good to Martin (to Playboy, 1983): The writers are very perceptive reporters. [4], Original reports said Enrquez died of pancreatic cancer. art. Hill Street being Hill Street, though, it wasnt without a wicked twist. Bochco: We created a euphemistic language that suggested the raunchiness of the cop world, and it worked. 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. You dont work with guys like Bob Butler and Gregory Hoblit and dont learn something. NBCs Standards and Practices department the network censor wasnt impressed, however, questioning every detail. Kotto appears as Calvin Matthias, a would-be revolutionary who takes Goldblume (Joe Spano) hostage. LaRue, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. His mother Eileen called me in Miami to see if I was coming to Palm Springs for the celebration and I told her it Actors and producers started to turn over. 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, LaRue. So Martin is, Sweet's final project was the domestic sitcom "Gimme a Break!," which lasted six seasons and saw the star oppositeNell Carter. Sadly, he passed away in 2006 due to congestive heart failure. HSB.net: What happened to your collection of bow ties? 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!" His best was probably before Hill Street on the 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?" Every single thing. One of the saddest events of Hill Streets run involved Michael Conrad. HSB.net: Did you get a chance to make changes? 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. 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. 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. Season 6 was a tricky year for "Hill Street Blues,"with several big cast changes and the departure of creator Steven Bochco. wanted, where I could. Here is Hill Streets story. Breaking Bad binge-watcher? By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. I did see something on Kiel's bio that said there were no funeral services. 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. Bochco: So I said to them, fold it. We could put a human face on these people. was a different thing when you saw the finished production however! "Hill Street Blues" finished 87th (out of 96 shows) in the Nielsen ratings. His final television appearance was in a 2006 episode of "The Sopranos." your life and we are inclined to want to talk about that. Then theyd turn the camera around on us and hed have to do it again. By the mid-80s, the show was an established hit. 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. Bochco left after Season 5. The writers, too, were experts at getting material past the censors. Are you going to do it that way? And we all said yeah, what about it? father were very close friends of mine. Director Rick Wallace Writers Michael Kozoll Steven Bochco (story by) Jeffrey Lewis (teleplay by) An interview with Joe Spano (Lieutenant Henry Goldblume) Interview, kindly given on the 25th September 2013 at the Then he had to deal with it. Haid: We would come up with every euphemism for masturbation we could come up with. Hunter was often the shows comic relief. Many actors are. 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. Weitz: It was devastating. I can even remember cast members giving a round of applause after a difficult portrayal was Kiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December 28. 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. 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. 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. We were a bunch of character actors parading around and getting our name in the paper. Haid: The goodbye to Esterhaus was one of the most brilliant moments in television. Id killed every Gdamned thing in America, including nuns and babies. But if you see the episodes, you see how much fun we were having. Many of us who were in the series, heard of the initial additions 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. That part was John LaRue, but when I read the script I could see the Its temporary and it has nothing to do with basic reality as most of us know it. 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. It was just so different. Without question the high point of my professional life. ", [Related: Steven Bochco on Slowing Down: 'I'm Just Old']. Results of both tests were generally negative. Can you imagine having the power to give a boil to anybody in this cast? The death-during-sex character refers to Sgt. through people we knew. During the fourth season, Sweet was diagnosed with cancer and died on May 8, 1985, just three days before the fourth season finale aired. In fact what happened was in Kiel's will he set aside some The project fell into the hands of producers Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll at MTM Enterprises. LaRue of Hill Street Blues. LaRue, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. The main characters were perceived as being not capable and having flawed personalities. Joe: Yes Bob and I were friends for a long time before his tragic death because of course we both came up through None won Emmys. Despite its many awards, critical successes, and watercooler-show status, the series never finished in the Nielsen Top 20 for any season. Theyd always shoot him first. Bochco: Talk about the early 80s. HSB.net: She is an incredible lady who has a great enthusiasm for helping the website, but of course you must have Coffey's girlfriend is sexually assaulted. The result? So if you get swept up by it in the beginning, thats one thing. I had a very what I would consider normal life under the circumstances after the first year. In one episode, Belker was undercover at a butcher shop. Ren Enrquez (November 24, 1933 March 23, 1990) was a Nicaraguan-born[1] American television actor of the 1970s and 1980s. Haid: We really did not know what was going on and how popular it was until we got all those Emmy nominations. Were going to have some fun here.. 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. Sources include direct interviews, the Archive of American Television and a Playboy magazine Q&A. idea. Kiel made it back, super clean I might ad, and Ken Olin's character was subsequently killed off for On "Hill Street Blues,"his death was written into the show, though his cause of death was changed. "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. In the Season 1 finale, "Jungle Madness," Capt. Daniel J. Travanti, who ended up with the part, had played mostly bad guys. 5. Bochco got his way. The character retires during Season 7 but still appears throughout the final season, supporting his old colleagues as a friend and confidant. It "We were the lowest-rated drama in the history of television ever to get a second season," the Emmy-nominated Sikking says. things like your one-man show about Buckminster Fuller? This is a section for those 'fleeting recollections' and other thoughts about HSB by those that were part of it, if you wish to add First year, I went a little nuts. Haid: Steven said, Im doing a show over at MTM. When LaRue introduced himself during the gathering, the camera panned to someone saying "Hello, John"; it was Furillo. Ed Marinaro, a former football player whod had a short run on Laverne & Shirley, wasnt planning on Hill Street at all. Audiences found the ending unsatisfying. I was doing mostly doctors, lawyers and accountants. to do the best we could for them and the script. A relatively minor character, Oberman always keeps his cool and rarely raises his voice. Robert Prosky replaced Conrad. Haid: We collectively made a decision that it was seven (seasons) and out. money for a party in some park in Palm Springs for close friends. He is best remembered for his role as Lt. Ray Calletano in the long-running television series Hill Street Blues (19811987).[2][3]. They had already brought in Ken Olin to replace Kiel and Haid: I dont want to comment on anybodys stuff, because back in those days, there was that stuff going on. 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. "Let's be careful out there." Mann enjoyed a career that lasted for decades, dating back to the early 1950s. 1. Conrad, who continued to work through the end of his illness, had joked to the show's writers that that's how Esterhaus should go. Haid: I found out the series Id done had been passed on and Hill Street Blues had been picked up. He was magnificent in it, as you These immortal words were uttered by Michael Conrad at the beginning of every episode in which he appeared. But, the real boil belonged to Bochco. Within seconds I knew this was something special and that ending with Renko and Hill going down in slow motion how far ahead did you know where a story that featured you heavily was going? We stuck intensely powerful melodrama side by side with almost slapstick farcical fall-down clowning. [Howard] Hunter is with Linda Wolfowitz and she says, 'I'm Jewish, and you'd have to convert if we were to marry.' 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. 12. And it was everybody versus the network suits. But ask about career high points, and Hill Street Blues is tops on the list. "I can still smell drinks across the room. Grant Tinker, MTM Enterprises co-founder: Not only did MTM give good creative people the freedom to do their work, but I became justly famous for throwing my body between our producers and network bureaucrats. He then was cremated and his ashes were flown over the gathering and I was the last person to go in, and I auditioned and sure enough I got the part. Good. 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 I am about to be involved in play a The Sunset Limited and I am preparing for that. Actor Kiel Martin battled with substance abuse issues for the initial seasons, with those issues winding up being played out onscreen. Repeat after me: Good. Unlike his character, Enrquez was born in Nicaragua, not Colombia. ", 19. There are all these actors waiting around. I real don't know 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. The sixth season premiere of "Hill Street Blues" features film star Yaphet Kotto as its special guest. He returned in Season 6 as Lt. Norman Buntz, who he played through the end of the series, and beyond. Kiel Martin was cast as LaRue, a slick detective. "Hill Street Blues" went on to win 26 Emmys, a record for a drama series until "The West Wing" broke it. LaRue Actor. Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). indeed, an amazing guy. WebHill Street Blues (TV Series 19811987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. There was of course a lot of creative writing going on and so largely you left it up to the writers to look forward. wanted to pursue, so I moved out to Hollywood, got an agent, and once I had one, you know, I tried to get parts. Bochco and Kozoll met with the network brass. A Warner Bros. WebIt was eventually a bitter battle with lung cancer which finally took his life. 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