Repeat after me: Good. 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, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. Travanti: We won eight (Emmys). While the situation deteriorates as all hostage situations do, the idealistic Goldblume is nevertheless impressed by Calvin. Many actors are. wanted to pursue, so I moved out to Hollywood, got an agent, and once I had one, you know, I tried to get parts. Actors and producers started to turn over. "Steven put a reference to him in one of the shows. We portrayed them as real people. It was great. Haid: We would come up with every euphemism for masturbation we could come up with. 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. I worked in downtown Miami for 25 years and Kiel's dad Karl was a court recorder and would stop "I can still smell drinks across the room. Cookies help us deliver our Services. 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. your life and we are inclined to want to talk about that. HSB.net: Interesting that you say that Joe, because I get the impression that some of your fellow cast members are Corner Bakery, Calabasas Commons over Coffee. But they were insistent that thats what they wanted. Martin (to Playboy, 1983): The writers are very perceptive reporters. The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded. Haid: Thats why it said (in the credits), Charles Haid as Renko.. Bochco: Personalities were just so volatile. 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. ", 15. I was doing mostly doctors, lawyers and accountants. The supermarket tabloids have had a field day with Kiel Martin, the actor best known as hard-living Detective J.D. In Season 3, he played corrupt cop Sal Benedetto, who was killed off after five enullpisodes. 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. We should have won 10. James B. Sikking . Without question the high point of my professional life. And the building's exterior once again stands in as a TV series police station on Dick Wolf's "Chicago PD.". Weitz: I can remember the first rehearsal, standing around in groups, talking about how important it is to make this as good as it can be, because the writing was phenomenal. Conrad died on November 22, 1983, during the series fourth season. It took us a year or so to clean all that stuff up. 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 Sammy Davis Jr. was a fan of the show, and wanted to make a guest appearance. 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. Joe: (laughing): I was never a bow tie man but I think I may still have one or two hanging around at home. WebKiel Martin was born on July 26, 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Actors came and went: Ken Olin, Mimi Kuzyk, Megan Gallagher, Lisa Sutton. Not that the actors didnt contribute in certain ways. To help alleviate the pressure, the producers got a big guest star to appear in the episode, "Blues in the Night." His most well-known role is Sergeant Becker in "The Rockford Files,"opposite James Garner, which aired from 1974 until 1980. Bochco: We bring them all over, and I hear that (NBC head of casting) Joel Thurm has said, theyre all too dark. Martin: It was the first time in my career I played a part where I wasnt some terrible creep. That was not my style. Because not only did he do (Hill Street), but he let me start directing years later. I think I thought "maybe a couple of series" at the time. His final film, 1989's "UHF," is dedicated to his memory. Then he had to deal with it. 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 His wife and his son survived the automobile accident. Its absolutely the high point. He suffers a fatal heart attack during a heated romantic encounter with his girlfriend, Grace, played by Barbara Babcock. 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. I know her husband Steve was While Im standing here Geri Windsor walks in who is a woman and I introduce myself. He could twist arms and pat backs. 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." 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." 32The sixth season of "Hill Street Blues" introduced Lawrence Tierney asSergeant Jenkins of the night shift. "Every time they named somebody from the show, we'd scream 'Yay!' On Hill Street, Sikking played Howard Hunter, the martinet head of the stations SWAT-like squad, the Emergency Action Team. We won everything. completed working on a television pilot (Home Free) that I helped create and produce in 1988 for NBC. times, I would often have no idea what others actors were doing. It was a tremendous loss personally for everybody, professionally and especially a man like that who was like a block of granite. After 'Hill Street Blues' ended, Spano appeared in series like 'Murder One,' 'The X-Files,' and 'NYPD Blue.' It wasnt a success that could have been predicted. 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. 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. 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. So we used to just brutally go after Michael. Without that it is hard to know a great deal about where it was ", [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. Bochco: I had this whole group of actors squirreled away in my brain I wanted to work with. "They were negotiating a deal. After the war, he became an actor and appeared in dozens of films and television shows, frequently playing lawmen. HSB.net: What happened to your collection of bow ties? Unlike his character, Enrquez was born in Nicaragua, not Colombia. Charles Haid . Here, 25 things you didn't know about the arresting series, including its humble ratings beginnings. the first episode. Bochco also wanted to cast Charles Haid. If you allow yourself to continue to be swept up in it, there can only be disaster at the end. Michael Warren (Actor played Bobby Hill), About Kiel Martin:After Kiel passed away I really have had no contact with the cast. Bochco: We did stuff in that show Id never seen before anywhere. was a different thing when you saw the finished production however! Travanti: He added a great deal to that character. The role followed appearances in many TV series, including "The Virginian" and "Gunsmoke. Across 15 episodes between Season 3 and Season 6, actor Larry D. Mann appeared as JudgeLee Oberman. 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 Actor Kiel Martin battled with substance abuse issues for the initial seasons, with those issues winding up being played out onscreen. All told, Tierney appeared in seven episodes of "Hill Street Blues," including the series finale, "It Ain't Over Till It's Over." 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: Here we had, at an impetuous moment from a network floundering in last place, extracted the promise of creative autonomy. at the end of the first season. Haid: We got kicked out of the Playboy Mansion the Bunny House. Bruce's golf tournaments and had really nice conversations with them. Kiel and his mother and Vail and I was paired up with one of his buddies two years in a row in the golf tournament. Where does a Teamster make the kind of money to have a gold Rolex? 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.. Sikking: The guy called up, he was screaming, You cant put that on there. Steven said, I can, too. Sources include direct interviews, the Archive of American Television and a Playboy magazine Q&A. over to hear it and instantly we all knew we had found what we wanted, something that would exactly go with the film. I knew if I gave it up, Id never get it back. Joe: Yes I think as the series went on our input was listened to, but because it was so well written you did not often Outside of "Hill Street Blues," Conrad was mainly a hardworking television actor, appearing on shows as varied as "Little House on the Prairie"and "The Incredible Hulk"to "All in the Family" and "The Bob Newhart Show." Unusually there were no egos and 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. Sadly, he passed away in 2006 due to congestive heart failure. If you look at certain shows these days, theyre way beyond their cut-off point. 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. that part? 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. 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. That part was John LaRue, but when I read the script I could see the 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). Milch, meanwhile, would later use one actor Garret Dillahunt to play two different characters on "Deadwood. Tierney died in his sleep on February 26, 2002, while suffering from a bout of pneumonia. He's bad with money, he's bad with alcohol, and bad with women. Prior to his accident Trini had just But he loved it and started jumping up and down," Bosson told Playboy. 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. Debuting in 1981, "Hill Street Blues"is one such show. 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.. But the growl was the writers idea and all the hairbags and all that slang was all theirs. And the collective was extraordinary. Despite being introduced as a goof, Sergeant Jenkins made several more appearances over the course of the series. In fact what happened was in Kiel's will he set aside some They enjoy taking bubble baths together. HSB.net: Did you get a chance to make changes? Can you imagine having the power to give a boil to anybody in this cast? 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. Andy Renko. Joe:(smiling) That's actors for you! 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 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. "Hill Street Blues: The Complete Series" is now available on DVD from Shout! NBC wasnt thrilled with the way things were going. There was a feeling of responsibility many of us felt I called Bochco and he and Hoblit come In comparison to Esterhaus, Jablonski is more bitter and cantankerous than his counterpart. RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Actor Kiel Martin, who played shady detective Johnny ``J.D.'' He was an actor, known for Hill Street Blues (1981), The Panic in Needle Park (1971) and The Ray 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. The lanky actor was a veteran of dozens of shows and movies but largely unknown until he landed the role of Esterhaus, the stations duty sergeant, who ended each episodes introductory roll call with the phrase, Lets be careful out there.. Kotto died seven years later, in 2021. Anything with a tie and a white shirt. The title is never broadcast. was too tough for me. Bochco: It was a teeming world. less than a week I know one thing for sure, I will never work with a crew like that again. 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. Not his usual role, he told Playboy in 1983. In the theatre everything is much more intermit, with a stronger connection and idea. Bochco and Kozoll met with the network brass. We were thrilled, absolutely thrilled. The hardest part to cast was the police captain, Francis X. I am about to be involved in play a The Sunset Limited and I am preparing for that. He was 76 years old, per the Los Angeles Times. And wed react a little bit off camera. He then was cremated and his ashes were flown over the gathering and 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. After his plane was shot down on a mission, he served two years as a Prisoner of War. 2. As the months scene you are not going to get much feedback from them. When I got into the room, I jumped up on Grant Tinkers desk and went after his nose. About The Theme Music:When I was asked to come up with the music for the series I went to the Studio and watched These immortal words were uttered by Michael Conrad at the beginning of every episode in which he appeared. WebKiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December 28. Bochco left after Season 5. You dont work with guys like Bob Butler and Gregory Hoblit and dont learn something. would have liked the Renko part but in the end I was given Goldblume. Kiel's return. 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. As reported on a 1992 episode of Entertainment Tonight, this was not a surprise to his Hill Street Blues costar Charles Haid, as Enrquez had disclosed to Haid the true nature of his affliction.[5]. 8. If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available. Kiel Martin Detective J.D. Although some people don't like to look back, I am happy that role made a Sikking and Bochco were good friends whose children were also pals (the actor tells Yahoo TV he and Bochco still have regular dinners together). (NBC) told me the character had tested so well, they didnt want him to die. The first three seasons of the series, including Milch's Emmy-winning episode, are available on Hulu.com. Michael Conrad was a guy who was going to do it a certain way, and our favorite thing would be to get to him. But take my word for it it did not go onto the set. 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. ", 19. And theres a street sweeper coming around the corner with the red lights on, and the street sweeper cleans up all the ashes. His best known work was as a regular in "Murphy Brown,"starring Candice Bergen. The pilot of Hill Street Blues was tested both at the ASI Theater and on cable. That's where the coroner comes in. Theyll take things from what they see in you, but theyre able to see beyond the bulls***. We could put a human face on these people. We chose that. I was young and dumb and took a shot there. Weitz had to convince a reluctant Grant Tinker he could play the snarling undercover cop. 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 The project fell into the hands of producers Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll at MTM Enterprises. 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. Although he was things like your one-man show about Buckminster Fuller? 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. 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. Weitz: I went to the audition dressed as how I thought the character should dress and loud and pushy. I did meet several of them at 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. Haid: We collectively made a decision that it was seven (seasons) and out. Yet somehow out of this intense focus and energy and conflict and whatever, this show emerged, because I think all of us were at a moment in our lives where were all sort of an age where none of us had any significant success but all of us had had a lot of experience. Bochco: We created a euphemistic language that suggested the raunchiness of the cop world, and it worked. I thought I'd give it to Furillo; then I thought, 'No, he's too stoic. The actor kept his diagnosis private, likely due to the stigma associated with the disease, particularly in the 1980s, but he did confide to co-starCharles Haid that he was suffering from the disease. Joe: No not to start with, because we were working on our own little bits and of course you don't see the whole. Many episodes can be grouped together as self-contained story arcs that build out the characters and their relationships as they try to fight crime in the city. Cast members Charles Haid, Ed Marinaro, James B. Sikking and Bruce Weitz spoke with CNN on the phone. He just couldnt stand it. HSB.net: Ramona Silipo said you are never happier than when you are doing theatre and especially when you are doing His mother Eileen called me in Miami to see if I was coming to Palm Springs for the celebration and I told her it Sometimes causing delay or retakes in production, much to the annoyance of the on set accountant. 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. In Season 5, actor Robert Prosky was brought in to play Sgt. Hill Street did not come off as a real police station. Menu. 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. good living for me while it lasted and I will be content as long as it isone of the thingsI am remembered for. There was of course a lot of creative writing going on and so largely you left it up to the writers to look forward. AP. He also acted 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.. Anything we could come up with. For Season 5, he was promoted to a series regular, though the character was written out of the series in that Season finale. Many of us who were in the series, heard of the initial additions 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. In one episode, Belker was undercover at a butcher shop. I I 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. La Rue on the 1980s television drama Hill Street Blues. The cops were flawed; the story lines were not resolved in a single episode; characters you loved died while having sex. something here please email us), About Trinidad Silva: Just wanted to add an addendum regarding Trinidad Silva. Actors' real lives were not the only ones mined for storyline inspiration. Bochco: Fred (Silverman) was great. They had done 13 episodes, and they got an order for four more, and the character of Joe Coffey was in those If you thought one person in the world ever was not going to die, it was Michael Conrad. His most famous teammate: Lew Alcindor, aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 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. On December 28, 1990, he died of lung cancer at the age of 46. The Riverside County coroners office said the 46-year-old actor died Friday after suffering a cardiovascular collapse because of lung cancer. Abso-friggin-lutely. She told me she was a bunny at the Playboy club for a time. On Hill Street, Sikking played Howard Hunter, the martinet head of the stations SWAT-like squad, the Emergency Action Team. Hill Street Blues was a popular police drama that ran on NBC from 1981 until 1987. 6. [Howard] Hunter is with Linda Wolfowitz and she says, 'I'm Jewish, and you'd have to convert if we were to marry.' He was the guy selling drugs. She said, Ed, well have to reschedule because I have this meeting. I said OK. Hunter was often the shows comic relief. Award-winning show that it is, Hill Street still sank by roughly 10% in the ratings since its peak in 1982-83. When it premiered on NBC in January 1981, Hill Street was unlike anything else on American television. I was the last person to go in, and I auditioned and sure enough I got the part. Hunter was often the shows 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. money for a party in some park in Palm Springs for close friends. He was, Kiel Martin was born on July 26, 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA as Kiel Urban Mueller. He was an actor, known for The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Hill Street Blues (1981) and Moonrunners (1975). He was married to Joanne Marie Lapomarda, Christina Montoya and Claudia Martin. He died on December 28, 1990 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA. Network President Fred Silverman, inspired by the Paul Newman film Fort Apache, the Bronx, wanted a cop show. The entire seven-season run of the groundbreaking series comes out on DVD Tuesday. About The Cast::I worked as a lighting technician at CBS Studio City during the filming of most of the episodes that would shortly follow. The writers occasionally mined the actors actual experiences for Hill Street stories: alcoholism, ethnic stereotyping, sexual politics. 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. 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 I knew I had something unprecedented in terms of that kind of control and I wasnt going to give it up. Another athlete-turned-actor on "Hill Street Blues": Michael Warren, a standout player on UCLA's 1967 and 1968 national champion basketball teams. 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." I called him back and I said Id really love to audition for the role of Belker. 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. art. Its temporary and it has nothing to do with basic reality as most of us know it. Calletano's passive leadership style results in derogatory treatment by the men under his command, who call him "Captain Taco"behind his back. Still, initial ratings were poor and audiences were confused. Joe: He is not wrong, when you are involved with a film, or TV production and are doing a scene, there is no real I real don't know Here is Hill Streets story. If you think its boring watching them, you ought to try directing them. 'Paris' was another production where some of the Hill Street I said, thats perfect. He was 58 years old. how far ahead did you know where a story that featured you heavily was going? There was also much comedy and some of the cast and especially oneof the writers (no I am not saying which), loved to play 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. Sikking, however, saw his humanity. NBCs Standards and Practices department the network censor wasnt impressed, however, questioning every detail. 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. Director Rick Wallace Writers Michael Kozoll Steven Bochco (story by) Jeffrey Lewis (teleplay by) He died several days later, on March 18, 2016, at the age of 84, per The Hollywood Reporter. 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. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. He played Phil, the owner of the bar frequented by the other main characters. Bochco: At the end of the meeting, I got up and said, We cant do this project. On "Hill Street Blues,"his death was written into the show, though his cause of death was changed. 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