Hill Street Blues was a popular police drama that ran on NBC from 1981 until 1987. 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." Outside of his duty as a cop, his life is marred by poor choices. 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. Robert Prosky died in 2008 following complications from heart surgery. Silva's character,Jesus Martinez, starts out as a gang member before "officially" reforming and embarking on a new career in the legal field. At the age of 84, Santos suffered a heart attack. He was sweet, sweet natured and grateful for what he had there but saddened by being let go. Then Bochco asked me what I thought and I suggested doing something opposite to that, light but conveying the non stop excitement We stuck intensely powerful melodrama side by side with almost slapstick farcical fall-down clowning. 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. LaRue on the former NBC He then was cremated and his ashes were flown over the gathering and Haid: This guy died with his boots on, literally. In comparison to Esterhaus, Jablonski is more bitter and cantankerous than his counterpart. His wife and his son survived the automobile accident. Kotto died seven years later, in 2021. the first episode. he told People. Michael and I agreed that we would do it on one condition: Well do this pilot for you on the condition that youll leave us completely alone to do whatever we want. Bochco: We did stuff in that show Id never seen before anywhere. But they were insistent that thats what they wanted. and displaying his wares, just as he'd done on "Hill Street Blues.". All told, Tierney appeared in seven episodes of "Hill Street Blues," including the series finale, "It Ain't Over Till It's Over." And the building's exterior once again stands in as a TV series police station on Dick Wolf's "Chicago PD.". Abso-friggin-lutely. The Cast Of NBC-TV's Hill Street Blues. "I can still smell drinks across the room. Although he was wanted to pursue, so I moved out to Hollywood, got an agent, and once I had one, you know, I tried to get parts. There was too much chaos in the station house, again reflecting that the police were incapable of maintaining control even on their home ground.. 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. Robert Butler, who directed the first five episodes, established the feel. Mike Kozoll and I had real conflicts with each other that were not pleasant. 2. Although some people don't like to look back, I am happy that role made a 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 Following the conclusion of "Homicide," Kotto mostly retired, though he made sporadic appearances in his later years. through people we knew. 17. He was 58 years old. He was, ", 19. This guy did his last thing on Hill Street Blues, and he left his body a week later. In one episode, Belker was undercover at a butcher shop. Corner Bakery, Calabasas Commons over Coffee. 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. Co-star Daniel J. Travanti reminisced that, during his time on Hill Street Blues, Enrquez was "sad, unhappy I called Bochco and he and Hoblit come Mike Kozoll didnt particularly want to do another cop show. 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 He won an Emmy in 1988 for Best Guest Actor for his But we decided Hill Street should have some kind of service. During the filming of the fourth season,Conrad died ofurethral canceron November 22, 1983. 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. at the end of the first season. Webmaster Andy Lambert with Joe Spano,Calabasas Commons, California. Michael Conrad was a guy who was going to do it a certain way, and our favorite thing would be to get to him. One of the saddest events of Hill Streets run involved Michael Conrad. 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. 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). On Hill Street, Sikking played Howard Hunter, the martinet head of the stations SWAT-like squad, the Emergency Action Team. Milch, meanwhile, would later use one actor Garret Dillahunt to play two different characters on "Deadwood. For its debut season in 1981, "Hill Street Blues" received 21 Emmy nominations and won eight of them, including the first of four consecutive Outstanding Drama Series statues. Sikking, however, saw his humanity. "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. 10. Sikking: We had a funeral for Esterhaus on camera. Within seconds I knew this was something special and that ending with Renko and Hill going down in slow motion four episodesand was scheduled to die in the final episode. things like your one-man show about Buckminster Fuller? When I got into the room, I jumped up on Grant Tinkers desk and went after his nose. What interested me about him was his vulnerability,or at least the potential for vulnerability. Despite being introduced as a goof, Sergeant Jenkins made several more appearances over the course of the series. was too tough for me. 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. 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. The main characters were perceived as being not capable and having flawed personalities. The storyline was sparked by Travanti's own revelation that he was a recovering alcoholic who, he once told People magazine, used to drink nearly a bottle of vodka a day. I real don't know Actor Kiel Martin starred in all seven seasons of "Hill Street Blues" as J.D. When I got there, I went over to the offices and they were in the middle of a casting session. 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.. Mick Belker, was a college friend of Bochco's. 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. Unlike his character, Enrquez was born in Nicaragua, not Colombia. He's bad with money, he's bad with alcohol, and bad with women. she found out Kiel and I were buddies there. Across 15 episodes between Season 3 and Season 6, actor Larry D. Mann appeared as JudgeLee Oberman. Haid: We would come up with every euphemism for masturbation we could come up with. Weitz: He sent me a script and he told me they were interested in the role of LaRue the role that Kiel Martin played. Sikking: The guy called up, he was screaming, You cant put that on there. Steven said, I can, too. Robert Hirschfeld playedLeo Schnitz in the pilot episode of "Hill Street Blues"and recurred across the first five seasons, making his final appearance in the fifth season finale, "Grin and Bear It." You know yourself if it seemed right, but your fellow actors are also working on their part and unless it is a very special RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Actor Kiel Martin, who played shady detective Johnny ``J.D.'' "Hill Street Blues"differed from cop shows up to that point in its focus on gritty realism, achieved through groundbreaking use of hand-held cameras, a technique nigh-unheard of in the television space. LaRue, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. In the Season 1 finale, "Jungle Madness," Capt. 18. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. When it premiered on NBC in January 1981, Hill Street was unlike anything else on American television. LaRue. I remember one day, he just stopped. Travanti: What is the key to everything? that part? They went berserk. NBCs Hill Street Blues, televisions most honored dramatic series, will leave the air for good after seven seasons, it was announced Monday. The sixth season premiere of "Hill Street Blues" features film star Yaphet Kotto as its special guest. Guess I'm not the Hollywood type. 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. Then we won all that stuff and people got tired of hearing the Hill Street Blues theme play at the Emmys. And Hunter says, 'You mean like that colored entertainer?' 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!" It Kiel Martin played Detective J.D. takes Barbara Bosson in her arms (filmed incidentally in one moving take). And they left it on the air, and it was my favorite moment ever. 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. His final television appearance was in a 2006 episode of "The Sopranos." "We were anything but heroes. 11. co-ordinator for a TV show called Falcon Crest. Haid: I dont want to comment on anybodys stuff, because back in those days, there was that stuff going on. HSB.net: Can you tell us a little about how the show was structured with regards to forward planning, for example less than a week I know one thing for sure, I will never work with a crew like that again. Good. One can only imagine what he could have achieved had he not been killed in such a senseless accident. 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. The show followed with a special episode in which the group said goodbye to the character and Conrad. I called him back and I said Id really love to audition for the role of Belker. Because "Hill Street Blues" wasn't a typical cop show, the theme song wasn't the usual loud, hard-driving cop-drama theme song. Actors came and went: Ken Olin, Mimi Kuzyk, Megan Gallagher, Lisa Sutton. EVERYTHING in the background. That was not my style. All Rights Reserved. His final film, 1989's "UHF," is dedicated to his memory. completed working on a television pilot (Home Free) that I helped create and produce in 1988 for NBC. The death-during-sex character refers to Sgt. Joe: He is not wrong, when you are involved with a film, or TV production and are doing a scene, there is no real Every single thing. 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 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. 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. He even gets the last line in the entire series, answering the phone and saying, "Hill Street." But if you see the episodes, you see how much fun we were having. In front are L to R: Michael Warren, Kiel Martin, Joe Spano, and Bruce Weitz. And everybody started crying. That was important. Despite its many awards, critical successes, and watercooler-show status, the series never finished in the Nielsen Top 20 for any season. Bochco: It was a teeming world. time, although of course that by no means guaranties success. It took us a year or so to clean all that stuff up. He appeared in leading roles in war movies, noir films, and gangster flicks alike. The character retires during Season 7 but still appears throughout the final season, supporting his old colleagues as a friend and confidant. attempts to steal another actors scene. 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. 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. We chose that. 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. 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." 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. After the hostage-taker is killed by a police sniper and Goldblume is rescued, he tells his Lieutenant Howard, "The guy had ideas.". I said, thats perfect. About The Theme Music:When I was asked to come up with the music for the series I went to the Studio and watched 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. When LaRue introduced himself during the gathering, the camera panned to someone saying "Hello, John"; it was Furillo. Hunter was often the shows comic relief. HSB.net: Did you get a chance to make changes? If you think its boring watching them, you ought to try directing them. Cast also took par. Its shows, such as the flop Supertrain, were the butt of jokes. Robert Hill. HSB.net: She is an incredible lady who has a great enthusiasm for helping the website, but of course you must have Bochco: Fred (Silverman) was great. 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. Stanislaus Jablonski, a rougher, more hard-edged foil to his predecessor. "Let's be careful out there." LaRue of Hill Street Blues. Bochco: For sport, Kiel would poke at Michael Conrad just to provoke him. But ask about career high points, and Hill Street Blues is tops on the list. HSB.net: Is it true that you were originally cast as Renko, but they thought you were not aggressive enough for Then he had to deal with it. And I knew I had something unprecedented in terms of that kind of control and I wasnt going to give it up. He is best remembered for his role as Lt. Ray Calletano in the long-running television series Hill Street Blues (19811987).[2][3]. It was just so different. 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.". Martin (to Playboy, 1983): The writers are very perceptive reporters. Another athlete-turned-actor on "Hill Street Blues": Michael Warren, a standout player on UCLA's 1967 and 1968 national champion basketball teams. indeed, an amazing guy. 25. Kind of isolated loner actor. Sweet's final project was the domestic sitcom "Gimme a Break!," which lasted six seasons and saw the star oppositeNell Carter. In the 1970s, Hirschfeld appeared in several of the decade's most beloved movies, playing minor roles in "Escape from Alcatraz" and "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry." 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. Martin was once in contention for the lead role in the Oscar winning film Midnight Cowboy. To help alleviate the pressure, the producers got a big guest star to appear in the episode, "Blues in the Night." We portrayed them as real people. Bochco and Kozoll met with the network brass. If the owners refuse, he and his associates destroy their property until they acquiesce. The title is never broadcast. Sopranos fan? "Hill Street Blues" finished 87th (out of 96 shows) in the Nielsen ratings. On the stage, he starred in productions in Washington D.C. and New York City, including "Camping with Henry and Tom"and "Democracy.". WebKiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December 28. 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. Joe: (laughing): I was never a bow tie man but I think I may still have one or two hanging around at home. 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. 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. Haid: Thats why it said (in the credits), Charles Haid as Renko.. ACTOR KIEL MARTIN DIES AT 46 RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- Kiel Martin, 46, the actor who played shady detective Johnny "J.D." I would say, Well, stroke my bishop. Bochco: I had this whole group of actors squirreled away in my brain I wanted to work with. Also of course Michael Kozoll was the writer. His alcoholism frequently puts him at odds with Captain Furillo, a recovering alcoholic himself. 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. Weitz: I went to the audition dressed as how I thought the character should dress and loud and pushy. Factory. 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. Kiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December 28. 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. 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. Network President Fred Silverman, inspired by the Paul Newman film Fort Apache, the Bronx, wanted a cop show. 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. Haid: We got kicked out of the Playboy Mansion the Bunny House. Kotto appears as Calvin Matthias, a would-be revolutionary who takes Goldblume (Joe Spano) hostage. Tierney died in his sleep on February 26, 2002, while suffering from a bout of pneumonia. Can you imagine having the power to give a boil to anybody in this cast? your life and we are inclined to want to talk about that. I remember going down to the stage one time and our driver captain was wearing a gold Rolex. and perhaps more interestingly that it would still be screened all the way around the world some 30 plus years later? Are you going to do it that way? And we all said yeah, what about it? When I started, I was supposed to be doing a guest spot a four-episode arc "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. Sikking: We had (punning) titles on all of our shows. The result? was just incredible! We left nothing to chance. It was still very popular when it Though most viewers assumed the show took place in Chicago, producers took great pains throughout the seven-season run to avoid specifying the setting. Bochco got his way. And it was everybody versus the network suits. 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. But Bochco never flinched. WebJust leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. We won everything. to do the best we could for them and the script. Bochco: So I said to them, fold it. And they didnt know. Anything we could come up with. 16. Im doing these movies and Ive got this other thing lined up. So we scripted everything. 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