The supermarket tabloids have had a field day with Kiel Martin, the actor best known as hard-living Detective J.D. He was acting, and he wanted everybody to react in the way he wanted us to react. While he had appeared in many TV movies in the 1970s and 1980s, "Hill Street Blues"marked Prosky's first and only regular television role. 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 LaRue, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. Bruce's golf tournaments and had really nice conversations with them. ACTOR KIEL MARTIN DIES AT 46 RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- Kiel Martin, 46, the actor who played shady detective Johnny "J.D." If you think its boring watching them, you ought to try directing them. 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. There are all these actors waiting around. I did see something on Kiel's bio that said there were no funeral services. Good. which earned him his first Emmy nomination. His final television appearance was in a 2006 episode of "The Sopranos." Hill Street did not come off as a real police station. "Every time they named somebody from the show, we'd scream 'Yay!' HSB.net: Did you get a chance to make changes? Also of course Michael Kozoll was the writer. In comparison to Esterhaus, Jablonski is more bitter and cantankerous than his counterpart. Despite its many awards, critical successes, and watercooler-show status, the series never finished in the Nielsen Top 20 for any season. 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 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. And the collective was extraordinary. Writing., Travanti: When Barbara Bosson read the pilot, she said (to Bochco, her husband), This is the best thing youve ever written., Sikking: When you got the first script you went, Oh, yippee. they decided to keep me alive! Martin (to Playboy, 1983): The writers are very perceptive reporters. His best known work was as a regular in "Murphy Brown,"starring Candice Bergen. Silva's character,Jesus Martinez, starts out as a gang member before "officially" reforming and embarking on a new career in the legal field. Bochco: For sport, Kiel would poke at Michael Conrad just to provoke him. Unlike his character, Enrquez was born in Nicaragua, not Colombia. He even gets the last line in the entire series, answering the phone and saying, "Hill Street." good living for me while it lasted and I will be content as long as it isone of the thingsI am remembered for. Debuting in 1981, "Hill Street Blues"is one such show. the verge of becoming a big star. 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. 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. and perhaps more interestingly that it would still be screened all the way around the world some 30 plus years later? Unusually there were no egos and towards Steven (Bochco) and Michael Kozoll. The former Yale writing teacher won an Emmy for his first "Blues" script the Season 3 premiere, "Trial by Fury" and went on to become an executive producer on the show, adding Writers Guild awards and a Humanitas Prize to his rsum. Writing. 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. Hunter was often the shows comic relief. Haid: We really did not know what was going on and how popular it was until we got all those Emmy nominations. Kiel's return. If you thought one person in the world ever was not going to die, it was Michael Conrad. And the first guy in our business never gets the job. Then he knew and he said to everybody. Bochco: Personalities were just so volatile. The show received 21 Emmy nominations its first season. That was not my style. You dont work with guys like Bob Butler and Gregory Hoblit and dont learn something. 10. This three-episode arc from the first season, beginning with "Gatorbait"and ending with"I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin," features Dolph Sweet as Schneider, a middle-aged cop who's lost his way. One of them was James B. Sikking, who had appeared in a number of Bochco-written shows. He then was cremated and his ashes were flown over the gathering and I knew if I gave it up, Id never get it back. But Bochco never flinched. by once in a while and keep me posted on Kiel's career. things like your one-man show about Buckminster Fuller? Haid: Thats why it said (in the credits), Charles Haid as Renko.. Mick Belker, was a college friend of Bochco's. 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. 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. Bochco: By the time this thing went on the air, I think we had 11 regulars. 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. Joe: This was the first time I actually worked with him. 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." Veronica Hamel . The way he was described in the pilot, he couldnt defuse a roll of kosher toilet paper. His final onscreen appearance was in a 1990 episode of "Murder, She Wrote.". 2. the first episode. 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. 16. 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. Kiel and his mother and 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. Theyll take things from what they see in you, but theyre able to see beyond the bulls***. Frank Furillo. 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.". 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?" Sikking: I thought there was great depth to the character because he was a very lonely guy. Bochco also wanted to cast Charles Haid. It was still very popular when it Of course what you are doing at the moment is the most important thing in Although some people don't like to look back, I am happy that role made a At least he got a happy ending, running away to New Zealand with a female officer, Natalie (Ellen Blake), and enjoying retirement with the love of his life. They had done 13 episodes, and they got an order for four more, and the character of Joe Coffey was in those Bochco: On our scripts, we had double columns of dialogue, cause we scripted everything in the background. 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. And well all say a prayer and well sprinkle it on the street. And we went downtown and we were all there and everybodys dressed in their finest, taking a little bit of the ashes. went by it was clear that there were some very clever people involved in the series and I am proud of my contribution. We chose that. The hardest part to cast was the police captain, Francis X. I thought I'd give it to Furillo; then I thought, 'No, he's too stoic. 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. Its absolutely the high point. We should have won 10. Co-star Daniel J. Travanti reminisced that, during his time on Hill Street Blues, Enrquez was "sad, unhappy Still, initial ratings were poor and audiences were confused. He was 76 years old, per the Los Angeles Times. Sikking: We had (punning) titles on all of our shows. Tierney died in his sleep on February 26, 2002, while suffering from a bout of pneumonia. A character said, Lets take him down to the worst part of Hill Street. Ill see this cast and this show over my dead body. First year, I went a little nuts. 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. We were thrilled, absolutely thrilled. When I started, I was supposed to be doing a guest spot a four-episode arc 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. ", [Related: Steven Bochco on Slowing Down: 'I'm Just Old']. Kind of isolated loner actor. 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. His name was Joe Stone and was stunt You could not Joe: Yes Bob and I were friends for a long time before his tragic death because of course we both came up through He was the guy selling drugs. The cremation canister was given to the stationhouse and everybody went by and shook it and did things like that. He died on March 23, 1990, from AIDS, the first of two Hill Street Blues stars to die that year. 18. Michael Warren . "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. I remember one day, he just stopped. His final film, 1989's "UHF," is dedicated to his memory. Where does a Teamster make the kind of money to have a gold Rolex? Bare in mind that he did nothing but Hill Street Blues until its conclusion in 1987. 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. 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. It wasnt a success that could have been predicted. About The Cast::I worked as a lighting technician at CBS Studio City during the filming of most of the episodes ", 20. 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. 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. I know her husband Steve was 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." CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. We could put a human face on these people. Sadly, he passed away from cancer in 1990. HSB.net: Can you tell us a little about how the show was structured with regards to forward planning, for example Like with so many actors from that film, "Needle Park"led to Santos getting bigger and better roles in film and television. 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. 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. "Blues" was produced by MTM Enterprises, the production company created by Mary Tyler Moore and then-husband Grant Tinker to produce "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." "Hill Street Blues: The Complete Series" is now available on DVD from Shout! We won everything. 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. While his wife and son only suffered minor injuries, Silva was killed in the accident (via Los Angeles Times). Travanti: He added a great deal to that character. 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. 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." Margaritas make me salivate. 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." On Hill Street, Sikking played Howard Hunter, the martinet head of the stations SWAT-like squad, the Emergency Action Team. There are too many loose ends. she found out Kiel and I were buddies there. 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. We stuck intensely powerful melodrama side by side with almost slapstick farcical fall-down clowning. The result? In fact what happened was in Kiel's will he set aside some Weitz: The one person with enormous experience in front of the camera was Michael Conrad, and he, in the beginning, had trouble adjusting. Because "Hill Street Blues" wasn't a typical cop show, the theme song wasn't the usual loud, hard-driving cop-drama theme song. The pilot of Hill Street Blues was tested both at the ASI Theater and on cable. Before he became a Hollywood actor, Dolph Sweet served on B-24 bombers during World War II. Haid: Steven said, Im doing a show over at MTM. Despite its title and being created by Steven Bochco, the show had nothing to do with "Hill Street Blues." instrumental in saving Kiel's job and getting him into Betty Ford for rehab. LaRue of Hill Street Blues. Daniel J. Travanti, who ended up with the part, had played mostly bad guys. 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 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, Marinaro: We were described once as the most unattractive cast on television, which was I guess a compliment. Hill Street being Hill Street, though, it wasnt without a wicked twist. 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." Joe: No not to start with, because we were working on our own little bits and of course you don't see the whole. 32The sixth season of "Hill Street Blues" introduced Lawrence Tierney asSergeant Jenkins of the night shift. His most well-known role is Sergeant Becker in "The Rockford Files,"opposite James Garner, which aired from 1974 until 1980. 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.

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