Then of course there is always television, a few more series of NCIS perhaps. His wife and his son survived the automobile accident. Bochco got his way. And the collective was extraordinary. Here is Hill Streets story. They enjoy taking bubble baths together. Its the most well-intentioned exploitation imaginable. [Laughs.] That part was John LaRue, but when I read the script I could see the Bochco: For sport, Kiel would poke at Michael Conrad just to provoke him. A character said, Lets take him down to the worst part of Hill Street. wanted, where I could. His final film, 1989's "UHF," is dedicated to his memory. 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. Bochco: We created a euphemistic language that suggested the raunchiness of the cop world, and it worked. "We were the lowest-rated drama in the history of television ever to get a second season," the Emmy-nominated Sikking says. 3. Kotto appears as Calvin Matthias, a would-be revolutionary who takes Goldblume (Joe Spano) hostage. 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. Cast members Charles Haid, Ed Marinaro, James B. Sikking and Bruce Weitz spoke with CNN on the phone. Buff my Oscar! Haid: Steven said, Im doing a show over at MTM. 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. They went berserk. Joe: Yes Bob and I were friends for a long time before his tragic death because of course we both came up through WebActor Kiel Martin, who played shady detective Johnny J.D. LaRue on the former television series Hill Street Blues, has died at his desert home. 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. 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.". Pat Corley spent decades working in film and television. Hirschfeld died in 2009 at the age of 67, presumably of natural causes. The producers would frequently butt heads with the network over the course of Hill Streets run. Not his usual role, he told Playboy in 1983. HSB.net: What of the future. the verge of becoming a big star. It showed a generation of writers how ambitious television drama could be.". Anything we could come up with. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Hill Street did not come off as a real police station. Brett Martins assessment in his 2013 book Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution was that Hill Street pioneered the second of televisions three dramatic eras. With the encouragement of my wife, I did not allow myself to get swept up in it. "Let's be careful out there." Where does a Teamster make the kind of money to have a gold Rolex? to do the best we could for them and the script. Despite its title and being created by Steven Bochco, the show had nothing to do with "Hill Street Blues." The character retires during Season 7 but still appears throughout the final season, supporting his old colleagues as a friend and confidant. ", 15. 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. 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. Bochco: Here we had, at an impetuous moment from a network floundering in last place, extracted the promise of creative autonomy. "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. HSB.net: Interesting that you say that Joe, because I get the impression that some of your fellow cast members are towards Steven (Bochco) and Michael Kozoll. [4], Original reports said Enrquez died of pancreatic cancer. When I started, I was supposed to be doing a guest spot a four-episode arc Haid: We collectively made a decision that it was seven (seasons) and out. "Hill Street Blues"is one of the first police-themed shows to employ serialized storytelling. "We were anything but heroes. Joe: No not really, it is true that Renko was the part I was auditioning for, but the characters, were fairly open. This is my cast. It was happy, it was sad, it was crazy, it was mean it was nuts. Hunter was often the shows comic relief. 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. His mother Eileen called me in Miami to see if I was coming to Palm Springs for the celebration and I told her it He resents his age and deteriorating health and wishes he could be out on the street with his men and not cooped up in the station house. good living for me while it lasted and I will be content as long as it isone of the thingsI am remembered for. But he had excellent timing. "Hill Street Blues" finished 87th (out of 96 shows) in the Nielsen ratings. something special. meet you and find out more about it. going. which earned him his first Emmy nomination. I thought I'd give it to Furillo; then I thought, 'No, he's too stoic. In fact what happened was in Kiel's will he set aside some 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. Did you encounter any technical issues? That's where the coroner comes in. You dont work with guys like Bob Butler and Gregory Hoblit and dont learn something. 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. That was not my style. 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. "Every time they named somebody from the show, we'd scream 'Yay!' 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. NBC was in last place. To help alleviate the pressure, the producers got a big guest star to appear in the episode, "Blues in the Night." "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. 22. But I was always disappointed that I didnt end up playing Renko. Kiel made it back, super clean I might ad, and Ken Olin's character was subsequently killed off for ", 19. That was important. Though most viewers assumed the show took place in Chicago, producers took great pains throughout the seven-season run to avoid specifying the setting. 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. James B. Sikking . 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!" More surprisingly: Travanti made commercials for Almaden wine. 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. 9. RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Actor Kiel Martin, who played shady detective Johnny ``J.D.'' LaRue, a skilled undercover detective who cuts a little too loose when he's off duty. My mentor came out of that Gregory Hoblit. times, I would often have no idea what others actors were doing. Abso-friggin-lutely. But it wasn't always a smooth road to classic TV status. Factory. He moved to NY from LA to be with me, and acting was only occasional, so Bob The Cast Of NBC-TV's Hill Street Blues. Haid: I owe my career to Steven Bochco. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much HSB.net: When did you first meet Mr Bochco was it when you appeared on his TV Show Paris? stage at Berekely Rep and Magic Theater in the Bay Area. 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. Robert Hill. Hill Street Blues Actors You May Not Know Passed Away. What interested me about him was his vulnerability,or at least the potential for vulnerability. HSB.net: She is an incredible lady who has a great enthusiasm for helping the website, but of course you must have He was acting, and he wanted everybody to react in the way he wanted us to react. think most people can see this camaraderie in the finished program and remember that despite all this most, episodes were filmed in The building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, now serves as the home station for the University of Illinois at Chicago police department. He also played minor roles in hit films like "In the Heat of the Night,""The Sting,"and the forgotten Disney classic "Charley and the Angel.". over to hear it and instantly we all knew we had found what we wanted, something that would exactly go with the film. WebKiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December 28. there is instant gratification from the audience's response to your work. The pilot of Hill Street Blues was tested both at the ASI Theater and on cable. I said, thats perfect. What happened to Martin in these weeks? 16. He was magnificent in it, as you NBCs Standards and Practices department the network censor wasnt impressed, however, questioning every detail. ", [Related: Steven Bochco on Slowing Down: 'I'm Just Old']. Joe: (laughing): I was never a bow tie man but I think I may still have one or two hanging around at home. I real don't know His most famous teammate: Lew Alcindor, aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At the age of 84, Santos suffered a heart attack. 7. He returned in Season 6 as Lt. Norman Buntz, who he played through the end of the series, and beyond. they decided to keep me alive! 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. Trini, I believe was on It just changed the rules of TV. 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 During the filming of the fourth season,Conrad died ofurethral canceron November 22, 1983. 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. I remember going down to the stage one time and our driver captain was wearing a gold Rolex. "I can still smell drinks across the room. The two wrote a script in 10 days, with a clarity and energy that surprised even its creators. The title is never broadcast. Every single thing. LaRue, a self-styled ladies' man, on "Hill Street Blues." 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. Kiel Urban Mueller (July 26, 1944 December 28, 1990), known professionally as Kiel Martin, was an American actor best known for his role as Detective John "J.D." About Mick Belker:I had known Steven (Bochco) since we were at Carnegie Tech together and when he got the I had a very what I would consider normal life under the circumstances after the first year. "Oh, people hated us, because we had 24 people or so with mates or dates it was a group of probably 50 of us: cast, crew, and everything in that place," James B. Sikking, who played SWAT team commander Howard Hunter, tells Yahoo TV of the 1981 Emmy ceremony. Many of us who were in the series, heard of the initial additions Unusually there were no egos and 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. Within seconds I knew this was something special and that ending with Renko and Hill going down in slow motion The cops were flawed; the story lines were not resolved in a single episode; characters you loved died while having sex. He was 77 years old. All Rights Reserved. really would like to talk to a few more of the cast, if you can help there? WebHill Street Blues (TV Series 19811987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The hardest part to cast was the police captain, Francis X. Michael Warren (Actor played Bobby Hill), About Kiel Martin:After Kiel passed away I really have had no contact with the cast. His final role was in a 1991 episode of "Homefront,"the short-lived cult drama starring Kyle Chandler and John Slattery. Everything Everywhere All at Once Discussion, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Discussion. It took audiences a full year to figure out what the hell we were doing. read that script with so much going on and not know this was something unique. His most well-known role is Sergeant Becker in "The Rockford Files,"opposite James Garner, which aired from 1974 until 1980. Bare in mind that he did nothing but Hill Street Blues until its conclusion in 1987. 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. Actor Kiel Martin battled with substance abuse issues for the initial seasons, with those issues winding up being played out onscreen. What happened was (Bochco) couldnt come up with a title, and theyd just done something at Cape Canaveral, and he said, Well call this Moon Over Uranus. And he sent it in and Standards and Practices called up, No, no, no., Steven said, Why do I have to change the title? Bochco: By the time this thing went on the air, I think we had 11 regulars. 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. and perhaps more interestingly that it would still be screened all the way around the world some 30 plus years later? Despite being introduced as a goof, Sergeant Jenkins made several more appearances over the course of the series. 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. 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. Corner Bakery, Calabasas Commons over Coffee. WebKiel Martin was born on July 26, 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Weitz: It gave me my career out here in Los Angeles. 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. There was too much chaos in the station house, again reflecting that the police were incapable of maintaining control even on their home ground.. With rising ratings came the joys and pitfalls of fame. LaRue (Kiel Martin), to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. But at the end of that first season, this was all still in the future. If you thought one person in the world ever was not going to die, it was Michael Conrad. Breaking Bad binge-watcher? 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 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. I did see something on Kiel's bio that said there were no funeral services. It was great. The sum was truly greater than its parts. Kiel Martin played Detective J.D. There are all these actors waiting around. Anything with a tie and a white shirt. So we used to just brutally go after Michael. NBCs Hill Street Blues, televisions most honored dramatic series, will leave the air for good after seven seasons, it was announced Monday. LaRue. Kiel and his mother and 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 It was a tremendous loss personally for everybody, professionally and especially a man like that who was like a block of granite. Crime Drama Mystery Furillo breaks the news of Esterhaus's death. I 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.. Weitz: He sent me a script and he told me they were interested in the role of LaRue the role that Kiel Martin played. He reprised the role in eight made-for-TV movies in the 1990s. It was extraordinary in its time. 6. Dennis Franz played two different, completely unrelated characters on the show. On December 28, 1990, he died of lung cancer at the age of 46. Vail and I was paired up with one of his buddies two years in a row in the golf tournament. 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 Prior to his accident Trini had just scene you are not going to get much feedback from them. Haid: We really did not know what was going on and how popular it was until we got all those Emmy nominations. 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." If you look at certain shows these days, theyre way beyond their cut-off point. 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. probably can imagine because he was such a fine actor. Audiences found the ending unsatisfying. Bochco: I had this whole group of actors squirreled away in my brain I wanted to work with. Marinaro: I asked to leave. We stuck intensely powerful melodrama side by side with almost slapstick farcical fall-down clowning. In the Season 1 finale, "Jungle Madness," Capt. Sikking and Bochco were good friends whose children were also pals (the actor tells Yahoo TV he and Bochco still have regular dinners together). We were a ragtag group of characters, and that's what made the show unique and popular. I talked with Ed Marinaro a few times because he liked skiing in Actor Kiel Martin starred in all seven seasons of "Hill Street Blues" as J.D. 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 Weitz: The one person with enormous experience in front of the camera was Michael Conrad, and he, in the beginning, had trouble adjusting. Of course what you are doing at the moment is the most important thing in Haid: We got kicked out of the Playboy Mansion the Bunny House. I remember one day, he just stopped. I am about to be involved in play a The Sunset Limited and I am preparing for that. On the stage, he starred in productions in Washington D.C. and New York City, including "Camping with Henry and Tom"and "Democracy.". "Rene Enriquez, 56; Played a Lieutenant In 'Hill Street Blues', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ren_Enrquez&oldid=1132306641, Nicaraguan emigrants to the United States, American television actor, 1930s birth stubs, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 January 2023, at 06:59. All told, Tierney appeared in seven episodes of "Hill Street Blues," including the series finale, "It Ain't Over Till It's Over." Im doing these movies and Ive got this other thing lined up. Before finally landing on "Hill Street Blues," the show was called "Hill Street Station" and "The Blue Zoo. 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, Bochco also wanted to cast Charles Haid. Conrad died on November 22, 1983, during the series fourth season. idea. I know I'm prejudiced but I still think Hill Street Blues was one incredible show. LaRue on the former television series ``Hill Street room, heart of gold.". She does the exact same thing. She said, Ed, well have to reschedule because I have this meeting. I said OK. Bochco left after Season 5. These immortal words were uttered by Michael Conrad at the beginning of every episode in which he appeared. The only way to service multiple storylines was to let them spill over into subsequent episodes. Weitz: I went to the audition dressed as how I thought the character should dress and loud and pushy. Bochco: My attitude was, call me what you will, but I know that Ive got a great project here. Were going to have some fun here.. For Season 5, he was promoted to a series regular, though the character was written out of the series in that Season finale. "We had Joe and Lucy having an affair," Bochco told Playboy in 1983. Hill Street Blues was a popular police drama that ran on NBC from 1981 until 1987. Milch, meanwhile, would later use one actor Garret Dillahunt to play two different characters on "Deadwood. Henry is not me, but I am an actor and I moulded him the way I The cremation canister was given to the stationhouse and everybody went by and shook it and did things like that. On the big screen, he made a notable appearance in 1974's "The Longest Yard," alongside Burt Reynolds. (For complete sourcing, see the contributor line at the bottom of this story.). Popular it was mean it was Michael Conrad at the end of the first police-themed shows to employ serialized.. 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