Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Steve Landesberg "Barney Miller's" Dies AT 74

Steve Landesberg, an actor and comedian with a friendly manner and without expression often has for his role in the long-known comedy "Barney Miller," died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 74 years.
The cause was colon cancer, said his daughter, Elizabeth, on Tuesday.


In "Barney Miller", which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1982, Mr. Landesberg played Sgt Arthur P. Dietrich, a detective in a quiet intellectual who seemed to be an unprecedented understanding of the question almost everyone to have, to the dismay of his fellow detectives .
Even statements strange, unexpected. In an episode from 1980, says his boss, Captain Miller, who works on a case from the year 1973. Miller explains: "It was seven years ago, Nixon was president!" Response generally low profile Dietrich. "No, he has an alibi for him''
Mr. Landesberg received three Emmy nominations for this role.
Set in a police station in New York, "Barney Miller" portrays a group of detectives humorous and eccentric characters that end. Some police officers said the show, in which the bulk of activity in space instead of the pack in the streets was often the representation of the real lives of young officers, better than many TV detective dramas.
After "Barney Miller" went to air, land Mr. Berg appeared in numerous TV shows, including "The Golden Girls," "Law & Order," "That '70s Show" and "Everybody Hates Chris". He a recurring role in the short-lived sitcom 1998 "Conrad Bloom". Last played Dr. Myron Finkelstein, a therapist, Freud in "Head Case", a comedy on cable channel Starz.
In 2008 he played a doctor whose patient (played by Jason Segel, writer and film stars) is about 20 years in the movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." His other films include "Wild Hogs" and "Leader of the Band." Their distinctive dry, deep voice was heard in cartoons and commercials.
Landesberg Stephen was born 23rd November 1936, in the Bronx. He began his acting career and was known for his comments outside of the central and eccentric delivery. He starred in the comedy clubs in New York in 1960 and early 1970 with players such as Freddie Prinze and Jimmy Walker. He has over "The Tonight Show" for the first time in 1971 and several times in "The Dean Martin Show" before his first recurring role as a violinist in the Viennese comedy "Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers" was published in 1974.
Besides his daughter, he is survived by his wife Nancy Ross Landesberg.
Initial reports about the death of Mr de Landesberg on many biographical sources said he was 65. Admitting that he was nine years older, his daughter said she had given different dates of birth in recent years. "He has a kind of late start in show business, he says," so he tried to bridge the generations. All wrong. People are surprised he is still 65th "

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