Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about HAL LINDEN!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Hal Linden is an American stage and screen actor, television director and musician . he began his career as a big band musician and singer in the 1950s . Linden won a Best Actor Tony Award for his portray in 1974, Linden landed his best-known role as the title character in the television comedy series Barney Miller . the role earned him seven Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Award nominations . Linden won Linden released his first album of pop and jazz standards, It’s Never Too Late, in 2011 . he is the youngest son of Frances (née Rosen) and Charles Lipshitz, a Lithuanian jew during his youth, Linden wanted to be a big band singer and bandleader . he decided to change his name stating, “‘Swing and Sway with Harold Lipshitz’ just didn’t pars he was discharged from the army in 1954 . he made a further breakthrough on the stage in 1962 . his career slowed in the 1960s . in 1973, he co-starred opposite Tony Lo Bianco in the NBC television film Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside . the film was intended to be the pilot for a proposed series but was not picked up by Linden portrayed the eponymous captain of the 12th Precinct in Greenwich Village . he earned seven Emmy Award nominations for his work on the series, one for each season . he won two Emmys for Outstanding Individual Achievement for his host work on FYI. in 1984 and 1985. (1982), the television adaptation of the musical of the same name, and Starflight: The Plane That Couldn in 1984, Linden costarred in the television film Second Edition . in 1986, he returned to episodic television in the NBC series Blacke’s Magic . he played a magician who solves mysteries with the in 1988, he co-starred in the romantic comedy A New Life, directed by Alan Alda . in 1992, Linden tried his hand at television again with the leading role in the comedy-drama series Jack’s the series premiered as a mid-season replacement but did well enough in the ratings for ABC to order additional episodes . Viewership soon declined and ABC chose to cancel the series in 1993 . Linden won his third Daytime in 1999, he had a guest role in the last The Rockford Files reunion TV movie . he continued his career in the late 1990s and 2000s with guest roles on touched by an angel, the King Linden continues to have an active stage career . he appeared in the Toronto production of Tuesdays with Morrie in 2009 . Linden guest-starred in a season eight episode of Supernatural as a rabbi in 2014, Linden guest-starred in an episode of comedy series 2 Broke Girls . in 2015, he appeared in the west coast premiere of the twenty seventh man . Linden released his first album, It’s the album features a collection of jazz, Broadway and pop standards . due to a lack of interest, he shelved the songs . Linden decided to finish the album on the advice of his tour booker Tony Memory: Hal Linden (Video). American Theatre Wing. Event occurs at 00:00:00-00:02:37 (inclusive).