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Best known for his scruffy, quirky-acting role as undercover cop Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the 1980s TV series Hill Street giorno e notte (1981) who tended to call all criminals "hairball," and whose canine instincts had him habitually growling, biting offenders and barking at other dogs.

Trained at both Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater and Louisville's Actor's Theater after earning graduate and undergraduate degrees from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh (MFA, 1966),

Honorary mayor of Reseda, California, USA. (2001)

Attended Carnegie-Mellon University

Made his Broadway debut understudying the roles of sons Happy and Biff in the George C. Scott production of "Death of a Salesman" (1976).

Has one son.

He made guest appearances on both Lois & Clark - Le nuove avventure di Superman (1993) and Le avventure di Superman (1996).

Father's name was Alvin and mother Sybil Weitz.