In the film "Serpico", Frank Serpico, who was a former officer in the largest municipal police force in the United States, was played by which actor?
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Frank Serpico Francesco Vincent Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is a former American New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who holds both American and Italian citizenship. He is known for whistleblowing on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an act that prompted Mayor John V. Lindsay to appoint the landmark Knapp Commission to investigate the NYPD. Much of Serpico's fame came after the release of the 1973 film "Serpico", which was based on the book by Peter Maas and which starred Al Pacino in the title role, for which Pacino was nominated for an Oscar.
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New York City Police Department The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the largest municipal police force in the United States. Established in 1845, the agency has primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. The NYPD is one of the oldest police departments established in the U.S., tracing its roots back to the nineteenth century.
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Frank Pembleton Francis Xavier "Frank" Pembleton is a fictional homicide detective on the television drama series "" portrayed by Emmy Award winning actor Andre Braugher. He is a primary character of the show through the first six seasons. Although the show featured an ensemble cast, Pembleton would become a fan favorite and is often identified by them as the show's signature character. He is based on Baltimore Police Department Detective Harry Edgerton, who, like Pembleton, was an eccentric New York bred African American detective in the BPD homicide unit featured in David Simon's book. "". The character also appeared in the "Law & Order" episode "Charm City".
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Rod Steiger Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Cited as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars", he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars. He starred as Marlon Brando's mobster brother Charlie in "On the Waterfront" (1954), the title character Sol Nazerman in "The Pawnbroker" (1964), and as police chief Bill Gillespie opposite Sidney Poitier in the film "In the Heat of the Night" (1967). His performance in that film won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Roger Perry Roger Perry (born May 7, 1933, Davenport, Iowa) is an American film and television actor whose career began in the late 1950s. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force during the early 1950s.
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Edward Brophy Edward Santree Brophy (February 27, 1895 – May 27, 1960) was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he frequently portrayed dumb cops and gangsters, both serious and comic.
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Tony Frank (actor) Tony Frank (December 9, 1943 – April 18, 2000) was an American television actor who is best remembered for playing the sadistic plantation overseer Salem Jones in "North and South" (1985-86). He has also acted in films such as "The River Rat" (1984), "Extreme Prejudice" (1987), "Talk Radio" (1988), "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989), "Riverbend" (1989), "Rush" (1991) and "Lone Star" (1996).
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Emil Harris Emil Harris (December 29, 1839 – April 28, 1921) was the only Jewish police chief in Los Angeles, California. He was appointed to serve for one year from 1877 to 1878. He was born in Prussia and immigrated to Los Angeles in 1869. He helped create the city's first volunteer fire department. He began on six-person police department where he quickly became a deputy chief. The Yiddish-speaking cop became chief after his leadership in the Chinatown massacre of 1871. He was also a detective. His conduct during the capture of the horse thief Tiburcio Vasquez in 1874 at the present-day intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Kings Road led to his promotion to chief.
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Frank Napier Frank Napier Jr., PhD (August 8, 1935 – October 28, 2002) was an American former superintendent of the Paterson School District in Paterson, New Jersey. In the 1980s, he received national recognition as superintendent through Joe Louis Clark, the notable and controversial former principal of Eastside High School. It was Napier who asked Clark to be the principal of Eastside High. Napier was portrayed by Robert Guillaume in the 1989 film, "Lean on Me".
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Emmett Fitzsimmons Robert Emmett Fitzsimmons, known professionally as Emmett Fitzsimmons, is a former member of the NYPD police officer who has appeared in a number of films and television series, including "Nurse Jackie", "Burn Notice", and "The Cape" and Wall Street Money Never Sleeps. A former member of The NYPD, He was awarded the "Combat Cross" by the Mayor of the City Of New York for acts of extraordinary heroism while engaged in armed personal combat with armed adversaries under circumstances of imminent personal hazard to life.
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Fiorello H. La Guardia Fiorello Henry La Guardia ( ; born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia, ] ) (December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American politician. He is best known for being the 99th Mayor of New York City for three terms from 1934 to 1945 as a Republican. Previously he had been elected to Congress in 1916 and 1918, and again from 1922 through 1930. Irascible, energetic, and charismatic, he craved publicity and is acclaimed as one of the greatest mayors in American history. Only five feet, two inches (1.57 m) tall, he was called "the Little Flower" ("Fiorello " is Italian for "little flower").
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Al Molinaro Albert Francis "Al" Molinaro (born Umberto Francesco Molinaro; June 24, 1919 – October 30, 2015) was an American actor. He was known for his television sitcom roles as Al Delvecchio on "Happy Days" and Officer Murray Greshler on "The Odd Couple". He also appeared in many television commercials, including On-Cor frozen dinners.
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Leon Jordan Leon Mercer Jordan (May 6, 1905, Kansas City, Missouri - July 15, 1970, Kansas City, Missouri) was an American police officer, politician and civil rights leader who was assassinated. He was "one of the most influential African Americans in Kansas City's history" and, at the time of his death, the "state’s most powerful black politician".
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Philadelphia Police Department The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD or Philly PD) is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The PPD is the oldest municipal police agency, fourth largest police force and sixth largest non-federal law enforcement agency in the United States. Since records were first kept in 1828, at least 270 PPD officers have died in the line of duty.
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William H. Parker (police officer) William Henry Parker III (June 21, 1905 – July 16, 1966) was the police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and has been called "Los Angeles' greatest and most controversial chief of police". He was the longest-serving police chief at 39 years on the force. The former headquarters of the LAPD, the Parker Center, was named after him.
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Héctor Elizondo Héctor Elizondo (born December 22, 1936) is an American film and television actor. Elizondo is best known for his television roles; playing Dr. Phillip Watters on "Chicago Hope" (1994-2000), Ed Alzate on "Last Man Standing" (2011-2017), and movie roles like Mr. Grey in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three", Detective Sunday in "American Gigolo", Barnard Thompson in "Pretty Woman", and Jon Flint in "Beverly Hills Cop III".
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Chuck Adamson Charles Fredrick "Chuck" Adamson (June 11, 1936 – February 22, 2008) was an American police officer who became a television producer and screenwriter.
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Frank J. Wilson Frank John Wilson (1887 – June 22, 1970) was best known as the Chief of the United States Secret Service and a former agent of the Treasury Department's Bureau of Internal Revenue, later known as the Internal Revenue Service. Wilson most notably contributed in the prosecution of Chicago mobster Al Capone in 1931, and as a federal representative in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
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Vincent LaMarca Vincent Anthony LaMarca is a former police detective. His story was adapted to the film "City by the Sea", where he was portrayed by Robert De Niro. LaMarca currently lives in Florida.
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Walter Maslow Walter Maslow (born January 16, 1926) is an American film and television actor, originally from the Brooklyn borough of New York City. He appeared as Private Marty Green in the 1958 film "Suicide Battalion" and as Garnis in the 1961 motion picture "Atlas".
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Tom Wilson (actor) Tom Wilson (August 27, 1880 – February 19, 1965) was an American film actor. He appeared in 254 films between 1915 and 1963. He was born in Helena, Montana, and died in Los Angeles, California. Wilson had notable supporting roles in the Silent era, like "The Kindly Officer" in D. W. Griffith's epic "Intolerance" (1916), the angry policeman in Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" (1921) and a boxing coach in Buster Keaton's comedy "Battling Butler" (1926). After the rise of sound film, he was reduced to small roles for the rest of his long film career.
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Herman Wedemeyer Herman John Wedemeyer (May 20, 1924 – January 25, 1999) was an American actor, football player, and politician. He is best known for portraying Sergeant/Detective "Duke" Lukela on the crime drama "Hawaii Five-O" (1972–1980). However, he appeared on the first episode of Hawaii Five-O as Lt. Balta of HPD.