Kenneth McMillan

Kenneth McMillan

Born: July 2, 1932
Died: January 8, 1989
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Kenneth McMillan (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 1989) was an American actor. McMillan was usually cast as gruff, hostile and unfriendly characters due to his rough image. However, he was sometimes cast in some lighter comic roles that highlighted his gentler side. He was perhaps best known as Jack Doyle in Rhoda (1977–1978), and as Baron Harkonnen in David Lynch's Dune.

Movies for Kenneth McMillan...

Remembering Ragtime
Title: Remembering Ragtime
Character: Willy Conklin (archive footage)
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".
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Three Fugitives
Title: Three Fugitives
Character: Horvath
Released: January 27, 1989
Type: Movie
On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.
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Title: Favorite Son
Character: Henry O'Brien
Released: October 30, 1988
Type: TV
Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay.
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Malone
Title: Malone
Character: Hawkins
Released: May 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution. Adapted from the novel "Shotgun," by William Wingate.
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Armed and Dangerous
Title: Armed and Dangerous
Character: Captain Clarence O'Connell
Released: August 15, 1986
Type: Movie
After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.
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Acceptable Risks
Title: Acceptable Risks
Character: Wes Boggs
Released: March 2, 1986
Type: Movie
The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious made-for-TV disaster film. It all begins when the owners of Citichem order the plant manager to enact dangerous cost cuts that compromise the safety of the plant. He protests, but it is to no avail and a worker dies. At the same time, the city manager tries to warn the people that a deadly disaster is imminent, but he ends up gagged by the local politicians. Meanwhile, just when the community is at its most unprepared, a melt-down occurs and the town is drenched in deadly chemicals.
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Runaway Train
Title: Runaway Train
Character: Eddie MacDonald
Released: November 15, 1985
Type: Movie
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
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Title: Our Family Honor
Character: Patrick McKay
Released: September 11, 1985
Type: TV
Launched as a two-hour TV-movie, Our Family Honor is about two New York City families who had known each other since their childhoods and who were involved in competing "family businesses" – the McKay family mostly worked for the New York City Police Department, where Patrick was Commissioner, while the Danzigs were deeply involved in organized crime, with patriarch Vincent filling the role of "godfather". Barbara Stuart played Vincent's wife, Marianne Danzig. Detective Sergeant Frank McKay was Patrick's often hot-headed son, while Vincent's cruel but inept son, Augie, was nonetheless his heir apparent. Liz McKay, Patrick's niece, was a newly-graduated officer now partnered with Officer Ed Santini. She was romantically involved with Vincent's other son, Jerry, who wanted out of his father's business and used the name "Jerry Cole" in order to minimize any connection with his father's family. Another story line involved Vincent's murder of his wife's lover, carried out by Augie; when Frank came to arrest Augie for this crime, Augie died in the ensuing fight. The effect of Augie's death was not revealed.
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Cat's Eye
Title: Cat's Eye
Character: Cressner
Released: April 12, 1985
Type: Movie
Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Baptista
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Protocol
Title: Protocol
Character: Senator Norris
Released: December 21, 1984
Type: Movie
A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.
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Dune
Title: Dune
Character: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Coach Kevin Cauldwell
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Amadeus
Title: Amadeus
Character: Michael Schlumberg
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men.
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Concrete Beat
Title: Concrete Beat
Character: Marion Kaiser
Released: July 9, 1984
Type: Movie
A newspaper columnist becomes determined to clear a woman who is blamed for the death of her child in a tragic fire.
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The Pope of Greenwich Village
Title: The Pope of Greenwich Village
Character: Barney
Released: June 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
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Title: Maggie Briggs
Released: March 4, 1984
Type: TV
Maggie Briggs is an American sitcom television series that aired from March 4 until April 15, 1984. The original title for the show was Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs.
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Reckless
Title: Reckless
Character: John Rourke Sr.
Released: February 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Rebellious footballer Johnny falls for cheerleader Tracy. They come from opposite backgrounds: Tracy has a comfortable, well-off family, whereas Johnny is poor and broken. Tracy already has a boyfriend who acts like a jerk, so Johnny has to win Tracy's heart - something she seems reluctant to let him do.
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When She Says No
Title: When She Says No
Character: Mr. Michaels
Released: January 30, 1984
Type: Movie
After divorced college professor Rose Michaels invites three of her male colleagues to her room during a teacher's convention, she later accuses them of rape, but the men say otherwise.
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Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
Title: Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
Character: Lt. Herbie Quilan
Released: June 5, 1983
Type: Movie
The last of Robert Blake's three "Joe Dancer movies" finds the private investigator framed for manslaughter as he tries to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
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Blue Skies Again
Title: Blue Skies Again
Character: Dirk
Released: April 29, 1983
Type: Movie
A hard-hitting, fast, sure-handed baseball player tries to break into the sport by applying for a spot on a minor-league team. The only problem is that the player is female, which engenders resistance and resentment among many players and officials.
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Dixie: Changing Habits
Title: Dixie: Changing Habits
Character: Tony Marchesso
Released: February 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Dixie is caught operating a whorehouse, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?
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Packin' It In
Title: Packin' It In
Character: Howard Estep
Released: February 7, 1983
Type: Movie
In quest of a wholesome place to live: at first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A. for the mountains of Oregon. But when they recognize the same symptoms in their family that made the neighbors leave, they follow them. However their new domicile is a bit more apart from the civilization than expected. Even then it's not a paradise: their neighbors are weird, the next shop is miles away and their house lacks even the most basic comfort. How long will it take until they're packin' it in again?
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The Clairvoyant
Title: The Clairvoyant
Character: Detective Cullum
Released: October 24, 1982
Type: Movie
Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and draws - the killer's crimes before they're committed.
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In the Custody of Strangers
Title: In the Custody of Strangers
Character: Albert C. Caruso
Released: May 26, 1982
Type: Movie
A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.
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Partners
Title: Partners
Character: Chief Wilkins
Released: April 30, 1982
Type: Movie
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?
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Heartbeeps
Title: Heartbeeps
Character: Max
Released: December 18, 1981
Type: Movie
Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.
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Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Title: Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Character: Judge Wyler
Released: December 2, 1981
Type: Movie
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
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Ragtime
Title: Ragtime
Character: Willie Conklin
Released: November 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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True Confessions
Title: True Confessions
Character: Frank Crotty
Released: September 25, 1981
Type: Movie
A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
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Eyewitness
Title: Eyewitness
Character: Mr. Deever
Released: February 13, 1981
Type: Movie
NYC custodian Daryll Deever is a big fan of local news reporter Tony Sokolow, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. There's been a murder in the office building, and Tony suspects that Daryll may have insight into the crime, a notion that he furthers to stay close to her. However, when those behind the killing begin to think that he really knows something, they target the pair to keep their secrets hidden.
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Borderline
Title: Borderline
Character: Malcolm Wallace
Released: December 19, 1980
Type: Movie
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.
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Title: Magnum, P.I.
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: TV
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
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Carny
Title: Carny
Character: Heavy St. John
Released: May 23, 1980
Type: Movie
Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional triangle.
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The Hustler of Muscle Beach
Title: The Hustler of Muscle Beach
Character: Joseph Demec
Released: May 16, 1980
Type: Movie
A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat mentally challenged young man who wants to win bodybuilding championships, but needs some help and direction--and the promoter thinks he's just the one to do it.
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Little Miss Marker
Title: Little Miss Marker
Character: Brannigan
Released: March 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
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Hide in Plain Sight
Title: Hide in Plain Sight
Character: Sam Marzetta
Released: March 21, 1980
Type: Movie
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.
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Title: Salem's Lot
Character: Constable Parkins Gillespie
Released: November 17, 1979
Type: TV
Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.
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Chilly Scenes of Winter
Title: Chilly Scenes of Winter
Character: Pete
Released: October 19, 1979
Type: Movie
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
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Oliver's Story
Title: Oliver's Story
Character: Jamie Francis
Released: December 15, 1978
Type: Movie
Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hours don't ease his pain, especially when he finds that his leftist views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm. Eventually, Oliver's inconsolable grief begins to alienate those around him, until he finds new love with Marcie Bonwit, the wealthy and beautiful heiress to the Bonwit Teller fortune. Despite his affection for her, Oliver finds it difficult to leave the memory of Jenny behind, which causes major problems in their relationship.
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Bloodbrothers
Title: Bloodbrothers
Character: Banion
Released: September 27, 1978
Type: Movie
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
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Girlfriends
Title: Girlfriends
Character: Cabbie
Released: August 11, 1978
Type: Movie
A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.
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A Death in Canaan
Title: A Death in Canaan
Character: Sgt. Tim Scully
Released: March 1, 1978
Type: Movie
When a teenager is accused of his mother's murder, the community of Canaan rallies to his defense.
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Title: King
Character: Bull Connor
Released: February 12, 1978
Type: TV
The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South of the 1950s until his assassination in Memphis in 1968.
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Breaking Up
Title: Breaking Up
Character: Vancrier
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: Movie
JoAnn Hammil faces a harrowing fight to rediscover her personal identity when her husband of 15 years announces that he is leaving her and their children to search for the indefinable joy he feels he is missing from his life.
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Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Title: Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Character: Softy McNamara
Released: January 27, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on the best-selling book, this movie focuses on John F. Kennedy's first run for a congressional seat in 1946.
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Dog Day Afternoon
Title: Dog Day Afternoon
Character: Commissioner (uncredited)
Released: September 21, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
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Title: Starsky & Hutch
Released: September 10, 1975
Type: TV
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
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The Stepford Wives
Title: The Stepford Wives
Character: Market Manager
Released: February 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Title: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Character: Borough Commander
Released: October 2, 1974
Type: Movie
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Morry Hawthorne
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: Rhoda
Character: Jack Doyle
Released: September 9, 1974
Type: TV
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards' best friend. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York City. The series is noted for breaking two television records, and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Rhoda was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
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Title: Rhoda
Released: September 9, 1974
Type: TV
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards' best friend. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York City. The series is noted for breaking two television records, and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Rhoda was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
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Serpico
Title: Serpico
Character: Charlie (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1973
Type: Movie
Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Lt. Decker
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Lt. George O'Mara
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.