Hal Linden
Highest Rated: 40% You People (2023)
Lowest Rated: 22% Time Changer (2002)
Birthday: Mar 20, 1931
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
A former jazz musician and a Tony winner, Hal Linden was perhaps best known as Captain Barney Miller, the world-weary head of New York's 12th Precinct on "Barney Miller" (ABC, 1975-1982). A talented musician-singer, Linden spent nearly a decade performing with such noted big band leaders as Sammy Kaye before channeling his energies toward acting. He found success on Broadway, beginning with a 1958 turn in "Bells Are Ringing" and punctuated by a Tony win for his performance in "The Rothschilds" in 1971. Having dabbled in the medium of television since the mid-1960s, the actor achieved mainstream fame when he was cast as "Barney Miller" three years later. Linden's nuanced performance, which echoed the show's balance of broad comedy and sincere human drama, earned him both critical acclaim and viewer loyalty. After the hugely popular series ended its seven-year run, Linden kept busy with continued hosting duties on the educational wildlife show "Animals, Animals, Animals" (ABC, 1975-1981), further successful runs on Broadway, and the occasional big screen appearance in such feature films as "Out to Sea" (1993), starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. Employing a combination of sophisticated charm and everyman appeal, Linden enjoyed a prolific and diverse career on stage, TV and film, well into his octogenarian years.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Micro Budget | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
40% |
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You People | Mr. Greenwald (Character) | - | 2023 |
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Grand-Daddy Day Care | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
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The Samuel Project | Samuel (Character) | $11.1K | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stevie D | Max Levine (Character) | - | 2016 |
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A Kiss at Midnight | Arthur Wright (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Light Years Away | Grandpa Sommers (Character) | - | 2007 |
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The Glow | Arnold Janusz (Character) | - | 2002 |
22% |
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Time Changer | The Dean (Character) | $15.3K | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dumb Luck | Blaine Mitchell (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jump | Shrink (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads | Ernie Landale (Character) | - | 1999 |
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Killers in the House | Arthur Pendleton (Character) | - | 1998 |
36% |
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Out to Sea | Mac Valor (Character) | $28.0M | 1997 |
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The Others | Principal Richard Meltzer (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just Friends | Mr. Barton (Character) | - | 1996 |
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The Colony | Philip Denig (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | America and the Holocaust | Narrator | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dream Breakers | Harry Palliser (Character) | - | 1989 |
33% |
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A New Life | Mel Arons (Character) | $7.4M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blacke's Magic | Alexander Blacke (Character) | - | 1986 |
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Jack Warner (Character) | - | 1985 |
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Starflight One | Josh Gilliam (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Other Woman | Lou Chadway (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Figure | Howard (Character) | - | 1980 |
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When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | Richard Ethridge (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How to Break Up a Happy Divorce | Tony Bartlett (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Love Boat | Andrew Canaan (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside | Det. Lou Isaacs (Character) | - | 1973 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2018 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Leonard Maxwell (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 78% | American Housewife | Mr. Montez (Guest Star) | 2016 |
94% | 78% | Royal Pains | Dr. Joseph Whitcomb (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 62% | 2 Broke Girls | Lester (Guest Star) | 2014 |
93% | 73% | Supernatural | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
86% | 83% | The Mindy Project | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Hot in Cleveland | Alex (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bold And The Beautiful, The Beginning | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
0% | No Score Yet | Living With Fran | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 82% | The King of Queens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Alan (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Gilmore Girls | Chad (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 72% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Rhodes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nowhere Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
25% | No Score Yet | The Boys Are Back | Fred Hansen (Character) | 1994-1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack's Place | Jack Evans (Character) | 1992-1993 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | John Nerretti (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Captain Black (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password | Guest | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | Capt. Barney Miller (Character) | 1975-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattletales | Guest | 1975-1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Van Dyke & Company | Guest | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1971 1974 |