"Barney Miller" TV series Necrology


actors appearing in all 170 episodes

character

lifespan

(month/day/year)

age

cause of death

Hal Linden*

Capt. Barney Miller

03/20/31







Max Gail*

Det. Stan Wojciehowicz

04/05/43







appeared in 164 episodes













Ron Glass

Det. Ron Harris

07/10/45 -

11/25/16




71

respiratory failure

appeared in 124 episodes













Steve Landesberg

Det. Arthur Dietrich

11/23/36 -

12/20/10

74

colon cancer

appeared in 121 episodes













Ron Carey

Officer Carl Levitt

12/11/35 -

01/16/07

71

stroke

appeared in 103 episodes













Jack Soo†

Det. Nick Yemana

10/28/17 -

01/11/79

61

esophageal cancer

appeared in 66 episodes













James Gregory

Inspector Frank Luger

12/23/11 -

09/16/02

90

natural causes

appeared in 63 episodes













Abe Vigoda

Det. Phil Fish

2/24/21 -

01/26/16

94

natural causes

appeared in 37 episodes













Barbara Barrie*

Elizabeth Miller

05/23/31







appeared in 37 episodes













Gregory Sierra

Det. Chano Amenguale




01/25/37 -

01/04/21

83

stomach and liver cancer
* as of early September 2025, these actors were still living.
† Jack Soo passed away while the series was still in production.
 

You know Deb, I find these kind of creepy. I've been watching Night Court reruns and when I see all the people, other than wondering how tall they are-- is , that so many of them aren't around. Just another thing that reinforces the point, I'm older than I think.

For some reason i thought Hal Linden wasn't around, but I don't really follow this stuff.
 
It's not different, it is just a couple of people's reaction -- and that's all it is. For me it's just banter and discussion. No deeper meaning.

Kind of like when Jay Leno had his prime time show after he retired from the Tonight Show. It was just odd to see him not sitting behind a desk. I guess that was a common reaction, but doesn't mean anything, well, not to me anyway.
 
"Barney Miller" was one of the great series. I believe I've watched every episode at least twice. It always amazed me that they could get a logical 3 act story presented in 25 minutes or less!

Outside of the regular cast over the years, I really liked George Murdock, who played Lt. Scanlon from Internal Affairs. I had the good fortune of meeting him once in Hollywood, and he was the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet.
 


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