Barney Miller
Television series | |
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German title | Barney Miller |
Original title | Barney Miller |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 1975-1982 |
length | 24 minutes |
Episodes | 170 in 8 seasons |
genre | Sitcom |
idea | Danny Arnold, Theodore J. Flicker |
music |
Jack Elliott , Allyn Ferguson |
First broadcast | Jan 23, 1975 (USA) on ABC |
German-language first broadcast |
January 1982 on ARD |
Barney Miller is an American television series , of which a total of 170 episodes of 24 minutes each were created in eight seasons from 1975 to 1982.
action
The series is set in the 12th district of the New York City Police Department in Greenwich Village, under the direction of the chummy but respected Captain Barney Miller (Hal Linden). His team includes the pessimistic Fish (Abe Vigoda), who gets old age, the Polish-born daredevil Wojciehowicz (Max Gail), the vain Afro-American Harris (Ron Glass) and Nick Yemana (Jack Soo) from Omaha, Nebraska, who brews an inedible coffee every day. The Puerto Rican Chano Amenguale (Gregory Sierra) leaves the area after the second season, his place is taken over by the apparently omniscient Dietrich (Steve Landesberg). At the beginning of the fourth season, Fish is retired and the role of the messenger Levitt (Ron Carey) is introduced, who manages to become an integral part of the team through tireless attempts at ingratiation.
Barney Miller is always busy keeping both his colleagues in check, as well as the old inspector Frank Luger (James Gregory), who often appears on the station out of boredom and gives the police officers unrealistic advice.
In addition to the wives Liz Miller (Barbara Barrie) and Bernice Fish (Florence Stanley), a variety of recurring characters appear in the series, including the obsessed Lieutenant Scanlon (George Murdock) of the civil service, the unscrupulous attorney Arnold Ripner (Alex Henteloff), Detective Wentworth (Linda Lavin), blind Leon Roth (Ralph Manza), and liquor dealer Cotterman (Jack Somack). The gay couple Marty (Jack DeLeon) and Darryl (Ray Stewart), Ray Brewer (John Dullaghan) and businessman Bruno Binder (Stanley Brock) are regular guests in the cell of the 12th precinct.
With 13 exceptions, all episodes take place in the precinct, i.e. in the main room with the cell and Barney's neighboring office. The plot of each episode alternates between the treatment of suspects and witnesses and the dialogues of the police officers. Typical conflicts that sometimes run through the entire series include: B. Barney's frustration with the immense bureaucracy and the fact that he is always passed over in promotions; Harris' writing ( blood on the badge ) that keeps him from his work; Fish's reluctance to retire; Wojciehowicz's problems in love affairs; Luger's longing for the old days with his then partners Foster, Kleiner and Brown; the rivalry between the intellectuals Harris and Dietrich.
occupation
role | actor | Voice actor | Period |
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Captain Barney Miller | Hal Linden | Detlef Bierstedt | Seasons 1 to 8 |
Det. Phil Fish | Abe Vigoda | Friedrich G. Beckhaus | Seasons 1 to 4 |
Det. Stan Wojciehowicz | Max Gail | Karl Maslo , Joachim Kaps | Seasons 1 to 8 |
Det. Ron Harris | Ron Glass | Hans-Jürgen Wolf , Jürgen Kluckert | Seasons 1 to 8 |
Det. Nick Yemana | Jack Soo | Hans Nitschke | Seasons 1 to 5 |
Det. Chano Amenguale | Gregory Sierra | Ulrich Gressieker | Seasons 1 and 2 |
Det. Arthur Dietrich | Steve Landesberg | Eberhard Prüter | Seasons 3 to 8 |
Officer Carl Levitt | Ron Carey | Wilfried Herbst | Seasons 3 to 8 |
Inspector Frank Luger | James Gregory | Jochen Schröder | Seasons 1 to 8 |
Charisma
Jack Soo died on January 11, 1979. In Yemana's strongest plays , the final episode of season five, his fellow actors remember their time together.
In 1982, twelve episodes of the series were broadcast in Germany under the title Wir vom 12. Revier in the evening program of the ARD . In the years 1990/91, 73 episodes ran on Pro 7 under the original title Barney Miller , including the twelve already shown by ARD, which were re-dubbed. The remaining episodes followed in the mid-1990s on TV.München and DF1 .
reception
Barney Miller won three out of ten Emmys and two out of six Golden Globe Awards .
At the time it was first broadcast, Barney Miller was considered the most authentic police series among real police officers in the United States.
Web links
- Barney Miller in the Internet Movie Database (English)