Max Gail
Maxwell Trowbridge Gail Junior (born April 5, 1943 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American actor .
biography
Maxwell Trowbridge Gail Junior was born in Detroit , Michigan , to Mary Elizabeth, née Scanlon, and Maxwell Trowbridge Gail . He grew up in Grosse Ile. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1965 and his master's degree from the University of Michigan in 1969 , he worked as a teacher at a private school for a while before flying over as an actor at The Little Fox Theater in San Francisco in 1970 in the theatrical version of One the cuckoo's nest debuted.
After making his screen debut in 1971 in the films The Organization and Dirty Harry , he was cast in 1975 for the role of Det. Stan Wojciehowicz in the television series Barney Miller . He played the Polish daredevil Stan Wojciehowicz in 170 episodes until 1982. For this role, he was nominated for an Emmy in 1979 and 1980 for Best Supporting Actor.
Private life
Max Gail was married twice. His marriage to his first wife Willie Beir, with whom he had a daughter, lasted from 1983 to 1986. Willie Beir died of cancer. He has been married to Nan Harris since 1989, with whom he has two children.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1971: The organization ( The Organization )
- 1971: Dirty Harry
- 1975: The Hot Track ( Night Moves )
- 1977: The Curse of the Black Widow ( Curse of the Black Widow )
- 1978: Survival ( Desperate Women )
- 1979: The eleventh victim ( 11th Victim )
- 1980: The aliens come ( The Aliens Are Coming )
- 1983: The Chaotenclique ( DC Cab )
- 1984: The heartbreaker ( Heartbreakers )
- 1985: Free for a new love ( Letting Go )
- 1985: Where were you then, Claire? ( The Other Lover )
- 1986: The Devil's mirror image ( Killer in the Mirror )
- 1986: Unlimited Suffering of a Mother ( Where Are the Children? )
- 1986: Tanz ins Licht ( Can You Feel Me Dancing? )
- 1986: Vietnam Adieu ( Intimate Strangers )
- 1988: A Judge for Berlin ( Judgment in Berlin )
- 1992: The case Sherwood ( A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story )
- 1994: Ride with the Wind ( Ride with the Wind )
- 1994: The Doctor and the Killer ( Mortal Fear )
- 1994: Firezone ( Deadly Target )
- 1994: So Did the Wild Cowboys ( Sodbusters )
- 1994: The Dream of Apollo XI ( Pontiac Moon )
- 1997: The Mystery of the Lady Adelon ( The Inheritance )
- 1997: Opponents out of love ( Tell Me No Secrets )
- 1997: God save this town ( Not in This Town )
- 1999: Judgment Day - Doomsday ( Judgment Day )
- 2001: In the wake of retribution ( Facing the Enemy )
- 2013: 42 - The true story of a sports legend (42)
TV Shows
- 1975–1982: Barney Miller (170 episodes)
- 1983–1984: Computer Kids ( Whiz Kids , 17 episodes)
- 1988: Matlock (2 episodes)
- 1993: Back to the Past ( Quantum Leap , an episode)
- 1994: Listen who's hammering (one episode)
- 2006-2007: Sons & Daughters (10 episodes)
- 2007: Zeit der Sehnsucht ( Days of our Lives , five episodes)
- 2008–2009: Gary Unmarried (seven episodes)
- 2009: Criminal Minds (an episode)
- 2011: Harry's Law (an episode)
- 2012: Psych (an episode)
- 2017: Hawaii-Five-0 (one episode)
Web links
- Max Gail in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Gail Biography (1943-) , filmreference.com
- ^ Gail, Max 1943– , encyclopedia.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gail, Max |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gail, Maxwell Trowbridge Junior (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan, United States |