Actor and comedian, best known for playing John Munch on Homicide, Law & Order, and other series. He was 78.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/richard-belzer-dead-homicide-law-order-1235329813/
https://youtu.be/g-8NB27-Q1Y
Ugh. I enjoyed watching Detective Munch on Homicide and SVU over the years. RIP.
I read somewhere yesterday that he had played Munch on 10 different shows. I know "Homicide," L&O," and "L&O: SVU." I'm unaware of the others, or why one particular detective would cross over to so many different series.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 20, 2023, 09:51:34 AM
I read somewhere yesterday that he had played Munch on 10 different shows. I know "Homicide," L&O," and "L&O: SVU." I'm unaware of the others, or why one particular detective would cross over to so many different series.
Looks like that is the case, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001938/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Law and Order
Law and Order SVU
Law and Order Trial by Jury
Homicide Life on the Street (Plus the TV movie)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
30 Rock
The Wire
Arrested Development
The Beat
The X-Files
Munch was actually mentioned on last week's episode of SVU.
https://www.cinemablend.com/television/law-and-order-svus-big-fin-episode-came-with-an-update-on-munch-and-now-i-miss-the-old-days
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See, I had a partner years ago, an old homicide detective. He had the same exact defense mechanism... He retired. I guess he just ran out of gas. Last I heard, he moved back to Baltimore. Met a divorced female rabbi. And he bought back his old cop bar. It's 1:30 a.m. He's probably cracking a joke to some barfly. That skinny bastard had a punchline for every second of the day.
Quote from: SectorZ on February 20, 2023, 10:11:48 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 20, 2023, 09:51:34 AM
I read somewhere yesterday that he had played Munch on 10 different shows. I know "Homicide," L&O," and "L&O: SVU." I'm unaware of the others, or why one particular detective would cross over to so many different series.
Looks like that is the case, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001938/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Law and Order
Law and Order SVU
Law and Order Trial by Jury
Homicide Life on the Street (Plus the TV movie)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
30 Rock
The Wire
Arrested Development
The Beat
The X-Files
There also was a clear parody of him on Sesame Street.
https://youtu.be/z1SlB8CiGJ0
Quote from: hobsini2 on February 20, 2023, 12:55:43 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on February 20, 2023, 10:11:48 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 20, 2023, 09:51:34 AM
I read somewhere yesterday that he had played Munch on 10 different shows. I know "Homicide," L&O," and "L&O: SVU." I'm unaware of the others, or why one particular detective would cross over to so many different series.
Looks like that is the case, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001938/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Law and Order
Law and Order SVU
Law and Order Trial by Jury
Homicide Life on the Street (Plus the TV movie)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
30 Rock
The Wire
Arrested Development
The Beat
The X-Files
There also was a clear parody of him on Sesame Street.
https://youtu.be/z1SlB8CiGJ0
Cue Tim Brown. (This is one place where the forum could really use a tagging feature, in case bandit doesn't see this thread.)
Kind of a shame The Simpsons couldn't work an appearance by "Munch" in over the years.
RIP indeed.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 20, 2023, 02:51:41 PM
Cue Tim Brown. (This is one place where the forum could really use a tagging feature, in case bandit doesn't see this thread.)
A private message should work.
I believe the rules for PMs on this forum is five per day per person (you'll be prevented by the software from doing more, but I don't know how "day" is defined), admins can disable it (like they did for tolbs17), and they're truly private (even staff can't see them or even know that they went out).