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Note: This site is mostly a fan site for the Barney Miller tv show, but there are some excellent fan sites for the individual Barney Miller actors (some of which are listed here) that  provide a lot of good information, photos, etc., on your favorite Barney Miller stars. You can also find some good mini-bios on these actors on the Internet Movie Database site, TV Land and What-A-Character websites.
Hal Linden(born Harold Lipshitz on March 20, 1931)        has been doing various guest appearances, and performing his singing act.  Most recently (2006), he has appeared in commercials for a Medical Insurance company, and in 2007, played the part of Captain Jerry Kramer on "The Bold & the Beautiful". Click here for a Soap Opera Weekly interview with Linden about that role.
Abe Vigoda (born on February 24, 1921, in New York City), recently (2005) appeared on TV Land's Third Annual Classiv Tv Awards.  Abe has quite a following, and the best page on Mr. Vigoda can be found at THE ABE VIGODA SHRINE
Max Gail, Jr. (born April 5, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan) most recently plays stars as "Grandpa Jack" in The Tillamook Treasure, a recently completed film that follows the adventures of a 14-year old girl and her search for pirates' treasure.  For more info on the film go to www.tillmooktreasure.com  He also played Wendal Halbert in the ABC series: Sons & Daughters. 
Max runs his own production company, Full Circle, which has done documentaries on such things as Agent Orange, Native Americans, and nuclear issues.  After his first wife's death from cancer in 1986, Max stayed home to raise his daughter, India(B. 1984). With his second wife, Nan, they have two children - Max (b. 1990) and Grace (b. 1993). They also have raised Nan's nephew, Delondon (b. 1979). Max  most recently played  in Celebrities Uncensored, playing "Himself" (archive footage) (episode # 2.3) 25 February 2004, and in The Drew Carey Show, playing "Les" in episode: Hotel Drew (episode # 7.12) 12 December 2001
Jack Soo(born Goro Suzuki in 1916; died on January 1979) played the role of Mr. Yokomoto in Return From Witch Mountain.     
Ron Glass (born on July 10, 1945 in Evansville, Indiana), provided the voice for the character of Randy Carmichael on Rugrats, and more recently starred as Book "The Shepherd" in the series Firefly.
Steve Landesberg (born on November 23, 1945 in New York City), is currently playing the part of a pediatrician in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He also plays Dr. Myron Finkelstein on the STARZ series: Head Case.
In addition to his career in stand-up & commercials, Landesberg played the role of Barry Kirkbride in the tv show: Twice in a Lifetime, the Prosecutor in the film A Lousy Ten Grand (2004), and a bit role in Wild Hogs (2007), in addition to numerous comedy appearances on HBO, etc.
Ron Carey(born December 11, 1935 in Newark, New  Jersey), played the role of Robert Lambert in Killer per  Caso(1997), and as a businessman in the 1999 film: Food for Thought. He passed away on January 19, 2007, of a stroke. Click here for his obituary, with more info.
Gregory Sierra (born on January 25, ??) in New York City), played the role of Charlie (a.k.a. "Final Act" in the 1999 film Vic, and a bit part in the 1999 film Blood Money.
Barbara Barrie (born on May 23, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois) played Nana on the hit show Suddenly Susan. Most recently she played Ruth in Fathers & Sons (2004) and Dorothea in Second Best (2004).  Barrie is the author of two critically acclaimed novels for young adults: Lone Star (1989) and Adam Zigzag (1995).
James Gregory (born on December 23,  1911 in the Bronx New York) player Inspector Frank Luger.   He died on September 16, 2002, of natural causes; he was 90.
Linda Lavin (born on October 15, 1937 in Portland, Maine), most recently played Ruth Steiner in the TV Movie, Collected Stories (2002), and Carol Burnett's play, "Hollywood Arms" in 2002.
George Murdock (also credited as: Eric Rush; born June 25, 1930), is very active; among his most recent roles are "Arthur Allen" in episode: "Enigma" on an episode of The Dead Zone; Walt, in To Kill a Mocumentary (2005), and as Detective Ray Berro in Serial Killing 4 Dummys (2004). Other roles: "God" (Human) in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and appearances in  Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I and Part II, as Admiral J.P. Hanson, who dies in the battle with the Borg.  He also played Dr. Salik on the original Battlestar Galactica, and was one of several Star Trek stars to appear in the 1992 television movie: Grand Tour: Disaster in Time.
Thanks to all who contributed to  this page:
James P. Peeples (Info. on most actors)
John S. Bailey (Max Gail info.)
Deborah L. Wong  (extensive research)
Steve Mindykowski (Ron Glass info.)
Dennis  Salenski (Abe Vigoda info.)
Tice (Steve Landesberg)
Viva Krasinski (Max Gail update)