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Hal Linden |
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HAL LINDEN moves effortlessly among stage, film, TV and concert performances and has received countless accolades including three Emmys and a Tony. A native New Yorker, Hal began his show business career as a clarinet player and big band singer, then studied acting at the American Theatre Wing with Paul Mann and Lloyd Richards. He received his first big break in 1958 when he was hired to understudy Sydney Chaplin in Bells Are Ringing on Broadway. Five days later, he made his Broadway debut, eventually starring opposite Judy Holliday on Broadway and in the national tour. Bells Are Ringing was one of many Broadway productions in which Hal appeared, including On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Subways Are for Sleeping, The Apple Tree, Ilya Darling, Wildcat, The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N and revivals of The Pajama Game and Three Men on a Horse. His performance in the musical success The Rothschilds won him a Tony, national critical acclaim and the attention of TV producer Danny Arnold. The starring role in the Barney Miller TV series was the result. In addition to that long-running hit, television audiences know him from Blacke's Magic, Jack's Place and The Boys Are Back as well as FYI, The Hal Linden Special, Hal Linden's Big Apple and Animals, Animals, Animals, a Peabody Award winner. Films include The Colony; My Wicked, Wicked Ways; Father Figure; Starflight One; The Other Woman; I Do! I Do! for television and the features Out to Sea; When You Coming Back, Red Ryder?; and A New Life. Recent stage credits include the Broadway productions of The Sisters Rosensweig and I'm Not Rappaport, a nine-city tour starring in Man of La Mancha and the Las Vegas company of Chicago. Hal also keeps a heavy schedule of nightclub and concert dates in venues ranging from symphony orchestra halls to intimate cabarets. In 1982, Hal donated Barney Miller memorabilia to the Smithsonian where it is enshrined with other symbols of American popular culture. Hal served for a number of years as the National Chairman of the March of Dimes and has helped raise some $75 million as host of its annual telethon. He is also the National Spokesman for the Jewish National Fund. Hal has been married for 43 years to Frances; they have four children, six grandchildren and two sets of golf clubs.
Bio as of June, 2002.
Working in the Theatre (video)
Performance - June, 2002
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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