Hal Linden
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20 March 1931, New York, New York, USA
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Born in 1931, Bronx-born Hal Linden was the son of Charles Lipshitz and Frances Rosen and had an older brother who would become a future professor of music at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Similarly musical, Hal took up classical clarinet in his late teens and played regularly with symphony orchestras. After graduating from the High School of Music and Art in...
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3-Disc Set on January 22nd
Source: TVShowsOnDVD.com, Canada | Date: Nov. 12, 2007
Great characters from Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, Jack Soo and more. Barney Miller is the kind of cop...
Linden and Laskin to Take Lessons from Director Davidson
Source: Playbill.com, NY | Date: Nov. 6, 2007
Directed by Gordon Davidson, the two-person cast features Emmy winner Hal Linden and Larissa...
Special UpstageMagazine.com Online Only Article
Source: UpstageMagazine.com, NJ | Date: Oct. 31, 2007
She has performed and shared the stage with Frank Sinatra, Toni Tennile, Jack Jones, Shirley Jones,...
Around the Square - Arden Keen remembered
Source: Canton Daily Ledger, IL | Date: Oct. 30, 2007
Hal Linden , star of the ABC hit show, "Barney Miller," was here along with his young...
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Actor:
1. Light Years Away (2006) .... Grandpa Sommers
2. Freezerburn (2005) .... Roderick Carr the...
3. Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who...
4. Time Changer (2002) .... The Dean
5. Dumb Luck (2001) .... Blaine Mitchell
Trivia
  • Chose his stage name on the way from Philadelphia to an acting job in New York City. He saw the water tower in Linden, New Jersey and the rest is history.
  • Played clarinet with the New York American Symphony at the age of fifteen.
  • Long associated with the March of Dimes, serving as national chairman for many years.
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