60 when the show started. Most cops in NY retire in their early 40s after they put in their 20 years. They take their fat pensions and take a cushy security job. Cops or even detectives in their 60s are unheard of.
shareBig deal.
shareIt certainly didn't stop me from watching as a teen back in the seventies.
shareWell this was set in San Francisco not New York. Maybe it's just NY cops that retire after 20 years. Although Phillip K. Fish on Barney Miller was in his 60's and getting ready to retire after 40 years. Hmmm!
shareMalden was perfect in this role. Real and believable, the way a seasoned detective should be. Great show!
shareMalden was perfect for the role and he is the reason I just bought the complete series. He and Douglas have great chemistry together. Richard Hatch was great as well with him. I bought Season 5 first because I was a big Richard Hatch fan from Battlestar Galactica.
This show is what Malden is remembered for, along with the American Express commercials. I'll never forget how he and Kurt Russell stood up and openly cheered for Elia Kazan years ago on the Oscars. I thought it was great. And I'll never forget how Nick Nolte and Ed Harris just sat there with sor looks on their faces. What losers. That's why I love Malden and Russell, for the guts they showed on that night.
John Travolta playing a high schooler in Welcome Back Kotter... now THAT is too old for the part. Malden was fine. Age was irrelevant, he was perfectly credible.
shareJohn Travolta playing a high schooler in Welcome Back Kotter... now THAT is too old for the part.
You know you have too much time on your hands when you have that kind of trivial information percolating around and otherwise occupying your frontal lobe.
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Yeah, too bad someone hasn't created some kind of website that can store this information and can be easily searched so that I wouldn't have to keep it all stored in my brain.
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No, that's not it. The point is *you cared* so much. Get a life, chump.
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Malden was healthy and fit for a guy in his 60s. See how many times he is running in a suit with overcoat!
shareI was about to say something similar. The other poster should have said Gabrielle C from 90210 or the actress who played Rizzo in Grease. Those were much better choices. Or many of the actors in the Porkys movies.
shareMalden was very believable in age on the show but was way too old in the "Back to the Streets of SF" special that came out in 1992. He was in his 80's and it showed, that TV movie should've been about his retirement.
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Joseph Wambaugh who was a Los Angeles Detective before becoming a writer wrote frequently of Police Sergeants in their 60s.
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