![]() The actor had filmed the scene without makeup after convincing himself that a tiny scar from a spider bite was dramatically plausible. All of us who grew up watching great TV and have benefited from the ground he broke owe pioneer Steven Bochco a debt of gratitude.A couple of hours before the sight of his naked, middle-aged fanny began filling television screens across America, Dennis Franz sat in his trailer on the Twentieth Century Fox lot in Los Angeles replaying a cassette of the soon-to-air footage. #RIPĪs a kid, “Hill Street Blues” and “L.A. ![]() He was a pioneer, a gentleman, and gave me my first job in prime time tv. So sad to hear of Steven Bochco’s passing. ![]() We were long-term colleagues, and longer term friends., and I am deeply saddened. Steven Bochco: Today, our industry lost a visionary, a creative force, a risk taker, a witty, urbane story teller with an uncanny ability to know what the world wanted. I still get chills thinking about the final moment in the elevator (Anyone remember this?) RIP Steven Bochco There's an episode of LA Law where Jimmy Smits was defending a couple accused of killing their disabled child (they claimed it was SIDS) & they turn against each other. I’m eternally grateful to him for my career. Steven Bochco gave me my first break on ‘Bay City Blues’ and brought me to Hollywood. Blues’ came to NYC to cast a show about minor league baseball. I was 28, married, & the father of a baby boy when the creator of ‘Hill St. At the same time he taught me more about our humanity our faults and strengths, how they survive side by side, despite our human insistence on seeing them as opposing forces. I will be forever grateful to Steven Bochco for the key to the lock that opened the door to a career. He taught me so much about the business, and life, and always had my back.” Reginald Hudlin, the filmmaker and producer behind “House Party” and “Marshall,” wrote: “This man meant the world to me. Many actors and Hollywood figures who never worked with him cited him as a mentor and role model for his work behind the scenes.Īlso Read: Steven Bochco to Host Hillary Clinton Fundraiser Law.” His credits also include Neil Patrick Harris’ breakout medical sitcom “Doogie Howser M.D.” and the TNT series “Murder in the First.” I will miss Steve terribly.”īochco won 10 Emmys in his storied career writing and producing such innovative TV dramas as “Hill Street Blues” and “L.A. Steven Spielberg, who directed a 1971 episode of “Columbo” that Bochco wrote, offered this statement about his “friend and colleague”: “We have supported and inspired each other ever since and through many deep mutual friendships we have stayed connected for 47 years. Law” actor Corbin Bernsen wrote, “I will be forever grateful to Steven Bochco for the key to the lock that opened the door to a career.”Īlso Read: Steven Bochco, Creator of TV Hits Like 'Hill Street Blues' and 'NYPD Blue,' Dies at 74 “It was his vision, style, taste and tenacity that made me love watching TV,” former “NYPD Blue” star Sharon Lawrence tweeted on Sunday after news of his death at age 74 emerged. Stars and fellow Hollywood creators paid tribute to Steven Bochco, the 10-time Emmy-winning writer and producer of TV hits like “NYPD Blue” and “Hill Street Blues.”
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