Kiel Martin

Active - 1969 - 1990  |   Born - Jul 26, 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  |   Died - Dec 28, 1990   |   Genres - Drama, Adventure, Action

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Husky American leading man Kiel Martin went from regional repertory to films in 1968. Nine years later, he was cast in his first recurring TV-series role in the daytime drama The Edge of Night. His most celebrated prime-time TV assignment was as detective J. D. LaRue in the Emmy-winning Hill Street Blues (1981-86); he followed this with a less lengthy stint on the forgotten Fox Network sitcom Second Chance. Kiel Martin died of lung cancer at the age of 46.

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