1. Arthur Fancy is a character in the television series NYPD Blue.
20 Facts About Arthur Fancy
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Arthur Fancy is played by James McDaniel from seasons one through eight.
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Arthur Fancy alluded in Season 2 to recently passing his 20-year service mark on the police force.
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Arthur Fancy previously worked as a detective prior to entering the management track and was promoted to lieutenant in charge of the 15th detective squad about a year prior to the start of the show's timeline.
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Arthur Fancy was one of the newly recruited African American commanders on a force previously controlled by Irish American police officers.
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Arthur Fancy expresses a pragmatic attitude towards older cops' outdated beliefs.
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In different episodes, Arthur Fancy manages to thwart the attempts of his superior, Captain Haverhill, who opposes appointing black commanders, to frame him for misconduct and threatens a civil lawsuit over racial discrimination.
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Lillian is diabetic, which causes Arthur Fancy to be overprotective during her last pregnancy, which he later apologizes for.
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Arthur Fancy has a younger brother, an officer named Reggie, who is distrustful of whites.
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Arthur Fancy's family takes in a foster child named Maceo in season 1, and Fancy is devastated when Maceo's mom, a reformed drug abuser, later returns to reclaim custody.
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In season 4, when Maceo is arrested for running drugs for his off-the-wagon mom, Arthur Fancy has to convince him to cooperate with the NYPD in a sting against her associates.
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Arthur Fancy's mother blames him and says prison might do him some good.
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Arthur Fancy uncovered the plan and got the informant to record Haverhill calling Arthur Fancy a "nigger".
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Arthur Fancy was one of the characters who most influenced Andy Sipowicz, changing his once-openly racist views.
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Arthur Fancy went to Captain Bass, requesting that the Chief of Patrol transfer Officer Szymanski out of the predominantly Caucasian precinct of Bayside, Queens.
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Arthur Fancy was seated in the passenger's seat of the squad car, and Fancy believed he was merely backing Szymanski, his superior.
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Captain Bass then came to Arthur Fancy, telling him that putting Szymanski in Bedford-Stuyvesant was a bad idea.
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Arthur Fancy got Szymanski transferred under his command to the 15th precinct, where he was assigned a Black partner.
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Arthur Fancy retired to care for her and recommended Fancy as his replacement.
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Bass had Dalto transferred out and Arthur Fancy was permanently replaced by Lieutenant Tony Rodriguez.