40 Facts About Hal Linden

Hal Linden was born on Harold Lipshitz, March 20,1931 and is an American stage and screen actor, television director and musician.

Hal Linden found success on Broadway when he replaced Sydney Chaplin in the musical Bells Are Ringing.

In 1974, Hal Linden landed his best-known role as the title character in the television comedy series Barney Miller.

Hal Linden won two special Daytime Emmy Awards for the latter series.

Hal Linden won a third Daytime Emmy Award for a guest-starring role on CBS Schoolbreak Special in 1995.

Hal Linden has since continued his career on the stage, in films and guest-starring roles on television.

Hal Linden released his first album of pop and jazz standards, It's Never Too Late, in 2011.

Hal Linden was born on March 20,1931, in The Bronx.

Hal Linden is the youngest son of Frances and Charles Lipshitz, a Lithuanian Jew who immigrated to the United States in 1910 and later owned his own printing shop.

Hal Linden attended Herman Ridder Junior High School and the High School of Music and Art, going on to study music at Queens College, City University of New York.

Hal Linden later enrolled in Baruch College and then City College of New York where he received a Bachelor of Arts in business.

Hal Linden enlisted in the United States Army in 1952 and was sent to Fort Belvoir and played in the United States Army Band.

Hal Linden replaced Sydney Chaplin in the Broadway production of Bells Are Ringing in 1958.

Hal Linden made a further breakthrough on the New York City stage in 1962 when he was cast as Billy Crocker in the revival of Cole Porter's Anything Goes.

Hal Linden's career was revived in the 1970s when he was cast as Mayer Rothschild in the 1971 musical The Rothschilds.

In 1974, Hal Linden landed the starring role in the ABC television police sitcom Barney Miller.

Hal Linden portrayed the eponymous captain of the 12th Precinct in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City.

Hal Linden earned seven Emmy Award nominations for his work on the series, one for each season.

Hal Linden is tied with Matt LeBlanc and John Goodman for the most Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy Award nominations without ever winning.

Hal Linden earned four Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.

Hal Linden later said that leaving Broadway to work on Barney Miller was his most irrational act and one of his best decisions.

Hal Linden won two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Individual Achievement for his host work on FYI.

In 1986, Hal Linden returned to episodic television in the NBC series Blacke's Magic.

Hal Linden played the lead character, Alexander Blacke, a magician who solves mysteries with the help of his father Leonard, a retired carnival magician and sometimes confidence man.

In 1992, Hal Linden tried his hand at television again with the leading role in the comedy-drama series Jack's Place.

The next year, Hal Linden appeared in the CBS sitcom The Boys Are Back.

In 1995, Hal Linden won his third Daytime Emmy Award for his 1994 guest-starring role as Rabbi Markovitz on CBS Schoolbreak Special.

In 1996, Hal Linden had a supporting role in the television film The Colony, opposite John Ritter and June Lockhart.

Hal Linden narrated episodes of Biography and The American Experience, and voiced Dr Selig on the animated series The Zeta Project.

In 2002, Hal Linden received a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars.

Hal Linden appeared in the Toronto production of Tuesdays with Morrie in 2009.

In 2011, Hal Linden starred in a touring production of Shine featuring local professional talent.

Hal Linden starred in Under My Skin, which premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse on September 19,2012, and ran through October 2012.

In 2013, Hal Linden guest-starred in a season eight episode of Supernatural as a rabbi.

In 2014, Hal Linden guest-starred in an episode of the comedy series 2 Broke Girls.

The album features a collection of jazz, Broadway and pop standards that Hal Linden began recording around the time he was touring in the early 1980s.

Hal Linden decided to finish the album on the advice of his tour booker.

Hal Linden is the spokesman for the Jewish National Fund, a position he has held since 1997.

Hal Linden met dancer Fran Martin while doing summer stock in 1955.

In 1984, Linden narrated a short film on former President Harry S Truman, which was shown during that year's Democratic National Convention.