Bruce Weitz

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| name = Bruce Weitz

| image = 10.17.09BruceWeitzByLuigiNovi.jpg

| caption = Weitz at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, 2009

| birthname = Bruce Peter Weitz

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|5|27}}

| birth_place = Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| known_for = Sgt. Michael Belker – Hill Street Blues

| yearsactive = 1976–present

| spouse ={{ubl|{{marriage|Cecilia Hart|1971|1980|end=div.}}|{{marriage|Vivian Davis
|1986}}}}

| children = 1

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Bruce Peter Weitz (born May 27, 1943) is an American actor, best known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the TV series Hill Street Blues, which ran from 1981 until 1987.{{cite news |author=Jason Buchanan |date=2014 |title=Bruce Weitz |work=The New York Times |department=Movies & TV Dept. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/75342/Bruce-Weitz/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514165245/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/75342/Bruce-Weitz/biography |archive-date=2014-05-14}} For his role in the series, he received six nominations for Emmy Awards and two for Golden Globe Awards, winning the 1984 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Biography

Weitz was born on May 27, 1943, in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of Sybil (née Rubel), a homemaker, and Joseph Weitz, who owned a liquor store.{{cite book |title=Contemporary Newsmakers: Cumulation |year=1985 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780810322011 |page=389 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGFmAAAAMAAJ |quote=Full name, Bruce Peter Weitz; born May 27, 1943, in Norwalk, Conn.}}{{cite web |title=Happy birthday to Norwalk's Bruce Weitz |url=https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/norwalk/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-norwalks-bruce-weitz/505744/ |website=The Daily Voice |date=27 May 2016 |access-date=April 7, 2023}}

Weitz appeared in the films Deep Impact, Half Past Dead and El Cortez. His guest appearances on television include NYPD Blue, Quincy, Midnight Caller, Sisters, Superman: The Animated Series as Bruno Mannheim, JAG, The X-Files, The West Wing, and Highlander: The Series. Weitz portrayed Anthony Zacchara on General Hospital from 2007 to 2012.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Weitz married actress Cecilia Hart in 1971; they divorced in 1980.[https://books.google.com/books?id=u28xAQAAIAAJ&q=bruce+weitz+cecilia+hart TV Guide (1983)] Weitz has been married to Vivian Davis since 1986; they have one son.{{cn|date=September 2024}} In 2001, Weitz was named honorary mayor of Reseda, Los Angeles.{{cite web |title=HAPPY 81st BIRTHDAY to BRUCE WEITZ!! Career years: 1976 - present Born Bruce Peter Weitz, American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the TV series Hill Street Blues, which ran from 1981 until 1987. For his role in the series, he received six nominations for Emmy Awards and two for Golden Globe Awards, winning the 1984 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. |url=https://www.facebook.com/madhotcollectibles/posts/pfbid02yramMZbuQ77y35Gedj2s92Z56WMfYCegnThFM66ZTXYguqnAS1EVJ9PHQckKs7z9l |website=facebook.com}}

Selected filmography

= Television =

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!2000

!The West Wing

!Senate Majority Leader

!Episode: Mandatory Minimums

1975

|Columbo

|Cook

|Episode: "A Case of Immunity"; uncredited

1976

|Ryan's Hope

|Benjamin Levine

|2 episodes

1977

|Quincy, M.E.

|Boyd

|Episode: "The Hero Syndrome"

1978

|Happy Days

|Robert Clark

|Episode: "Kid Stuff"

1981

|Death of a Centerfold

|Paul Snider

|Television film

1981–1987

|Hill Street Blues

|Mick Belker

|Main cast (142 episodes)

1987–1988

|Mama's Boy

|Jake McCaskey

|6 episodes

1989

|A Deadly Silence

|Detective McCready

|Television film

1989

|A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

|Burton Weinstein

|Television film

1989

|Midnight Caller

|Ed Adderly

|Episode: "Mercy Me"

1990

|Rainbow Drive

|Dan Crawford

|Television film

1991–1992

|Anything but Love

|Mike Urbanek

|27 episodes

1994

|Highlander: The Series

|Tommy Sullivan

|Episode: "The Fighter"

1994

|Duckman

|Mad Bomber (voice)

|Episode: "I, Duckman"

1994

|The Byrds of Paradise

|Murray Rubenstein

|3 episodes

1994

|Batman: The Animated Series

|Lyle Bolton / Lock-Up (voice)

|Episode: "Lock-Up"{{cite web |title=Bruce Weitz (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Bruce-Weitz/ |access-date=July 1, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

1994

|Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

|Martin Snell

|Episode: "Church of Metropolis"

1995

|The X-Files

|Moe Bocks

|Episode: "Irresistible"

1995

|Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

|Luxor, Porg (voice)

|2 episodes