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Detective Philip K. “Phil” Fish
- Detective Philip K. “Phil” Fish is a fictional NYPD detective in the TV series Barney Miller and later in the spin off series Fish. He was played by Abe Vigoda.
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Fish: Created by Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward, Tony Sheehan. With Abe Vigoda, Florence Stanley, Barry Gordon, John Cassisi. A grumpy New York cop and his wife adopt five rowdy foster children.
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Fish is an American sitcom and a spin-off of Barney Miller that aired on ABC from February 5, 1977 to May 18, 1978. The series starred Abe Vigoda as New York City Police Department Detective Phil Fish and Florence Stanley as his wife Bernice.
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Abraham Charles Vigoda [1] (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an American actor known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972) and Phil Fish in both Barney Miller (1975–1977, 1982) and Fish (1977–1978).
Bernice. Nationality. American. Detective Philip K. “Phil” Fish is a fictional NYPD detective in the TV series Barney Miller and later in the spin off series Fish. [1] He was played by Abe Vigoda. [2] He was a series regular for the first three seasons and, after that, a reoccurring character, appearing in 63 out of 171 episodes of the show.
Vigoda had roles in a few nondescript TV films before landing the plum role of the dour, unsmiling, urinary tract-tormented Sgt. Phil Fish on the sitcom Barney Miller (1975), his best-known role. The character of Fish proved popular enough to be spun off to his own (albeit short-lived) series, Fish (1977) .
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Jan 26, 2016 · Abe Vigoda, who played Det. Phil Fish on Barney Miller, has died at age 94. A mere 53, Vigoda auditioned for the Barney Miller role to play Fish, a policeman on the verge of retirement.
Fish is a spin-off television series of the sitcom Barney Miller. It starred Abe Vigoda as New York Police Department Detective Phil Fish and Florence Stanley as his wife Bernice. Danny Arnold
