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Adolphus Jean Sweet (July 18, 1920 – May 8, 1985) was an American actor credited with nearly 60 television and film roles and more than 50 roles in stage productions, including performances on Broadway.
Dolph Sweet was a character actor who appeared in Broadway, TV, and film. He played police chiefs, J. Edgar Hoover, and a football coach, and died of cancer in 1985 while starring in Gimme a Break!
- Actor
- July 18, 1920
- 2 min
- May 8, 1985
May 11, 1985 · Dolph Sweet, most recently the lovingly sarcastic police chief on television’s “Gimme a Break” and an actor who began his career in a World War II prison camp, is dead of cancer. Sweet died...
Dolph Sweet was a character actor who appeared in stage, film and TV, including Gimme a Break! and King. He was a WWII veteran, a POW, a college professor and a drama teacher.
- July 18, 1920
- May 8, 1985
Jun 12, 2022 · On May 8, 1985, Dolph Sweet died of cancer at the age of 64, the AP reported. Because of the way TV shows are taped, his last appearance on Gimme a Break! aired only...
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May 11, 1985 · Dolph Sweet, who starred as the police chief in the television comedy series ''Gimme a Break,'' died of cancer Wednesday at Tarzana Hospital here, said Matt Bozek, a spokesman...
Adolphus Jean Sweet (July 18, 1920 – May 8, 1985) was an American actor credited with nearly 60 television and film roles and more than 50 roles in stage productions, including performances on Broadway.
