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Acting

Hal Linden

Career: Active from 1973 to 2023, with a break from 2007 to 2017, busiest in 1983 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 16
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: The Love Boat
73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Hal Linden Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.4, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Tension
4.6, average 6.0
Historical
1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 2
Social Commentary 2
1980s TV Movie 2
Lighthearted 2
Gentle Humor 2
Contemporary Setting 2
Subtle Social Commentary 2
Family Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

R
Richard Kinon
Director
Barney Miller, The Love Boat

Movies and TV shows

58

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 65

Micro Budget

66

as Russel

Merv

as Merv

You People

44

as Mr. Greenwald

Hacks

86

TV show · as Cliff Biff

Off Broadway

as J.P. Fister

2010s

7 titles · average score 66

Grand-Daddy Day Care

54

as Gabe

The Samuel Project

60

as Samuel

American Housewife

67

TV show · as Mr. Montez

The Mindy Project

75

TV show · as Manny

2 Broke Girls

66

TV show · as Lester

NTSF:SD:SUV::

70

TV show · as C.T. Dalton

Hot in Cleveland

70

TV show · as Alex

2000s

10 titles · average score 59

Light Years Away

as Grandpa Sommers

Supernatural

78

TV show · as Rabbi Isaac Bass

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Bertram Hollister

Living with Fran

20

TV show

Time Changer

36

as The Dean

Dumb Luck

as Blaine Mitchell

The Glow

42

as Arnold Janusz

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Mr. Turner

The Zeta Project

72

TV show

Gilmore Girls

80

TV show · as Chad

1990s

15 titles · average score 66

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Leonard Maxwell

The King of Queens

66

TV show · as Bernard

Will & Grace

76

TV show · as Alan

Rude Awakening

66

TV show · as Judge Howard Barrett

Out to Sea

51

as Mac

The Drew Carey Show

69

TV show · as Mr. Van zandt

Nowhere Man

80

TV show · as Senator Wallace

The Boys Are Back

TV show · as Fred Hansen

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Dave Price / Sam Brown

America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference

as Narrator (voice)

The Nanny

77

TV show · as Maury Sherry

Jack's Place

TV show

1980s

11 titles · average score 60

Dream Breakers

as Harry Palliser

A New Life

37

as Mel Arons

American Experience

75

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Blacke's Magic

TV show · as Alexander Blacke

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as John

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

55

as Jack Warner

The Ray Bradbury Theater

71

TV show · as Captain Black

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

40

as Josh Gilliam

I Do! I Do!

as He (Michael)

The Other Woman

as Lou Chadway

Father Figure

as Howard

1970s

8 titles · average score 70

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

71

as Richard Ethridge

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

as Tony Bartlett

The Love Boat

73

as Andrew Canaan

Battle of the Network Stars

69

TV show

Barney Miller

52

TV show · as Barney Miller

NOVA

79

TV show · as Narrator

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

as Det. Lou Isaacs

Ghost Story

75

TV show · as David Wells

1960s

2 titles · average score 63

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Abel Norton

Bells Are Ringing

61

as Singer (uncredited)