Wiseguy: Independent Operator
03:00 am - 04:00 am, Wednesday, November 26 on WLEP Retro Television (9.1)
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Independent Operator
Season 1, Episode 12
Vinnie joins up with a hit man whose bosses run a worldwide crime ring. Part 1 of two. McPike: Jonathan Banks. Susan Profitt: Joan Severance. Roger Lococco: William Russ. Kenny: Clyde Kusatsu.
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1988
English
Drama
Police
Action/adventure
Crime
Mystery & Suspense
Cast & Crew
Ken Wahl
(Actor)
.. Vinnie Terranova
Jonathan Banks
(Actor)
.. Frank McPike
William Russ
(Actor)
.. Roger LoCocco
Joan Severance
(Actor)
.. Susan Profitt
Clyde Kusatsu
(Actor)
.. Kenny
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Did You Know..
Ken Wahl
(Actor)
.. Vinnie Terranova
Born:
October 31, 1962
Trivia:
Broad-shouldered American actor Ken Wahl has proven time and again that he's more than just a mass of muscle. After a handful of supporting roles, Wahl entered cult-film Valhalla with his starring role as a Bronx-Italian highschooler in The Wanderers (1979). Arguably, his best screen role was as the "see no evil" partner of conscience-stricken cop Paul Newman in Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981). His many film appearances aside, Wahl's popularity rests with his three-year performance as underground cop Vinnie Teranova in Wiseguys (1987-90), which was impressive enough to make viewers forget Wahl's earlier series-TV stint in the unlamented adventure series Double Dare (1985).
Jonathan Banks
(Actor)
.. Frank McPike
Born:
January 31, 1947
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Trivia:
Jonathan Banks began his film career in the sort of roles described by character actor Frank Faylen as "sneezers." For example: if you sneezed, you'd miss Banks' microscopic part in 1980's Stir Crazy. He was more visible in such roles as the hitchhiker in the 1982 biopic Frances and Algren in the 1983 seriocomedy 48 Hours. On television, Jonathan Banks was cast as the scurrilous extraterrestrial Commander Kroll in Otherworld (1985) and as Frank McPike, Ken Wahl's choleric boss, in Wiseguy (1987). Banks would continue to appear in several more films over the coming years, like Dark Blue and Reign Over Me, as well as TV shows like Breaking Bad.
William Russ
(Actor)
.. Roger LoCocco
Born:
October 20, 1950
Trivia:
A self-described "navy brat," William Russ travelled all over the country in his formative years. Russ settled down in one place long enough to attend the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; here he studied drama with such classmates as Christine Lahti. After graduation, he toured Europe as a member of the Ann Arbor mime troupe. Back in the states, he attended New York's Neighborhood Playhouse on a scholarship. His subsequent New York stage credits include MacBeth, The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (in which he appeared with Al Pacino) and Buried Child. In films since 1989's Disorganized Crime, Russ' largest and most rewarding movie role (thus far) was over-the-hill ballplayer Roy Dean Bream in 1991's Pastime. Russ is best known to the public at large for his TV work: he has played Burt McCowan in Another World, Roger Lococco in Wiseguy, Redmond Dunne in Capitol News and Terry Hannon in The Middle Ages. At present, William Russ -- billed under his nickname "Rusty" -- appears on a weekly basis as Ben Savage's father on Boy Meets World, taking occasional time-outs to co-star in such made-for-TV movies as Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995).
Joan Severance
(Actor)
.. Susan Profitt
Born:
January 01, 1958
Trivia:
Lead actress, onscreen from 1987.
Clyde Kusatsu
(Actor)
.. Kenny
Born:
September 13, 1948
Trivia:
Hawaii-born actor Clyde Kusatsu has appeared in roles calling for a variety of indeterminate ethnic origins. Early film appearances included unbilled bits in Airport 75 (1975) and Alex and the Gypsy (1976). With his minor role as the Freighter Captain in Black Sunday (1977), Kusatsu began working his way up the featured-player ladder. On series television, Kusastu has had plenty of opportunity to display his talent in the roles of Ali in Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982) and Dr. Kenji Fushida in the Hawaii-based Richard Chamberlain vehicle Island Son (1989). In 1994, Clyde Kusastu was sixth-billed in the psychological nailbiter Dream Lover.
