Meanwhile, Harvard grad Brenneman’s career was just getting started, with toe-dips into TV roles in L.A.
Making his way in Hollywood, he continued to land guest shots on sitcoms, dramas and TV-movies, including Bochco series, including the divorce attorney drama “Civil Wars” and the ill- fated musical police drama “Cop Rock.” Greg Medavoy) and Amy Brenneman (Officer Janice Licalsi), recall the tumultuous journey to launch a TV upstart that would ultimately become an institution.Īlong with a busy movie career that included frequent collaborations with filmmaker Brian de Palma, Franz was a familiar face guesting on television hits and had become part of Bochco’s recurring “repertory company,” having starred in the short-lived baseball drama “Bay City Blues” and played two different roles on “Hill Street Blues,” one of which was spun off to headline the one-season comedy “Beverly Hills Buntz.”Ĭlapp was a frequent presence in the early and mid-career films of director John Sayles and a regular in the Canadian series “Mr. Here, three of “NYPD Blue’s” first-season standouts, Dennis Franz (Det.