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<html> <head> <title>Wiseguy</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Wiseguy TELEVISION PROGRAM Broadcast 1987-90 on CBS. The episodes are not "standalone" but instead run in various "arcs", the first of which involves <a href="/people/286/000044154/">Ray Sharkey</a> as mobster Sonny Steelgrave. <a href="/people/395/000025320/">Ken Wahl</a> plays a federal cop whose loyalties are frequently tested, and Sharkey shines in his role. One of the best crime dramas ever produced, a show easy to get hooked on. <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/145/000033046/">Jonathan Banks</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Frank McPike on Wiseguy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/551/000109224/">Steven Bauer</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Scarface</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/363/000108039/">Jim Byrnes</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lifeguard on Wiseguy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/284/000024212/">Stephen J. Cannell</a></td> <td><center>Film/TV Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-2010</tt></td> <td>Creator of The Rockford Files</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/186/000057015/">Michael Chiklis</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Shield</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/763/000023694/">Tim Curry</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Frank N. Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/385/000130992/">Patti D'Arbanville</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Rose Boscorelli on Third Watch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/089/000065891/">Joe Dallesandro</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Took a walk on the wild side</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/250/000130857/">Robert Davi</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Agent Malone on Profiler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/757/000161274/">Anthony John Denison</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Det. Andy Flynn on The Closer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/926/000024854/">Glenn Frey</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-2016</tt></td> <td>Lead vocals and guitar, Eagles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/927/000097636/">Harry Goz</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-2003</tt></td> <td>Captain Murphy on Sealab 2021</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/733/000131340/">Paul Guilfoyle</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Capt. Jim Brass on CSI</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/632/000345594/">Tim Guinee</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Impostor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/640/000108316/">Deidre Hall</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Days of Our Lives</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/135/000161649/">Ken Jenkins</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/897/000348850/">Clyde Kusatsu</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. Fushida on Island Son</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/527/000092251/">Norman Lloyd</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. Auschlander on St. Elsewhere</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/794/000131401/">Paul McCrane</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. Robert Romano on ER</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/454/000353392/">George O. Petrie</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1997</tt></td> <td>Harv Smithfield on Dallas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/431/000110101/">William Russ</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Roger LoCocco on Wiseguy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/917/000025842/">Joan Severance</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dangerous Indiscretion</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000044154/">Ray Sharkey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1993</tt></td> <td>Sonny Steelgrave on Wiseguy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/733/000024661/">Ron Silver</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-2009</tt></td> <td>Wiseguy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000023522/">Kevin Spacey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Usual Suspects</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/549/000348502/">David Spielberg</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. David Bedford on The Practice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/371/000110041/">James Stacy</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-2016</tt></td> <td>Lancer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/413/000024341/">Fred Thompson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-2015</tt></td> <td>Actor turned Senator from Tennessee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/805/000043676/">Stanley Tucci</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Joe Gould's Secret</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/395/000025320/">Ken Wahl</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wiseguy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/272/000024200/">Paul Winfield</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-2004</tt></td> <td>Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn</td> </tr> </table> EPISODE GUIDE Season One (1987) <table> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>1</tt>  </td><td><tt>Wiseguy (Pilot Part 1) (16-Sep-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>2</tt>  </td><td><tt>Wiseguy (Pilot Part 2) (16-Sep-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>3</tt>  </td><td><tt>New Blood (24-Sep-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>4</tt>  </td><td><tt>The Loose Cannon (1-Oct-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>5</tt>  </td><td><tt>The Birthday Surprise (8-Oct-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>6</tt>  </td><td><tt>One on One (15-Oct-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>7</tt>  </td><td><tt>Prodigal Son (22-Oct-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>8</tt>  </td><td><tt>A Deal's a Deal (29-Oct-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>9</tt>  </td><td><tt>The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (5-Nov-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>10</tt>  </td><td><tt>No One Gets Out of Here Alive (12-Nov-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>11</tt>  </td><td><tt>Last Rites for Lucci (19-Nov-1987)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>12</tt>  </td><td><tt>Independent Operator (4-Jan-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>13</tt>  </td><td><tt>Fascination for the Flame (11-Jan-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>14</tt>  </td><td><tt>Smokey Mountain Requiem (18-Jan-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>15</tt>  </td><td><tt>Player to be Named Now (25-Jan-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>16</tt>  </td><td><tt>The Merchant of Death (1-Feb-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>17</tt>  </td><td><tt>Not For Nothing (8-Feb-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>18</tt>  </td><td><tt>Squeeze (15-Feb-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>19</tt>  </td><td><tt>Blood Dance (22-Feb-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>20</tt>  </td><td><tt>Phantom Pain (14-Mar-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>21</tt>  </td><td><tt>Dirty Little Wars (21-Mar-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>22</tt>  </td><td><tt>Date With an Angel (28-Mar-1988)</tt></td></tr> </table> Season Two (1988) <table> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>1</tt>  </td><td><tt>Going Home (26-Oct-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>2</tt>  </td><td><tt>School of Hard Knox (2-Nov-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>3</tt>  </td><td><tt>Revenge of the Mud People (9-Nov-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>4</tt>  </td><td><tt>Last of the True Believers (16-Nov-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>5</tt>  </td><td><tt>Aria for Don Aiuppo (7-Dec-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>6</tt>  </td><td><tt>7th Avenue Freeze Out (14-Dec-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>7</tt>  </td><td><tt>Next of Kin (21-Dec-1988)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>8</tt>  </td><td><tt>All or Nothing (11-Jan-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>9</tt>  </td><td><tt>Where's the Money (18-Jan-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>10</tt>  </td><td><tt>Postcard From Morocco (25-Jan-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>11</tt>  </td><td><tt>Stairway to Heaven (1-Feb-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>12</tt>  </td><td><tt>White Noise (15-Feb-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>13</tt>  </td><td><tt>Dead Dog Lives (1-Mar-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>14</tt>  </td><td><tt>And it Comes Out Here (8-Mar-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>15</tt>  </td><td><tt>The Rip-Off Stick (22-Mar-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>16</tt>  </td><td><tt>High Dollar Bop (5-Apr-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>17</tt>  </td><td><tt>Hip Hop on the Gravy Train (12-Apr-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>18</tt>  </td><td><tt>The One that Got Away (3-May-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>19</tt>  </td><td><tt>Living and Dying in 4/4 Time (10-May-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>20</tt>  </td><td><tt>Call it Casaba (17-May-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>21</tt>  </td><td><tt>The Four-Letter Word (Part 1) (24-May-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>22</tt>  </td><td><tt>Le Lacrime de Amore (Part 2) (24-May-1989)</tt></td></tr> </table> Season Three (1989) <table> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>1</tt>  </td><td><tt>A Rightful Place (20-Sep-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>2</tt>  </td><td><tt>Battle of the Barge (27-Sep-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>3</tt>  </td><td><tt>Sins of the Father (4-Oct-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>4</tt>  </td><td><tt>Heir to the Throne (11-Oct-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>5</tt>  </td><td><tt>Sleepwalk (25-Oct-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>6</tt>  </td><td><tt>How Will They Remember Me? (1-Nov-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>7</tt>  </td><td><tt>People Do it All the Time (8-Nov-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>8</tt>  </td><td><tt>Reunion (15-Nov-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>9</tt>  </td><td><tt>Day One (29-Nov-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>10</tt>  </td><td><tt>Day Four (6-Dec-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>11</tt>  </td><td><tt>Day Seven (13-Dec-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>12</tt>  </td><td><tt>Day Nine (20-Dec-1989)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>13</tt>  </td><td><tt>Meet Mike McPike (10-Jan-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>14</tt>  </td><td><tt>To Die in Bettendorf (17-Jan-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>15</tt>  </td><td><tt>Romp (7-Feb-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>16</tt>  </td><td><tt>A One Horse Town (14-Feb-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>17</tt>  </td><td><tt>His Master's Voice (7-Mar-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>18</tt>  </td><td><tt>Hello Buckwheat (14-Mar-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>19</tt>  </td><td><tt>Let Them Eat Cake (21-Mar-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>20</tt>  </td><td><tt>Meltdown (28-Mar-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>21</tt>  </td><td><tt>Sanctuary (11-Apr-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>22</tt>  </td><td><tt>Brrump-Bump (18-Apr-1990)</tt></td></tr> </table> Season Four (1990) <table> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>1</tt>  </td><td><tt>Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (Part 1) (10-Nov-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>2</tt>  </td><td><tt>Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (Part 2) (10-Nov-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>3</tt>  </td><td><tt>Black Gold (17-Nov-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>4</tt>  </td><td><tt>The Gift (24-Nov-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>5</tt>  </td><td><tt>La Mina (1-Dec-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>6</tt>  </td><td><tt>Witness Protection for the Archangel Lucifer (8-Dec-1990)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>7</tt>  </td><td><tt>Point of No Return (never aired)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>8</tt>  </td><td><tt>Dead Right (never aired)</tt></td></tr> <tr><td align=right width=15><tt>9</tt>  </td><td><tt>Changing Houses (never aired)</tt></td></tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=49285" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/197/000003188/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/197/3188/s3188.jpg" width=128> Phi Gamma Delta</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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