S6.E2

The Photographer

Episode aired Sep 20, 1979
TV-PG
30m

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Max Gail, Kenneth Tigar, and Sal Viscuso in Barney Miller (1975)

A prisoner claims to be Jesus Christ. A drug dealer is caught with a large stash. An elderly mugger poses as a photographer to entice lonely women.A prisoner claims to be Jesus Christ. A drug dealer is caught with a large stash. An elderly mugger poses as a photographer to entice lonely women.A prisoner claims to be Jesus Christ. A drug dealer is caught with a large stash. An elderly mugger poses as a photographer to entice lonely women.

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Trivia
This is one of the few episodes in which Barney Miller is explicitly referred to as being Jewish.

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Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich: 1 down, 11 to go.
Capt. Barney Miller: I take it that's, uh... a humorous reference to the 12 Apostles?
Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich: Something like that.
Capt. Barney Miller: And I'm sure you're prepared with many more Biblical allusions?
Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich: Yeah.
Capt. Barney Miller: Unfortunately, it's almost check out time, so I'm afraid we're just going to have to forego them.
Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich: I guess so; I'll see you tomorrow then.
Capt. Barney Miller: Okay.
Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich: You doing anything for supper?
[Barney glances at Dietrich]
Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich: Gotcha.

Connections
Featured in The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1980)

Soundtracks
Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Courtesy of Extreme Music

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7/10

Kenneth Tigar and Phil Leeds

"The Photographer" begins with Levitt's arrest of drug dealer Joseph Beatty (Sal Viscuso, third of four), who thought the police department had height requirements. Louise Myers (Anita Dangler, second of two) was flattered by the attentions of a sensuous photographer from Vogue, who simply lured her to a remote spot in the park to steal her purse. Phil Leeds (fifth of seven) is the unlikely purse snatcher, an elderly man with homely features, who really was a photographer, until his pony died! Kenneth Tigar ("Werewolf") makes the fourth of his six memorable appearances, this time as Jesus Christ, or at least a man who claims to be. He smiles the entire time he's being booked for assault and disorderly conduct, scolding pimps for "debasing the harlots!" (Wojo: "Bellevue says they're ready for him" Barney: "okay, why don't you deliver him...take him over!").