Veteran character actor Steve Landesberg dies.

[Steve Sanderson]

Best known for his role as the intellectual and sometimes annoying Detective Sgt. Arthur Dietrich
on the long-running 1970s cop comedy "Barney Miller."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_steve_landesberg

[Paul P]

Thank you sandclan.
I'm sure most people on this board however, because they appear to not have a funny bone in their body, wouldn't recognize the name.
I though, am sad to see Landesberg pass. His dry wit and slow speech as the detective on Barney Miller was impeccable.

[Neumann Sennheiser]

He did the best, most spot-on Gregory Peck imitation I ever heard.