"fictitious Crane, Poole & Schmidt had its offices. The working title was later modified to ""The Practice: Fleet Street"", but this title was dropped in favor of ""Boston Legal"". The real building shown as the law office is located at 500 Boylston Street, 1.4 miles away from Fleet Street. The American producers of the series also hired the British writer and barrister John Mortimer (creator of the UK legal series ""Rumpole of the Bailey"") as a consultant for ""Boston Legal"". The show's pilot was originally produced with former ""The Practice"" stars James Spader and Rhona Mitra, guest stars William Shatner"
"sergeant in ""T.J. Hooker"" (1982–86) and hosted the reality-based television series ""Rescue 911"" (1989–96), which won a People's Choice Award for the Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. Shatner also appeared in seasons 4 and 5 of the NBC series ""3rd Rock from the Sun"" as the ""Big Giant Head"" that the alien characters reported to. From 2004 until 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane both in the final season of the legal drama ""The Practice"" and in its spinoff series ""Boston Legal"", a role that earned him two Emmy Awards. He appeared in both seasons of the comical NBC"
"Troy Winbush Troy Winbush (born March 12, 1970) is an American actor. Winbush was born in Manhattan, New York. He is best known for his recurring role as Denny on ""The Cosby Show"", appearing on the series from 1987 to 1991. He also made guest appearances in other notable television series including, ""Law & Order"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""Boston Public"", """", ""JAG"", ""Touched by an Angel"", ""The Parkers, and the short-lived NBC drama ""Medical Investigation"". He co-starred in the feature films ""The Replacements"" (2000), ""John Q"" (2002), ""The Last Shot"" (2004), and ""Backwoods"" (2008). He also played Travis Harris in Tyler"
"Brian McNamara Brian McNamara (born November 21, 1960) is an American actor, known for his portrayal of Dean Karny in the television movie ""Billionaire Boys Club"" for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a supporting role. McNamara was born on Long Island, New York. He has had roles in numerous motion pictures including ""Arachnophobia"" and ""Short Circuit"". He has guest starred in the television series ""Family Ties"", ""Seinfeld"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""St. Elsewhere"", ""JAG"", ""Ned & Stacey"", ""The O.C."", """", ""Mad About You"", ""Matlock"", """", ""Ellen"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", ""Murphy Brown"","
"legal drama ""The Practice"", and followed attorney Alan Shore (a character who became the star of ""The Practice"" in its final season, played by James Spader) to his new law firm, Crane, Poole & Schmidt. It also starred veteran television actors Candice Bergen and William Shatner. Critically popular with less than spectacular ratings (ranked 27th for the first season, 46th for the second), the show was an ""Emmy darling"" during its run, winning seven times and being nominated over 25 times. The show won the Peabody Award in 2005 for its signature political commentaries. In 2007, ""Boston Legal"" began to"
"Perry's House of Payne. Troy played the role of “baby” Emile in the 1987 movie The Principal starting James Belushi. Winbush made an appearance in ""The Big Bang Theory"" season 6 episode 22 ""The Proton Resurgence"". Troy Winbush Troy Winbush (born March 12, 1970) is an American actor. Winbush was born in Manhattan, New York. He is best known for his recurring role as Denny on ""The Cosby Show"", appearing on the series from 1987 to 1991. He also made guest appearances in other notable television series including, ""Law & Order"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""Boston Public"", """", ""JAG"", ""Touched by an"
"Jeffrey Dean Morgan Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as John Winchester on the fantasy horror series ""Supernatural"" (2005–07), Denny Duquette on the medical drama series ""Grey's Anatomy"" (2006–09), The Comedian in the superhero film ""Watchmen"" (2009), Jason Crouse on the political drama series ""The Good Wife"" (2015–16), Negan on the horror drama series ""The Walking Dead"" (2016–present), and Harvey Russell in ""Rampage"" (2018). Morgan was born in Seattle, Washington, to Sandy Thomas and Richard Dean Morgan. He attended Ben Franklin Elementary School, Rose Hill Junior High, and Lake"
"Devaney, model and actor Bram Blankestijn as The Stalker, Zjon Smaal as Tony Scibelli and Robbert van den Bergh as Ray Court (who, in this version, was slightly based on the character Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds). Roy Kullick assumed the role of Ray Court on 25 July 2016. Paul Donkers took over the role of Tony Scibelli at the end of September 2016. Donkers left the show again in May 2017, after which Zjon Smaal returned to portray Tony Scibelli, which he did until the final performance. The show closed at the Beatrix Theatre on 16 July 2017 and"
"year. She later had significant guest appearances on ""NYPD Blue"", ""Dharma & Greg"", """", ""House"" and ""NCIS"". She also appeared as herself in ""Standing Tall at Auschwitz"", which was a History Channel documentary on the Ovitz family, and in ""No Bigger Than a Minute"", an independent documentary on dwarfism which aired on the PBS program ""P.O.V."" In 2006, she joined the cast of ""Boston Legal"" as Bethany Horowitz, a love interest to William Shatner's character Denny Crane. The role was written specifically for her by David E. Kelley. Meredith has portrayed Carol Wilson, a recurring character on CBS' ""NCIS"" for"
"ratings in its new fall time slot. The season began airing on September 22, 2008. On June 18 and June 20, 2008, it was reported that Gary Anthony Williams and Taraji P. Henson would not return for Season 5 as Clarence Bell and Whitney Rome, respectively. On July 17, 2008, ""Boston Legal"" was nominated for a series-high seven Emmy nominations, including for Best Drama Series for the second consecutive year. Spader, Bergen, and Shatner were each nominated for their respective roles. ""Boston Legal""'s two-hour-long series finale aired on Monday, December 8, 2008, at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central. David E. Kelley stated"
"Dean Norris Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor. He portrayed DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series ""Breaking Bad"" (2008–2013) and town councilman James ""Big Jim"" Rennie on the CBS series ""Under the Dome"" (2013–2015). He currently plays mob boss Clay ""Uncle Daddy"" Husser in the TNT series ""Claws"". Norris has appeared in films such as ""Lethal Weapon 2"" (1989), ""Hard To Kill"" (1990), ""Total Recall"" (1990), """" (1991), ""Starship Troopers"" (1997), ""The Cell"" (2000), ""Little Miss Sunshine"" (2006), ""Evan Almighty"" (2007), ""Sons of Liberty"" (2015), and ""The Book of Henry"" (2017). Norris was"
"her ex-husband Dan Cavanaugh (Kyle Secor), the Deputy for Trials. She also starts to date Judge Augustus ""Jack"" Ripley (James Denton). Actress Delaney left her role on Bochco's ""NYPD Blue"" to make this series. She later returned to ""NYPD Blue"" for a limited number of episodes. ""Hill Street Blues"" veteran Veronica Hamel appeared as Judge Marjorie Brennan, the woman who Will's father cheated on his mother with and whom Will himself gets involved with, and Joanna Cassidy appeared in the pilot as Kathleen's partner Marian Marshall, whose mental breakdown in court complicates Kathleen's life when she is forced to take"
"David Dean Bottrell David Dean Bottrell is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter best known for playing the creepy and homicidal Lincoln Meyer on 8 episodes of the ABC television series ""Boston Legal"". He is also the author of ""Working Actor: Breaking In, Making a Living and Making a Life in the Fabulous Trenches of Show Business"" published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House. Known for his quirky characterizations, he started his career in New York, working at such theatres as the Second Stage, the Public Theater, the Manhattan Punch Line and regionally at the Long Wharf"
"Crahan Denton Crahan Denton (born Arthur Denton, March 20, 1914 – December 4, 1966) (pronunciation: ""kran"") was an American stage and television actor. One of his most famous film roles was in ""To Kill A Mockingbird"" where he portrays ""Walter Cunningham,"" a client of the main character, Atticus Finch, and the leader of a mob which attempts to lynch another of Finch's clients. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Denton, he was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. He studied drama at the University of California, Berkeley and at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York"
"their five children in Temecula, California. In 2018, the couple opened the Norris Performing Arts Center in Temecula. Dean Norris Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor. He portrayed DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series ""Breaking Bad"" (2008–2013) and town councilman James ""Big Jim"" Rennie on the CBS series ""Under the Dome"" (2013–2015). He currently plays mob boss Clay ""Uncle Daddy"" Husser in the TNT series ""Claws"". Norris has appeared in films such as ""Lethal Weapon 2"" (1989), ""Hard To Kill"" (1990), ""Total Recall"" (1990), """" (1991), ""Starship Troopers"" (1997), ""The Cell"" (2000), ""Little"
"Babungo, Cameroon. On September 17, 1994, he married Desiree DaCosta, with whom he has four children, Paris, Brielle, Blake and Lexi Underwood. Blair Underwood Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American television, film, and stage actor and director. He played headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins on the NBC legal drama ""L.A. Law"" for seven years. He has received two Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and one Grammy Award. In recent years, he has appeared as Andrew Garner on ""Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."", ""The New Adventures of Old Christine"", ""Dirty Sexy Money"" and ""In Treatment"", NBC's ""The"
"charging her employer with sex offences. However, he left the case when he saw Alan Shore representing the defendant. Eugene thought that Alan had judge-shopped when actually Alan was only assigned the case on the hearing day (being a friend of Denny Crane, the defendant hesitated before going to Crane, Poole & Schmidt for help). To resolve their issues, Alan tells Eugene that his respect for him exceeds that of the respect he is required to give any other judge. Eugene Young (character) Eugene Young is a fictional character played by Steve Harris on the American legal drama, ""The Practice"","
"to be Denny Crane's son in the ABC legal drama-comedy ""Boston Legal"". Prinze starred in his own television sitcom, titled ""Freddie"". The sitcom is said to depict some actual events from his life, and lasted one season before being canceled in May 2006. He guest starred on ""George Lopez"" for a crossover with ""Freddie"". In 2004, Prinze accepted a special award from TV Land on behalf of his late father. He thanked his father's former co-star, Della Reese, for her continued advice and support. In 2006, he lent his voice to the character of Pi in the computer-animated film ""Shark"
"prison, “thinking that Dirty Den would be impressed”. As well as the inmates, prison officers also become regulars for the duration of the storyline, such as officers Crane (Raymond Trickett), McLeish (Neil Daglish) and Stone (Jeremy Young). Outside the prison, members of the Firm were also heavily involved in Den’s exit storyline, including Joanne Francis (Pamela Salem), the manageress of Strokes; Gregory Mantel (Pavel Douglas); and Brad Williams (Jonathan Stratt), who had appeared intermittently since 1986, but is seen on a regular basis during this storyline. Investigating police officers included DS West (Leonard Gregory) and D.I.Bob Ashley (Robin Lermittee), who"
"on the Moon"" (1999), ""The Perfect Storm"" (2000), ""Under the Tuscan Sun"" (2003), ""Cinema Verite"" (2011), ""Trumbo"" (2015), and in the sixth season of ""House of Cards"". She played Martha Kent in ""Man of Steel"" (2013), """" (2016), and ""Justice League"" (2017). Lane was born in New York City. Her mother, Colleen Leigh Farrington, was a nightclub singer and ""Playboy"" centerfold (Miss October 1957), who was also known as ""Colleen Price"". Her father, Burton Eugene Lane, was a Manhattan drama coach who ran an acting workshop with John Cassavetes, worked as a cab driver, and later taught humanities at City"
"Mark Valley Mark Thomas Valley (born December 24, 1964) is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles as Brad Chase on the TV drama ""Boston Legal"", Oliver Richard on the NBC drama ""Harry's Law"", FBI Special Agent John Scott on ""Fringe"", Christopher Chance in the Fox's action drama ""Human Target"", and Tommy Sullivan in ABC's ""Body of Proof"". Valley was born in Ogdensburg, New York, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and engineering. He served in Berlin, where he played rugby for the U.S."
"Bullock for the release of """" in 2013. Robert Costanzo Robert Jason Costanzo (born October 20, 1942) is an American actor. He has an acting career spanning over thirty years and is often found playing surly New York City types such as crooks, low-level workers and policemen, and mixes both drama and comedy roles. Costanzo is also a prominent voice actor, and often serves as a voice double for Danny DeVito. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is the son of actor Carmine Constanzo. His first role was in the 1975 movie ""Dog Day Afternoon"" playing a cop, although this"
"to composer/arranger Jennifer Hammond. Their twins, Jack and Amelia, were born in 2002. Pat Skipper William Patterson ""Pat"" Skipper (born September 23, 1958) is an American television actor, film actor and voice actor. Pat is probably best known for his television work on such shows as ""The X-Files"" and ""Boston Legal"". On film, he played Carducci in the (1996) action/horror film """", Mason Strode from ""Halloween"", Seabiscuit's Vet from ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), Bob from ""Fits and Starts"", and Agent Ellroy from ""Chain of Command"". He also wrote a book called ""The Working Actor"" in 2015. Skipper was born in Lakeland, Florida."
"James Horan (actor) James Horan (born December 14, 1954 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American character actor. Horan has appeared in many television programs and films. He has starred in several soap operas, including ""Guiding Light"" as Detective Kirk Winters in 1980–1981, ""Another World"" as Denny Hobson (1981–1982), ""General Hospital"" as Brett Madison (1985–1987), and ""All My Children"" as Creed Kelly (1988–1989). In 1982, Horan subbed for Larkin Malloy who had been injured in a car accident, playing Sky Whitney on ""The Edge of Night"" while Malloy recuperated. Years later, Horan originated the role of Clay Alden on ""Loving"", playing"
"Brown, Ron Butler, Doug Cox, Larry Coven, Marianne Curan, Sarah Delea, Brad Dismukes, Liz Domery, John Dryden, Shari Elliker, Dion Flynn, Elliott Forrestt, Bob Garman, Tim Gore, Robert W. Heck, Ed Henley, Wes Johnson, Scott Keck, Richard ""Scrumbly"" Koldewyn, Chuck Kovacic, Bill Largess, John Moody, Emlyn Morinelli McFarland, Terri Madden, Tim Mullen, Bill Oakley, Nick Olcott, Joel Perry, Christopher Pray, Tim Rankin, Melissa Rauch, John Roarke, Kara Russel, Stephen Schmidt, Ken Star, Victor Steele, Vanessa Stout, Christine Thompson, Bruce Tobin, Erica Van Wagener, Josh Weinstein, Pam Woodruff, Wendy Yondorf. John Simmons (actor) John Simmons (born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia) is"
"Courtney B. Vance Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor notable for his roles in the feature films ""Hamburger Hill"" and ""The Hunt for Red October"", the television series """", in which he played Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver and """", in which he played Johnnie Cochran. For the latter, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He guest starred on the TNT series ""The Closer"" as Chief Tommy Delk from 2010–11. In 2013, he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for"
"a detailed perspective on the personal background of each character, focusing on the consequences that their decisions have on their careers. Throughout the season, new story lines were introduced, including the love triangle between Meredith Grey, Derek Shepherd, and Addison Montgomery, the main arc of the season. Also heavily developed was the story line involving Izzie Stevens' relationship with patient Denny Duquette, which resulted in critical acclaim and positive fan response. The season kept its original airtime from the previous season, taking over ""Boston Legal"" time slot at 10:00 pm on Sundays, while airing as a lead-out to the already"
"married on October 23, 2010 and have a child together. Kevin Rankin (actor) Kevin Rankin (born April 18, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Tyler Briggs in the NBC series ""Trauma"", Roe Sanders in the CBS series ""Unforgettable"", Kenny in the AMC series ""Breaking Bad"", and Derek ""Devil"" Lennox in the FX TV series ""Justified"". Rankin was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1976. Up to age eleven, he also grew up there with his parents and three older sisters. The family then moved to Houston, Texas, where Rankin finished high school. After"
"Pat Skipper William Patterson ""Pat"" Skipper (born September 23, 1958) is an American television actor, film actor and voice actor. Pat is probably best known for his television work on such shows as ""The X-Files"" and ""Boston Legal"". On film, he played Carducci in the (1996) action/horror film """", Mason Strode from ""Halloween"", Seabiscuit's Vet from ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), Bob from ""Fits and Starts"", and Agent Ellroy from ""Chain of Command"". He also wrote a book called ""The Working Actor"" in 2015. Skipper was born in Lakeland, Florida. He was educated at Florida State University and Yale University. He is married"
"Rob Bell; ""Baltimore Sun"" reporter and editor David Ettlin; Howard County Executive Ken Ulman; and former mayor Kurt Schmoke have appeared in minor roles despite not being professional actors. ""Little Melvin"" Williams, a Baltimore drug lord arrested in the 1980s by an investigation that Burns had been part of, had a recurring role as a deacon beginning in the third season. Jay Landsman, a longtime police officer who inspired the character of the same name, played Lieutenant Dennis Mello. Baltimore police commander Gary D'Addario served as the series technical advisor for the first two seasons and has a recurring role"
"Other members of the cast (in credits order) are Bill Smitrovich (Inspector Cramer), Ron Rifkin (Nikola Miltan), Colin Fox (Fritz Brenner), James Tolkan (Percy Ludlow), George Plimpton (John Barrett). Kari Matchett (Carla Lovchen), Debra Monk (Madame Zorka), Francie Swift (Neya Tormic), Trent McMullen (Orrie Cather), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Robert Bockstael (Agent Stahl), Nicky Guadagni (Jeanne Miltan), Hrant Alianak (Nat Driscoll), R.D. Reid (Sergeant Purley Stebbins), Richard Waugh (Rudolph Faber), Dina Barrington (Belinda Reade) and Boyd Banks (Duncan Barrett, the same character called ""Donald Barrett"" in the original novel, yet, oddly, still referred to as ""Donny-Bonny"" in the teleplay's dialog"
"Workshop directed by Sam Gold with Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo. Television credits includes series regular Brian Darling on ABC's ""Dirty Sexy Money"", and guest starring roles on ""Six Feet Under"", ""Billions"", ""Madam Secretary"", ""Elementary"", ""Law & Order"", """", """", and """". Fitzgerald is also a photographer whose intimate, behind-the-scenes portraits of theatre productions have been featured in the ""New York Times"". Glenn Fitzgerald Glenn Fitzgerald (born December 21, 1971) is an American actor of stage, film, and television. Film roles include: Homicide Detective Anderson in Kathryn Bigelow's ""Detroit""; Lonnie, the son of Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin's characters, in"
"Jon Abrahams Jon Avery Abrahams (born October 29, 1977) is an American film and television actor. His most notable roles are Bobby in ""Scary Movie"", Denny Byrnes in the Robert De Niro-Ben Stiller comedy ""Meet the Parents"", and Dalton Chapman in the horror movie ""House of Wax"". Abrahams was born in New York. He attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn. Abrahams' great-uncles were actor Mack Gray - long time confidant of entertainers George Raft, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra - and stuntman and fight coordinator Joe Gray. His father, Martin Abrahams, is an artist. Abrahams made his film debut in"