What was the name of the character played by Eddie Murphy in the 1984 film Beverley Hills Cop?
"Beverly Hills Cop (film series) Beverly Hills Cop is a series of American action comedy films and an unaired television pilot based on characters created by Daniel Petrie, Jr. and Danilo Bach. The films star Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who travels to Beverly Hills, California to investigate crimes, even though it is out of his jurisdiction. There, he meets Detective Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Sergeant John Taggart (John Ashton), and Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox). Ashton and Cox do not appear in ""Beverly Hills Cop III"". Murphy, Reinhold, and Gil Hill, who plays Axel's boss,"
"had support from many people connected with incumbent mayor Dennis Archer. Already a prominent figure through his success in law enforcement, Hill rose to worldwide fame when he appeared in the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" films, playing the role of Inspector Todd, the boss of Eddie Murphy's character, Axel Foley. Offered other acting work after the film's release, Hill declined to pursue acting as a career, but did appear in the two subsequent sequels of the movie, saying that the only difference between his famous character's life and his own was that he did not curse as much in real life."
"shooting schedule. The part ultimately went to Ernie Hudson. Later in 1984, Murphy starred in the successful action comedy film ""Beverly Hills Cop"". The film was Murphy's first solo leading role. ""Beverly Hills Cop"" grossed over $230 million at the U.S. box office becoming the highest-grossing film released in 1984, the highest grossing comedy of all-time and the highest grossing ""R"" rated film of all-time and it was 46th in the list of all-time U.S. box office grossers after adjusting for inflation (3rd-highest amongst ""R"" rated films). Murphy was also offered a part in 1986's """", a role that, after"
"received by critics. The first film received a fresh rating of 84%, from a total of 44 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Axel Foley Detective Axel Foley is a fictional character, portrayed by Eddie Murphy, and is the protagonist of the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" film series. He is ranked 55 on ""Empire"" magazine's list of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time"". Sylvester Stallone was originally intended to be cast as Axel Foley. Detroit Police Department plainclothes detective Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in Hollywood, California. Mikey"
"Axel Foley Detective Axel Foley is a fictional character, portrayed by Eddie Murphy, and is the protagonist of the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" film series. He is ranked 55 on ""Empire"" magazine's list of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time"". Sylvester Stallone was originally intended to be cast as Axel Foley. Detroit Police Department plainclothes detective Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in Hollywood, California. Mikey is soon killed by a man named Zack. Foley goes to Beverly Hills, California, to find Mikey's assailant (since Mikey told"
"The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 4 on the Hot 100. The follow-up single, ""Nighttime Lover"", was also a top 10 R&B hit, peaking at No. 3. In 1989, The System released their fifth album, ""Rhythm & Romance"". Their version of the Marc Benno song ""Rock n' Roll Me Again"" became famous in the 1984 action comedy ""Beverly Hills Cop"" with Eddie Murphy. The soundtrack album would go on to win a Grammy. The group would also reach No. 23 on Billboard's R&B chart with the title track from the 1988 Eddie Murphy film"
"two 1980s films: ""An Officer and a Gentleman"" and ""Beverly Hills Cop"". In ""An Officer and a Gentleman"", she played Navy Aviation Officer Candidate Casey Seeger, a popular and charming woman who nearly flunked out of the program due to her inability to complete the obstacle course; however, she persevered and graduated. An amateur bodybuilder in real life, Eilbacher said the hardest aspect of this role was ""pretending"" to be out of shape. In ""Beverly Hills Cop"", she played Jenny Summers, a childhood friend of Eddie Murphy's character who reunited with him to solve the murder of a mutual friend."
"animals and conceived the storyline that was eventually adopted. Nimoy hit upon the idea of humpback whales after talking with a friend—their song added mystery to the story, and their size added logistical challenges the heroes would have to overcome. Nimoy approached ""Beverly Hills Cop"" writer Daniel Petrie, Jr. to write the screenplay when a concept that executive producer Jeffrey Katzenberg described as ""either the best or worst idea in the world"" arose—""Star Trek"" fan Eddie Murphy wanted a starring role. Nimoy and Murphy acknowledged his part would attract non-""Star Trek"" fans to the franchise following the rising popularity of"
"Eddie Murphy Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and producer. Murphy was a regular cast member on ""Saturday Night Live"" from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in ""48 Hrs."", the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" series, ""Trading Places"", and ""The Nutty Professor"". In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award"
"and discovering Dewald's treachery who shot Dave; both are eventually joined by Rosewood, who has been seriously wounded by the security men. In the end, Flint, Rosewood and Foley are all injured, and Janice invites Foley to an upcoming Tunnel of Love Ride but not before the latest character of the theme park has been introduced—Axel Fox and Dave thanks Foley for bringing Dewald to justice. On June 14, 2016, it was announced that Axel Foley will return in the upcoming fourth installment of the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" franchise, with Eddie Murphy reprising his role. The first film was well"
"""Entertainment Weekly"" rated it D- and called Murphy's performance joyless and depressing. ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" was nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, for Landis as Worst Director and the film as Worst Remake or Sequel. A fourth entry in the series was initially announced for release in the mid-1990s, under the production of Eddie Murphy's own production company ""Eddie Murphy Productions"", though production later fizzled out. It was re-announced in 2006, when producer Jerry Bruckheimer announced his intention to resurrect the film series, though he eventually gave up his option to produce the film, instead passing production duties to"
"being filmed. Claiming that Eddie Murphy was low-spirited and had a low energy level. ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" was criticized harshly. Beverly Hills Cop III currently holds a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 49 reviews. Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score, rated it 16/100 based on 15 reviews. Richard Natale of ""Variety"" called it ""a return to form by Eddie Murphy"" that ""runs out of steam before the end"". Caryn James of ""The New York Times"" wrote that the film is designed to be a foolproof and safe money-maker, but Murphy plays Foley too straight. Owen Gleiberman of"
"tailored to Murphy than ""Beverly Hills Cop"" and it shows a side of his comic persona that I don't think has been much appreciated: his essential underlying sweetness. Murphy's comedy is not based on hurt and aggression, but on affection and an understanding that comes from seeing right through the other characters.""<ref> The Golden Child The Golden Child is a 1986 American fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, who is informed that he is ""The Chosen One"" and is destined to save ""The Golden Child"", the savior of all humankind. The film"
"had their song ""Be There"". In an interview in 1994, Eddie Murphy said that ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" is ""different from the trilogy's first installment because Axel is more mature and no longer the wisecracking rookie cop."" During that same year, Murphy said he thought """"Beverly Hills Cop III"" was infinitely better than ""Beverly Hills Cop II""."" He later claimed during an interview in 2006 on ""Inside the Actors Studio"" that he felt the third film was ""atrocious"" and such a disgrace that ""the character was kind of banished for a while [from Hollywood]."" He said he felt the third"
"Gil Hill Gilbert Roland ""Gil"" Hill (November 5, 1931 – February 29, 2016) was an American police officer, actor and the president of the Detroit City Council. He gained recognition for his role as Inspector Todd in the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" film series. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Hill was the son of Mary Lee Hill, who raised him and his sister Toni, alone. In the 1940s, Hill moved with his mother and sister to Washington, D.C. Hill attended Cardozo High School, graduating in 1949. Hill had wished to attend Howard University, but was not able due to strained financial resources."
"was released and paved the way for more of the same including ""Top Secret!"" (1984) and the ""Naked Gun"" films. Popular comedy stars in the 1980s included Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, and Dan Aykroyd. Many had come to prominence on the American TV series ""Saturday Night Live"", including Bill Murray, Steve Martin and Chevy Chase. Eddie Murphy made a success of comedy-action films including ""48 Hrs."" (1982) and the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" series (1984–1993). Also popular were the films of John Hughes such as the ""National Lampoon's Vacation (film series)"" and ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"". He"
"""Vampire in Brooklyn"" was the final film produced under Eddie Murphy's exclusive contract with Paramount Pictures, that began with ""48 Hrs."" (1982) and included the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" franchise (1984-1994). An abandoned ship crashes into a dockyard in Brooklyn, New York, and the ship inspector, Silas Green, finds it full of corpses. Elsewhere, Julius Jones, Silas's nephew, has a run-in with some Italian mobsters. Just as the two goons are about to kill Julius, Maximillian, a vampire who arrived on the ship, intervenes and kills them. Maximillian infects Julius with his vampiric blood, thereby turning Julius into a decaying ghoul,"
"Brad Hamilton in ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982), along with then-unknown actors Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nicolas Cage. ""I thought my career would really take off after that role,"" Reinhold said later. ""Instead, Sean's career took off."" Reinhold had small roles in ""The Lords of Discipline"" (1983), and ""Gremlins"" (1984) and he appeared in an uncredited role in Pat Benatar's music video for ""Shadows of the Night"". Reinhold's career really started to gain momentum when he played Detective Billy Rosewood, the junior police detective sent to trail Eddie Murphy's character, in ""Beverly Hills"
"to pick the show up for a full season and that they were reworking the final episode to function as a series finale and give the fans closure. On January 2013, CBS picked up ""Beverly Hills Cop"", an hourlong crime procedural with comedic elements, with Ryan on board to pen the script and executive produce along with his MiddKid Productions partner Marney Hochman and Eddie Murphy. The potential series was a follow-up to the Murphy franchise and centered on Foley's son, Aaron (played by Brandon T. Jackson), a cop working in Beverly Hills as he tries to escape his famous"
"crime. It is often credited as being the first film in the ""buddy cop"" genre, which included the subsequent films ""Beverly Hills Cop"", ""Lethal Weapon"", and ""Rush Hour"". A sequel, ""Another 48 Hrs."", was released on June 8, 1990. Convicted thief Albert Ganz is working as part of a road gang in California, when a big Native American man named Billy Bear drives up in a pickup truck and asks for water to cool off his truck's overheating radiator. Ganz and Billy exchange insults and proceed to stage a fight with each other, wrestling in a river, and when the"
"something, a demolitions expert"". This was revised in subsequent drafts after Hudson was cast. His character was originally intended to represent the audience, but was rewritten to be ""an outsider and a late addition"" to the Ghostbusters team. After working with him the previous year on ""Trading Places"", Dan Aykroyd originally wanted Eddie Murphy to play the role of Winston Zeddemore. Aware of his comic abilities, his characterization of Winston would have been in a semi-improvisational style, similar to Bill Murray's performance as Peter Venkman. Murphy was too busy shooting ""Beverly Hills Cop"" to commit. Winston Zeddemore's first on-screen appearance"
"a patdown from security shortly after he was released from the hospital following an adverse reaction to a medication. He spent ten hours in jail, and accepted a deferred adjudication agreement where charges would be dismissed in 90 days. Judge Reinhold Edward Ernest ""Judge"" Reinhold, Jr. (born May 21, 1957) is an American actor who has starred in several Hollywood movies, such as ""Ruthless People"", ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", ""Gremlins"", and """", and both trilogies for ""Beverly Hills Cop"" and ""The Santa Clause"". Reinhold was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Regina Celeste (née Fleming) and Edward Ernest"
"Hill married Dolores Hooks, who sang in a local church choir, in 1955. They remained married until her death in 2015. They had two sons and a daughter. Hill died from pneumonia at the age of 84 on February 29, 2016, at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Gil Hill Gilbert Roland ""Gil"" Hill (November 5, 1931 – February 29, 2016) was an American police officer, actor and the president of the Detroit City Council. He gained recognition for his role as Inspector Todd in the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" film series. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Hill was the son of"
"Hills Cop"", ""Beverly Hills Cop II"" and ""Days of Thunder"". On ""Animal House"", it was McLarty who, doubling as the character of ""D-Day,"" rode the motorcycle up the fraternity house stairs. He also doubled as Henry Winkler's Fonzie for that character's motorcycle scenes on the sitcom ""Happy Days"". In 1982, McLarty was hired to serve as stunt coordinator on """", on which he also doubled for actor Vic Morrow. On July 23, McLarty was one of six people on board a Bell UH-1 Iroquois being used during the filming of a scene for ""Twilight Zone"" when the helicopter spun out"
"Los Angeles, when America experienced a wave of renewed patriotic sentiment. Their idea for a comedy about an immigrant in America was initially rejected by all three major commercial television networks operating in the U.S. at the time (ABC, CBS and NBC). In December 1984, Bronson Pinchot garnered notice for his role in ""Beverly Hills Cop"" as Serge, an effeminate art-gallery employee with an unplaceable foreign accent. When Miller and company pitched Pinchot as the star of their immigrant show, ABC signed on to the project, originally entitled ""The Greenhorn"". By this time, however, Pinchot had become unavailable, as he"
"Matthew Broderick, and Casey Affleck also starred in the film, released on November 4, 2011. It was reported in 2011 that Murphy would host the 84th Academy Awards in 2012. However, he dropped out of his hosting duties on November 9, 2011, in the wake of the Brett Ratner scandal. On December 6, 2013, it was announced that Murphy would star in the fourth film of the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" series. Brett Ratner will direct the film, Jerry Bruckheimer is confirmed to produce the film, and Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec will write. In a June 2014 interview, Murphy discussed"
"Eagles world tour ended on July 29, 2015 at Bossier City, Louisiana, a concert which would be Frey's final public appearance with the band. After the Eagles disbanded, Frey achieved solo success in the 1980s, especially with two No. 2 hits. In 1984, he recorded in collaboration with Harold Faltermeyer the worldwide hit, ""The Heat Is On"", the main theme from the Eddie Murphy action comedy film ""Beverly Hills Cop""; then, Frey performed ""You Belong to the City"" (from the television series ""Miami Vice"", the soundtrack of which stayed on top of the U.S. album charts for 11 weeks in"
"Cop"" (1984). The film's huge success led to Reinhold being given starring roles in ""Roadhouse 66"" (1985), ""Head Office"" (1985) and ""Off Beat"", but none of them was particularly successful. However, ""Ruthless People"" (1986), where he had a support role, was a big hit. That year he said in an interview, ""In my movies I portray this 'Everyman' persona, someone everybody can empathize with. People can identify with a guy like me."" Reinhold tried to get financing for a film based on Carl Hiaasen's best-selling novel ""Tourist Season"", but it was never made. Instead, he appeared in ""Beverly Hills Cop"
"on the ""Hot R&B Songs"" chart. ""The Right Kinda Lover"" was Patti LaBelle's second number one on the ""Hot Dance/Club Play"" chart. Overseas, the single and also reached number fifty on the ""UK Top 75"" and was her most successful in years. The song's video featured LaBelle performing a seductress choosing her choice of mate. The Right Kinda Lover ""The Right Kinda Lover"" is a song recorded by singer Patti LaBelle. It was released as a single from her 1994 album, ""Gems"", and appeared on the soundtrack to the film ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" starring Eddie Murphy. The song, which"
"obnoxious voice and never squinted. During his 12-episode stint, he was given very little airtime and seldom used in sketches. Gottfried recalls a low point was having to play a corpse in a sketch about a sports organist hired to play inappropriate music at a funeral. Despite this, he had one recurring character (Leo Waxman, husband to Denny Dillon's Pinky Waxman on the recurring talk show sketch, ""What's It All About?"") and two celebrity impersonations: David A. Stockman and controversial film director Roman Polanski. Gottfried also played accountant Sidney Bernstein in the 1987 film ""Beverly Hills Cop II"". Although not"
"in front of the film's marquee. Eugene Wolfgramm is in the video, despite having left the group to form Boys Club. Cross My Broken Heart (The Jets song) ""Cross My Broken Heart"" is the title of the first single released from ""Magic"", the second studio album released by the band the Jets. The song reached number 7 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in August 1987. It also appears on the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film, ""Beverly Hills Cop II"". The music video features the group performing the song inside a soundstage, against a backdrop of a movie theater entrance."
"at a nightclub, Eddie Murphy befriended and mentored the aspiring comic. Murphy gave Rock his first film role in ""Beverly Hills Cop II"". Rock became a cast member of the popular sketch comedy series ""Saturday Night Live"" in 1990. He and other new cast members Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade became known as the Bad Boys of SNL. In 1991, he released his first comedy album, ""Born Suspect"" and won acclaim for his role as a crack addict in the film ""New Jack City"". His tenure on ""SNL"" gave Rock national exposure. With plans to leave"
"and Bogomil on a fishing trip. This is the same picture that appeared in ""Cop II"" on Bogomil's and Foley's desks. In an interview in 2012, Ronny Cox said, ""They wanted me to be in ""Beverly Hills Cop III"", but...I read the script."" Rejected ideas for ""Cop III"" included a Robert Towne screenplay (in which Foley has to deal with his celebrity status), a scenario teaming Murphy with Sean Connery as a Scotland Yard detective, and another Axel-in-London idea where his Scotland Yard counterpart would have been played by John Cleese. The last would have involved British gangsters, loosely based"