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Actor Born: October 28, 1944 in Maywood, IL Biography:Chicago-born "Dennis Franz" (originally Dennis Schlachta) spent 11 months in an airborne division during the Vietnam War. Afterwards, Franz became a postman -- and, by his own admission, not a very good one. Short, bald, overweight and scrappy, he decided to establish himself as a character actor, making the rounds of Windy City casting agencies in search of film work. Franz made his film debut in a bit part in De Palma's "The Fury" (1978). He made his TV debut as beat cop Joe Gilland in the 1982 TV series "Chicago Story". Franz went on to become a "regular" in the various projects of producer "Steven Bochco", playing baseball coach Angelo Carbone on the four-episode "Bay City Blues" (1983), and two different roles -- unscrupulous detective Sal Benedetto and streetwise lieutenant Norman Buntz -- on the popular Hill Street Blues. An attempt to capitalize on his Hill Street fame led to the short-lived... Full Biography
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