David Graf
David Graf with Stockholm City Hall in background
Birth name	Melissa Pressly
Born	April 16, 1950 Lancaster, Ohio, United States
Died	April 7, 2001 (aged 50) Phoenix, Arizona
Spouse(s)	Kathryn Graf (1983-2001)
Notable roles	Eugene Tackleberry in Police Academy film series

David Graf (April 16, 1950 – April 7, 2001) was an American actor, best known for his role as Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry in the Police Academy series of films. He married Kathryn Graf in 1985. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (959 × 640 pixel, file size: 184 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): David Graf ... Stockholm City Hall, seen from the south. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Lancaster is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, in the United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area  - City  515. ... Kathryn Graf is an American actress. ... Captain Harris, Tackleberry, and Proctor in Sweden 1989 to promote Police Academy 6: City Under Siege. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Captain Harris, Tackleberry, and Proctor in Sweden 1989 to promote Police Academy 6: City Under Siege. ... Kathryn Graf is an American actress. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He died of a heart attack at a family wedding in Phoenix, Arizona on April 7, 2001, nine days before his 51st birthday. His father and great grandfather both also died of sudden heart attacks at the age of 51. He was survived by his wife of 17 years, and his two sons - Daniel and John. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area  - City  515. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Early life

Graf was born in Lancaster, Ohio and fell in love with the stage when he starred in his senior class play, then studied theatre at Otterbein College in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus where he graduated in 1972. He attended graduate school at Ohio State University until 1975, when he dropped out to pursue his acting career. Lancaster is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, in the United States. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Otterbein College is a private, four-year liberal arts college in Westerville, Ohio. ... Westerville is a city in Franklin and Delaware Counties in Ohio. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... A graduate school or grad school is a school that awards advanced degrees, with the general requirement that students must have earned an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. ... The Ohio State University (OSU) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Ohio. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Acting career

Graf made his first television appearance on the game show The $20,000 Pyramid in December 1979, where he teamed with actress Patty Duke. (He would later appear on subsequent versions of the show as a celebrity guest, twice with Duke.) As a struggling actor in the early 1980s, he also took small roles in popular sitcoms, including M*A*S*H, The Dukes of Hazzard, and The A-Team. This article is about the television genre. ... This article is becoming very long. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Patty Duke (born December 14, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress of the stage and screen. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart and inspired by the 1961 novel Catch-22, the 1968 Richard Hooker novel M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors and its sequels, and—primarily—the 1970 film MASH. It is the most well... For the 2005 film, see: The Dukes of Hazzard (film). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

He made his film debut in 1981 when he played Gergley in the drama Four Friends. Graf later played the trigger-happy Cadet Eugene Tackleberry (later Sgt. Tackleberry) in the 1984 comedy Police Academy, and starred in each of six sequels. In 1992, Graf returned to play a minor role as a police officer again for the comedy series, Seinfeld, during its fourth season episode, The Ticket. // January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs (Arabic: الخلفاء الراشدون, al-khulafa al-rashidoon) is a term used in Sunni Islam to refer to the first four caliphs who are seen as being model leaders. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... Police Academy is a 1984 comedy crime film starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall and G.W. Bailey. ... A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... This article is about the sitcom. ... The Ticket is a weekly supplement supplied with The Irish Times on a Friday with Movie, Music and Theatre reviews, interviews, articles, and listings. ...

Graf also made notable guest appearances following his role in the Police Academy series, including a repeating part in The West Wing, and several appearances in Star Trek: Voyager episode (The 37s) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In the latter series, he played a Klingon called Leskit in the fifth season episode "Soldiers of the Empire". He had a guest appearance on Night Court. In 2000, he made an appearance on "The Amanda Show" as a paramedic who accidentilly swapped pagers with Amanda Bynes. The West Wing is a popular and widely acclaimed American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin and produced and co-written by John Wells. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... The 37s is the 17th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the first episode of the second season. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... This article is about the fictional race. ... This is a list of fictional characters of the fictional Star Trek universe that appeared exclusively in the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and related material. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Night Court was an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Amanda Show is a live-action comedy and variety show aired on Nickelodeon in the United States and the United Kingdom and Family in Canada. ... Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American actress, former show host on Nickelodeon, and fashion designer. ...

External links

• David Graf at the Internet Movie Database
• MSN Entertainment: Biography of David Graf
• Yahoo! Movies: David Graf
• David Graf article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.