Dolph Sweet (July 18, 1920 - May 8, 1985) was an Americanactor. July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
He was best known for his roles as Gil McGowan on the soap operaAnother World (1972 - 1977), and as Carl Kanisky on the sitcomGimme a Break! (1981 until his death in 1985). He also appeared on an episode of "Dark Shadows" in 1966. The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Another World (AW) (sometimes called Another World: Bay City to distinguish it from its spinoffs in the 1970s and 1980s) was a Daytime Emmy-winning American soap opera which ran on the NBC television network (CTV in Canada) from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Opening titles from 1983. ... Dark Shadows is a cult TV soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971, produced by Dan Curtis. ...
DolphSweet, who starred as the police chief in the television comedy series ''Gimme a Break,'' died of cancer Wednesday at Tarzana Hospital here, said Matt Bozek, a spokesman for NBC-TV.
Sweet, who was also a veteran Broadway and movie character actor, played Police Chief Karl Kanisky in the fictional town of Glen Lawn in the four-year-old series.
Sweet, who was born in New York City and was once head of Barnard College's drama division, acted in more than 50 theater roles, several on Broadway, and in more than 30 movies.
Businesslike character player DolphSweet attended college both in his native New York and in Alabama.
In films since 1961's The Young Doctors, Sweet received some of his best reviews for his performance as a nonplussed cop in the 1968 cult favorite You're a Big Boy Now.
It was for another law-enforcement role, police chief Carl Kaninsky in the 1980s sitcom Gimme a Break, that DolphSweet is best remembered; he essayed this role from 1981 until his death in 1985, an occasion marked by a heartfelt "tribute" episode.
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