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James Sikking
Birth at
5 March 1934
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James B. Sicking was born on March 5, 1934, and studied theater at the University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Hawaii, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
A highly experienced character actor with strict facial features played picky and obsessive fathers, professionals, bosses and soldiers. Sikking's most impressive contribution to pop culture is probably the role of Lieutenant Howard Hunter of the Hill Street Blues (NBC, 1981-1987) - a pipe-smoking, somewhat fussy, but
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James B. Sicking was born on March 5, 1934, and studied theater at the University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Hawaii, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
A highly experienced character actor with strict facial features played picky and obsessive fathers, professionals, bosses and soldiers. Sikking's most impressive contribution to pop culture is probably the role of Lieutenant Howard Hunter of the Hill Street Blues (NBC, 1981-1987) - a pipe-smoking, somewhat fussy, but wholeheartedly dedicated police squad commander. Although the character was originally conceived to be completely ridiculous and funny, as the series progressed, Howard became more complex and likable to viewers. Sikking also starred in the role of a kind, albeit businesslike doctor, father of a 16-year-old son in Dougie Hauser, M.D. (ABC, 1989-1993). One of Sikking's early TV work was the short-lived role of Dr. James Hobart, a troubled therapist who appeared in the life of Audrey (Rachel Ames) in the popular daytime series Hospital. He also starred in episodes and extras of more than two hundred television films and productions, and his face became recognizable on TV.
Sikking’s film career began in the mid-60s. Notable was his performance as a killer in John Boorman's classic gangster film Point-blank (1967). Sikking was also the arrogant captain of a spaceship who was shot down in Star Trek 3: In Search of Dr. Spock (1984). Among the other works of the actor - the role in the films: "Charro!" (1969), "The Magnificent Seven Again in the Saddle" (1972), "Ordinary People" (1980), "Alien Land" (1981), "Narrow Line" (1990) and "The Case of the Pelicans" (1993). In the latest blockbuster, Sikking played the director of the FBI.