Michael Warren (actor)

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Michael Warren
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Warren with the UCLA Bruins in 1967
Born
Michael Warren

March 5, 1946 (age 78)
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Years active1970–2019
Notable workOfficer Bobby Hill in Hill Street Blues
Ron Harris in City of Angels (TV series)
Baron Marks in Soul Food (TV series)
Spouse(s)Jenny Palacios
Sue Narramore (Divorced)
Children4
Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Listed weight155 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High school South Bend Central
(South Bend, Indiana)
College UCLA (1965–1968)
NBA draft 1968: 14th round, 173rd overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Position Guard
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Michael Warren (born 1946) is a retired American television actor and former college basketball player who also played Officer Bobby Hill on the NBC television series Hill Street Blues . He played basketball for the UCLA Bruins, winning two national titles (1967, 1968) and earning first-team All-American honors.

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Early life

Warren was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, the son of Ellen and Grayson Warren. [2] He attended Central High School, where as a senior he was class president. [3] He was twice named to the Indiana all-state team. He graduated in 1964 as Bears' career, season, and single-game scoring leader. In 1992, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. [4]

College basketball career

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Warren shoots the ball in the Game of the Century in 1968

Warren played college basketball at UCLA, where he was a three-year varsity letterman and starting guard from 1966 to 1968. Led by Lew Alcindor, the Bruins posted records of 30–0 in 1967 and 29–1 in 1968. Both teams, coached by legendary coach John Wooden, captured the NCAA national championship. Warren, the smallest Bruins starter at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), averaged 12.4 points as a junior in 1967. He was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team and was an All-American in 1968, one of three on that UCLA team along with Alcindor and guard Lucius Allen. The team is considered one of the best in college basketball history. Warren also earned the award as the Bruins' best defender in 1966, and he won the award as the Bruins' best "team player" in 1967 and 1968. [5]

Alcindor and Warren later crossed paths when Warren was an extra in the hospital flashback scene in the 1980 feature film Airplane! . Warren was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. [6]

Acting career

Warren would go on to work as an actor in television. In addition to his starring role on Hill Street Blues , [7] he had an earlier role on The White Shadow , a co-starring role on the CBS series City of Angels , a recurring role on the Showtime series Soul Food , and as a guest star as Jason on Marcus Welby, M.D.

He appeared as basketball player Easly in Drive, He Said (1971), directed by Jack Nicholson. In 1974, he played the role of park ranger P. J. Lewis on the NBC adventure series Sierra, and went on to play a rookie officer for a possible backdoor pilot during the final 1975 season of Adam-12 . His film work includes Norman... Is That You? (1976) with Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey. In 1979, he starred as police officer Willie Miller on the CBS crime drama Paris , the first effort by Hill Street Blues executive producer Steven Bochco.[ citation needed ]

He guest starred in In the House opposite LL Cool J as Debbie Allen's ex-husband. He also guest starred on the Fox sitcom Living Single as Khadijah's father, and later portrayed Joan's father on the UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends .[ citation needed ]

Warren played Darrin Dewitt Henson's boss on the Showtime show Soul Food , in which he played hustler-turned-entrepreneur Baron Marks. He had a recurring role on the ABC Family series Lincoln Heights as Spencer Sutton, Eddie's father.[ citation needed ]

He played Pete Bancroft in the Tales from the Darkside episode, "Satanic Piano" (1985). Warren appeared as Virgil Tibbs' former longtime police partner and friend, Matthew Pogue on In the Heat of the Night episode "The Hammer and the Glove", which aired in 1988.

In 1996, he was on the Early Edition episode Hoops. He played Wells in the Sliders episode (5/8) "Java Jive" (1999).

In 2001, he played Officer William Henderson in an episode of TV series The District , entitled "The Project". In 2002, he appeared in "Normal Again", an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer , as a psychiatrist trying to convince Buffy Summers she is delusional.[ citation needed ]

In 2010, Warren appeared in the independent film Anderson's Cross playing the father of the lead character Nick Anderson.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

In 1974, Warren married Sue Narramore, with whom he had a daughter, Kekoa Brianna "Koa" Warren, and a son, Cash Garner Warren. After his first marriage ended in divorce, Warren married Jenny Palacios, with whom he also had a daughter, Makayla, and a son, Grayson Andres.[ citation needed ] Through Cash, Warren is the father-in-law of American actress Jessica Alba. [8]

Honors

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References

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  2. ↑ "Family, faith play a part Mike Warren credits parents". schurz-southbendtribune. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  3. ↑ "'UCLA was the ticket' for basketball star - South Bend Tribune". Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
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  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  7. ↑ Todd Leopold (April 29, 2014). "'Hill Street Blues': The most influential TV show ever". CNN.
  8. ↑ "Jessica Alba Welcomes a Baby Girl". People. June 7, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
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