Milt Kogan

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Milt Kogan
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Kogan in 2018
Born (1936-04-10) April 10, 1936 (age 88)
Occupation(s)Actor, Physician
Years active1962–2012 (as actor)
Spouse(s)Susan Quast, 1983–present (2 children)
Virginia Freeman "Dena" Lambie 1965–1976, divorced (1 child)

Milt Kogan (born April 10, [2] 1936) [3] is an American actor. [4] He made well over 100 guest appearances on American network television shows. He is perhaps best known for playing Desk Sergeant Kogan on six episodes of the sitcom television series Barney Miller , [5] and for appearing in six different roles in the 1970s on Police Story .

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Early life and career

Milt is an M.D. who practices board-certified Family Medicine in Los Angeles, California. He entered Cornell University with the class of 1957, but left after his junior year to earn his medical degree. He returned to Cornell to finish his B.S. in Animal Science fifty years later, graduating in 2007. [6] As an undergraduate, he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He also holds an M.P.H. (Epidemiology) from University of California, Los Angeles (1974–1976). He was a Peace Corps Physician in West Africa (1969–1972), practiced with the National Health Service Corps in Harlowton, Montana (1982–1983), served with the U.S. Army in Hanau, West Germany (1984–1986) and practiced in Vermillion, South Dakota (1996–1998). He speaks English, French, German, and Spanish.

Published works include: Escape From Montana (2009), Diary of the Ouagadougou Doc (2010), and Second Act (2010).

Filmography

He made guest appearances on many television series including It Takes a Thief , Mission: Impossible , Ironside , Sanford and Son , Mannix , The Law, Cannon , Police Story , Kojak , Eight Is Enough , Chico and the Man , The Rockford Files (3 episodes), Quincy, M.E. , Diff'rent Strokes , Lou Grant , Night Court , Cagney & Lacey , Columbo , Knots Landing , Quantum Leap , General Hospital , Wonder Woman , Airwolf , The A-Team , My Two Dads , and many more.

In the 1983 NBC made-for-television movie M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, he played lead Doctor Christiansen of Cari Lightner's emergency room hospital crew that did all it could to save Lightner from a massive excessive-alcohol-fueled vehicle hit and who painfully but professionally chose to abort life-saving efforts and also painfully but professionally informed Lightner's family at the hospital of her death. [7]

He produced two award-winning documentaries titled Different From You (2002), and Final Farewell of the Fabulous Apostles (2006).

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974I Love You... Good-byeAlton Stockard
1975 The Swinging Barmaids Dan
1975 Darktown Strutters Officer Babel
1975 The Sunshine Boys Doctor
1975 Fear on Trial Herb SteinmannTV film
1975 Lucky Lady Supercargo
1976 Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde Lt. Harry O'Connor
1976 No Deposit, No Return Policeman #3
1977Big TimeFBI Chief
1977HeroworkD.A. Durney
1978 The Fifth Floor Dr. Shaw
1979 The Lady in Red Preacher
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Medical Unit #4
1983 Angel of H.E.A.T. Harry Covert
1983 Wavelength Chief Pathologist
1984 Bachelor Party Restaurant Customer
1984 The Woman in Red Air Traffic Boss
1984My TherapistSteve Kovacs
1985 Brewster's Millions Heller
1986The Check Is in the Mail...Mr. Fanning
1990 Solar Crisis IXL man #2 (Baldy)
2002Random Shooting in L.A.Dan
2010 Hesher Doctor
2011 Accidentally in Love Mickey
2011 The Descendants Dr. Johnston

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