Steve Landesberg ✝

Landesberg was born November 23, 1936, in the Bronx, New York, to Ann Landesberg, a milliner and Abraham Landesberg, a grocery store-owner. He was part of improv group New York Stickball Team, which performed several shows that were aired on cable television shortly after Barney Miller went off the air.\n', ' Landesberg was a member of the cast of the 1974 CBS situation comedy Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers. He made guest appearances on the TV shows The Tonight Show, The Rockford Files, Law & Order, Saturday Night Live, The Golden Girls, Ghost Whisperer, That \'70s Show and Everybody Hates Chris. He starred in Starz\'s original show Head Case as Dr. Myron Finkelstein. He appeared in the motion pictures Wild Hogs, Leader of the Band, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He appeared in 124 episodes of Barney Miller as Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich starting from the last episode of the 1975 season till the end of the series in 1982.\n', ' Landesberg also co-starred in the TV movie Black Bart, a spin-off of Blazing Saddles.\n', '