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- Gordon Clapp: I came in for a guest role and I ended up staying for 12 years.
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Sep 18, 2018 · Gordon Clapp: I came in for a guest role and I ended up staying for 12 years. I was, barely, a member of Bochco Rep…They were looking for people to fill out the squad, so I auditioned.
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- Gordon Clapp Plays Detective Greg Medavoy on ‘NYPD Blue’
- Gordon Clapp Was Originally only Going to Appear on ‘NYPD Blue’ as A Guest
In 1993, when NYPD Bluepremiered on television, there weren’t many police procedural dramas on television. The show, with its gritty depiction of life in the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan, started drumming up buzz immediately. Fans tuned in, week after week, to see how the squad tackled often-disturbing cases involving murder...
In the ensemble cast of characters on NYPD Blue, one man, in particular, stood out. Detective Greg Medavoy, who was often the comic relief for some tense scenes in the series, was a man of many talents — as well as the second-longest-running regular character in the show’s history, according to IMDb. Medavoy, played by veteran character actor Gordo...
Many fans couldn’t imagine NYPD Blue without the contributions of Gordon Clapp. Still, there was a time when his character was only supposed to be a guest with a minor role. As Clapp revealed in a 2018 interview with Variety, “I came in for a guest role and I ended up staying for 12 years. I was, barely, a member of Bochco Rep … They were looking f...
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Sep 21, 2020 · Gordon Clapp (Detective Medavoy of NYPD BLUE) reveals the strategic way he landed the regular role on the famous Stephen Bochco cop show.
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NYPD Blue: Created by Steven Bochco, David Milch. With Dennis Franz, Gordon Clapp, James McDaniel, Bill Brochtrup. Detectives from NYPD's 15th Precinct investigate homicides within their precinct.
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Feb 15, 2024 · NYPD Blue cast today. Here’s a look at some of the main characters from the NYPD Blue cast listed by the number of episodes they appeared in. Dennis Franz is the only actor to appear in all 261 episodes of the series, followed by Gordon Clapp (Detective Greg Medavoy) who appeared in 256 episodes.
Norwich resident Gordon Clapp had a 12-year-run as the curmudgeonly Detective Greg Medavoy on the critically acclaimed ABC-TV police drama “NYPD Blue” from 1993 until 2005. In 1998, Clapp won The Television Academy’s Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his fan-favorite role in the drama series.
Gordon Clapp (born September 24, 1948) is an American actor best known for playing Det. Greg Medavoy for all 12 seasons of the television series NYPD Blue, winning an Emmy Award in 1998.
