Standup comedian played police role in Homicide: Life on the Streets, Law & Order: SVU and other series
Photograph: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty ImagesPhotograph: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty ImagesRichard Belzer, a stand-up comedian who became one of TV’s most indelible detectives as John Munch in Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: SVU, has died. He was 78.told the Hollywood ReporterThe comedian Laraine Newman first announced Belzer’s death on Twitter. The actor Henry Winkler, Belzer’s cousin, wrote: “Rest in peace Richard.
Belzer played the wise-cracking homicide detective prone to conspiracy theories over more than two decades and across 10 series, including appearances on the hit comedies 30 Rock and Arrested Development. Belzer first played Munch on a 1993 episode of Homicide and last played him in 2016 on Law & Order: SVU.
Belzer never auditioned for the role. After hearing him on The Howard Stern Show, the producer Barry Levinson brought Belzer in to read for the part.“They write to all my paranoia and anti-establishment dissidence and conspiracy theories. So it’s been a lot of fun for me. A dream, really.”
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