Samuel Joseph Melville (born Samuel Joseph Grossman, 1934 – September 13, 1971), was the principal conspirator and bomb setter in the 1969 bombings of eight government and commercial office buildings in New York City. Melville cited his opposition to the Vietnam War and U.S. imperialism as the motivation for the bombings. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy and to bombing the Federal Office Building in lower Manhattan, as well as to assaulting a marshal in a failed escape attempt. A key figure in the 1971 Attica Prison riots, he was shot and killed when the uprising was put down by force.
Durable TV actor who played rugged, no-nonsense types -- best known as married cop Mike Danko on Aaron Spelling's The Rookies (1972) (1972-1976) opposite Kate Jackson who played his wife Jill, who was also a nurse.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Strike Force
1982
TV Series
Dennis
Fantasy Island
1980
TV Series
Tony Chilton
When the Whistle Blows
1980
TV Series
Charlie Sullivan
Roughnecks
1980
TV Movie
O'Dell Hartman
Big Wednesday
1978
Bear
The Rookies
1972-1976
TV Series
Officer Mike Danko
Off. Mike Danko
Mike Danko
Fools, Females and Fun
1974
TV Movie
Stephen Cole
Killer by Night
1972
TV Movie
Book Store Owner (uncredited)
The Man and the City
1971
TV Series
Gunsmoke
1967-1971
TV Series
Nebo / Wade Pasco / Lt. Snell / ...
Hawaii Five-O
1968-1971
TV Series
Hawkins / Gary Oliver / Jerry Parks
Terror in the Sky
1971
TV Movie
Stewart
Mannix
1971
TV Series
John Ogilvy
The Name of the Game
1970
TV Series
Gary Johnson
The Young Lawyers
1970
TV Series
Gabe Thomas
Death Valley Days
1968-1970
TV Series
Clum / Lt. Jason Beal / David Meriweather
Bonanza
1970
TV Series
Coulter
Here Come the Brides
1969
TV Series
Lew
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Dave
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
TV Series
Dave Howard
Iron Horse
1967
TV Series
Lloyd Barrington
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
TV Series
Kirk
Hour of the Gun
1967
Morgan Earp
The Big Valley
1967
TV Series
Jack
The Fugitive
1967
TV Series
Deputy Lee Runnels
Hogan's Heroes
1966
TV Series
Lieutenant James Crandall / Schmidt
T.H.E. Cat
1966
TV Series
Chris
Shane
1966
TV Series
Len / Shane's Companion
That Girl
1966
TV Series
Roddy Waxman
A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine
1966
Lowell Carter (as Neville Coward)
Fists of Steel
1991
George Breenberg
The Assassin
1990
Senator Berkeley
Deadly Weapon
1989
Sheriff Bartlett
Twice Dead
1988
Harry Cates
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1985-1987
TV Series
Joe King / Glen Tucker
Starman
1986
TV Series
Joe Floss
T.J. Hooker
1983-1986
TV Series
Mitoski / Hank Carmichael
The Colbys
1986
TV Series
Michael Grogan
Dallas
1986
TV Series
Dr. David Kenfield
The A-Team
1984-1985
TV Series
Rocco / Shaw
Airwolf
1984
TV Series
Mace Taggart
The Dukes of Hazzard
1980-1984
TV Series
Rick / Tommy Dunkirk / Snake
Code Red
1982
TV Series
Stunts
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hooper
1978
stuntman
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
In Search of Bigfoot
1976
Documentary
Himself
The Hollywood Squares
1975
TV Series
Guest Appearance
The Magnificent Marble Machine
1975
TV Series
Himself
Dinah!
1975
TV Series
Himself
Bigfoot: Man or Beast?
1972
Documentary
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Private Screenings
2001
TV Series
Morgan Earp in 'Hour Of The Gun'
Known for movies
The Rookies (1972-1976) as Officer Mike Danko / Off. Mike Danko / Mike Danko
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) as Dave
Big Wednesday (1978) as Bear
A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine (1966) as Lowell Carter
$3 Million
