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Burton Armus
Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn December 11, 1934 (90 years)
Burton Armus is an American police officer, actor, writer and television producer. Armus' Hollywood career began when, while he was still serving as an NYPD detective assigned to the 48th Squad in the Bronx, he was hired to be the technical advisor on the TV series N.Y.P.D. in 1967. He also wrote the episode "Boys Night Out" for that series. Later, still a serving detective, he was picked by the late Telly Savalas to act as a technical adviser on the Kojak series. He also acted in three of the episodes, and wrote the scripts for nine of them. Following his retirement from the police department he moved to Los Angeles and became a successful writer and producer. He is now retired from this second career. Director Richard Donner, who directed three episodes of Kojak, named a detective in his blockbuster film Superman after Armus.
Filmography
| 1996 | Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (TV Series) |
| 1996 | |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) |
| 1989 | Dragnet (1989) (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Street Hawk (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Airwolf (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Knight Rider (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Cassie & Co. (TV Series) |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Paris (TV Series) |
| 1977 | CHiPs (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |