Michael Warren (actor)
Michael Warren | |
|---|---|
 Warren with theUCLA Bruinsin 1967 | |
| Born | South Bend, Indiana,U.S. |
| Years active | 1970–2019 |
| Notable work | Officer Bobby Hill inHill Street Blues Ron Harris inCity of Angels(TV series) Baron Marks inSoul Food(TV series) |
| Spouse(s) | Jenny Palacios Sue Narramore (Divorced) |
| Children | 4 |
| Basketball career | |
| Personal information | |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] |
| Listed weight | 155 lb (70 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | South Bend Central (South Bend, Indiana) |
| College | UCLA(1965–1968) |
| NBA draft | 1968:14th round, 173rd overall pick |
| Selected by theSeattle SuperSonics | |
| Position | Guard |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Statsat Basketball-Reference | |
Michael Warrenis a retired American television actor and formercollege basketballplayer who also played Officer Bobby Hill on theNBCtelevision seriesHill Street Blues.He played basketball for theUCLA Bruins,winning two national titles (1967, 1968) and earning first-teamAll-Americanhonors.
Early life
[edit]Warren was born and raised inSouth Bend, Indiana,the son of Ellen and Grayson Warren.[2]He attended Central High School, where as a senior he was class president.[3]He was twice named to the Indiana all-state team. He graduated in 1964 as Bears' career, season, and single-game scoring leader. In 1992, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.[4]
College basketball career
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Warren played college basketball atUCLA,where he was a three-year varsity letterman and starting guard from 1966 to 1968. Led byLew Alcindor,theBruinsposted records of 30–0 in1967and 29–1 in1968.Both teams, coached by legendary coachJohn Wooden,captured theNCAAnational championship. Warren, the smallest Bruins starter at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), averaged 12.4 points as a junior in 1967. He was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team and was anAll-Americanin 1968, one of three on that UCLA team along with Alcindor and guardLucius Allen.The team is considered one of the best in college basketball history. Warren also earned the award as the Bruins' best defender in 1966, and he won the award as the Bruins' best "team player" in 1967 and 1968.[5]
Alcindor and Warren later crossed paths when Warren was an extra in the hospital flashback scene in the 1980 feature filmAirplane!.Warren was inducted into theUCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.[6]
Acting career
[edit]Warren would go on to work as an actor in television. In addition to his starring role onHill Street Blues,[7]he had an earlier role onThe White Shadow,a co-starring role on theCBSseriesCity of Angels,a recurring role on theShowtimeseriesSoul Food,and as a guest star as Jason onMarcus Welby, M.D.
He appeared as basketball player Easly inDrive, He Said(1971), directed byJack Nicholson.In 1974, he played the role of park ranger P. J. Lewis on the NBC adventure seriesSierra,and went on to play a rookie officer for a possiblebackdoor pilotduring the final 1975 season ofAdam-12.His film work includesNorman... Is That You?(1976) withRedd FoxxandPearl Bailey.In 1979, he starred as police officer Willie Miller on theCBScrime dramaParis,the first effort byHill Street Bluesexecutive producerSteven Bochco.[citation needed]
He guest starred inIn the HouseoppositeLL Cool JasDebbie Allen's ex-husband. He also guest starred on theFoxsitcomLiving Singleas Khadijah's father, and later portrayed Joan's father on theUPN/CWsitcomGirlfriends.[citation needed]
Warren playedDarrin Dewitt Henson's Boss on theShowtimeshowSoul Food,in which he played hustler-turned-entrepreneur Baron Marks. He had a recurring role on theABC FamilyseriesLincoln Heightsas Spencer Sutton, Eddie's father.[citation needed]
He played Pete Bancroft in theTales from the Darksideepisode, "Satanic Piano" (1985). Warren appeared as Virgil Tibbs' former longtime police partner and friend, Matthew Pogue onIn the Heat of the Nightepisode "The Hammer and the Glove", which aired in 1988.
In 1996, he was on theEarly EditionepisodeHoops.He played Wells in theSlidersepisode (5/8) "Java Jive" (1999).
In 2001, he played Officer William Henderson in an episode of TV seriesThe District,entitled "The Project". In 2002, he appeared in "Normal Again",an episode ofBuffy the Vampire Slayer,as a psychiatrist trying to convince Buffy Summers she is delusional.[citation needed]
In 2010, Warren appeared in the independent filmAnderson's Crossplaying the father of the lead character Nick Anderson.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]In 1974, Warren married Sue Narramore, with whom he had a daughter, Kekoa Brianna "Koa" Warren, and a son, Cash Garner Warren. After his first marriage ended in divorce, Warren married Jenny Palacios, with whom he also had a daughter, Makayla, and a son, Grayson Andres.[citation needed]Through Cash, Warren is thefather-in-lawof American actressJessica Alba.[8]
Honors
[edit]- USBWAfirst-teamAll-American(1968)
- First-teamAll-AAWU(1968)
- Second-team All-AAWU (1966, 1967)
- Pac-12 Conference Hall of Honorinductee (2009)
- UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame(1990)
References
[edit]- ^"Mike Warren College Stats".Sports Reference.RetrievedDecember 21,2022.
- ^"Family, faith play a part Mike Warren credits parents".schurz-southbendtribune.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-11-01.Retrieved2018-10-31.
- ^"'UCLA was the ticket' for basketball star - South Bend Tribune ".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-04-29.Retrieved2014-04-29.
- ^graduated in 1964 as Bears' career, season, and single-game scoring leader
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2014-03-01.Retrieved2014-04-29.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Mike Warren - Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame".hoopshall /.
- ^Todd Leopold (April 29, 2014)."'Hill Street Blues': The most influential TV show ever ".CNN.
- ^"Jessica Alba Welcomes a Baby Girl".People.June 7, 2008.RetrievedJune 7,2008.
- Sources
- NCAA, NCAA March Madness: Cinderellas, Superstars, and Champions from the NCAA Men's Final Four.Chicago. Triumph Books, 2004.ISBN1-57243-665-4
External links
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- Living people
- African-American male actors
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American male television actors
- Basketball players from South Bend, Indiana
- Los Angeles Stars draft picks
- Male actors from Indiana
- Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
- UCLA Bruins men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople