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Show Ultimate Home Entertainment . . . MGA Mitsubishi Projection TV together with RCA Videodisc Now for $3,395. Super bright 120ft lamberts Cable ready 105 channel Glass Optical System for sharper picture Full function wireless remote Stereo Audio System Amga MITSUBISHI Associated Press News Features Photo Michael Conrad is the proud owner of an Emmy as best supporting actor in the NBC action-dram- a series, Hill Street Blues. The rugged-lookin- g actor plays the role of police sergeant Phil Esperhaus, a beat cop who had been on the street too many years and is burned out. Hill Si r -- 1 hr. per disc Pause button 2 Visual search Rapid access iiir-- s Conrads physical roles Utahs Full Service Video Dealer Specialisls.lnc. by Jerry Buck 180 East 2100 South 486-575- 7 Associated Press Writer - ' In late 1979 LOS ANGELES Michael Conrad got a call from a producer friend who asked him to keep the following March clear for a show .called Hill Street Station. The call came from Steven Bochco, who had created and produced another police series, Delvecchio, in which Conrad had a starring role. We had good chemistry and we laughed a lot, says Conrad. So I asked him what kind of a part it was. He just said to the effect he was a police sergeant whod been out on the street too many years and was burned out. Everybody knows hes burned out, but they value his expertise. But he never goes out on the street. He gets edgy if he even thinks about it. WHEN MARCH rolled around, he took the role of Sgt. Phil Esterhaus in Hill Street what was now called Blues, by Bochco and Michael Kozoll. The character was tailored for Conrad. Last September when the NBC series won an unprecedented eight Emmys, one of them went to Conrad as best supporting actor in a drama series. Esterhaus is usually an island of serenity amidst the chaos that grips the Hill Street station. The policemen are trying to cope with the crime in the blighted ghetto area surrounding the and going just a little bit station ciazy because its an impossible job. ESTERHAUS HAS not been totally out of action, however, and has been carrying on a sizzling affair with Grace Gardner (Barbara Babcock). His private life is strictly from the fantasies of the writers, says Conrad, actor who spent most of his a career playing what he calls "physical roles. Of course, I have a wife 25 years younger and they know Ive done ail right with the ladies. But Id never played a ladies man before so they kind of played around with that. It can be a bit much. The pilot said Phil Esterhaus was a man 48 years old with a girlfriend named Cindy. Its highly improbable, but possible. THE EPISODE that won him the Emmy was the one that nearly took him to the altar with Cindy. Grace broke up the wedding-to-b- e right in the church, and since then its been nude horseback riding, leather sheets and hot oil rubs. Conrad was born in New York the son of a career Army man, and he served in the artillery during World War II. BROUGHT up by a he says. I was brought up I WASNT man, surrounded by women and its had an enormous effect on my life. Im very comfortable with women. I have no preconceptions. The women I grew up with were very strong women. They didnt treat me like a little boy. I was the man. COMFORT & QUALITY FOR FATHERS DAY WE HAVE A PAIR FOR YOU. This new light shoe is the perfect gift for Father's Day. Comes with the new Frelonic Support System that molds to your feet. What better gift could you give father than comfort and quality from the Walk Shop. MEADS SHOES 2020 So. 7th East 484-258- 2 TAN ONLY 59 95 3 and mm Mr. Roberts. I couldnt make a living as an actor until I was 33, he says. I always did something else. Whenever I couldnt get work as an actor I went out and got another job. But I knew that if I stuck with it some day I would make it. I loved the work so much. And I didnt have a lot of middle class values to support so I could skimp by. HE ALSO FOUND sustenance working on such New York shows as "Naked City and The Defenders. He traveled to Louisiana for a guest shot on one of the first "Route 66" See Page Column 3 T-1- 0, 10 til 5:00 Fri. Night 'til 7:00 CLOSED MONDAY The Salt When he got out of the Army he went to City College of New York and studied drama at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School. He did some summer stock and was in the national tours of A Streetcar Named Desire Tues.-Sa- t. Why buy New Furniture? Reupholster Your Old Living Room Set for Far Less Cost Than New! Velvets . . . Herculons . . . Nylons, etc. Lake TV Week, Coup up to C A0A Sofas tv 0 from Chairs from $1 99 $99 Fabric shown in your home with no obligation. Free estimates. 90 days same as cash with approved credit. June 13, 1982 ' |