Edward D. Grover (October 23, 1932 – November 22, 2016) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Tony Baretta's supervisor Lieutenant Hal Brubaker in the American

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television series ''

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''. Grover also played as Inspector Lombardo in the 1973 film ''

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''. Grover was born in

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, the son of Edna and A. Dee Grover. After living in

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and

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, Grover attended DeVilbiss High School in Toledo where he graduated in 1950. After serving in the

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from 1954 to 1956 Grover was awarded a

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by the

University of Toledo The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of T ...

in 1957, and received a

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for postgraduate study at the

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in 1958. He graduated from the American Shakespeare Festival Academy before studying theatre at

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. Grover began his acting career in 1959. He performed with the

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, and also with the McCarter Company and at Antioch College Shakespeare Festival. Grover guest-starred in television programs including ''

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'', ''

Archie Bunker's Place ''Archie Bunker's Place'' is an American television sitcom produced as a continuation of ''All in the Family''. It aired on CBS from September 23, 1979, to April 4, 1983. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough ...

'', ''

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'', '' One Day at a Time'', ''

Hill Street Blues ''Hill Street Blues'' is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981, to May 12, 1987, for 146 episodes. The show chronicles the lives of the staff of a single police station loca ...

'', ''

Quincy, M.E. ''Quincy, M.E.'' (also called ''Quincy'') is an American mystery medical drama television series from Universal Studios that aired on NBC from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983. Jack Klugman starred in the title role as a Los Angeles County med ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Fantasy Island ''Fantasy Island'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt. It aired on ABC from 1977 to 1984. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo. Gu ...

'' and ''

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''. He starred in the 1973 film '' Who?'', where Grover played Finchley. He played Adam Reynolds in the

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television series '' The Doctors''. Grover appeared in the films ''

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'', ''

'', '' Law and Disorder'' and ''

Report to the Commissioner ''Report to the Commissioner'' is a 1975 American crime drama film based on James Mills' 1972 novel. It involves a rookie cop (Michael Moriarty) in the New York City Police Department who is assigned a special missing person case, which in fact ...

''. He retired from acting in 2008. Grover died in November 2016 in

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, at the age of 84.

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