Robert Hirschfeld (June 8, 1942 – December 4, 2009) was an American actor and author. He was best known for playing Officer Leo Schnitz on ''

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 ...

'' from 1981 to 1985. He also appeared in the films ''

Cradle Will Rock ''Cradle Will Rock'' is a 1999 American historical drama film written, produced and directed by Tim Robbins. The story fictionalizes the true events that surrounded the development of the 1937 musical ''The Cradle Will Rock'' by Marc Blitzstein; ...

'' (1999) and '' Escape from Alcatraz'' (1979). Hirschfeld died in Dobbs Ferry, New York, at the age of 67.

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* 1942 births 2009 deaths Male actors from New York (state) American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-tv-actor-stub