Max Gail

Max Gail
Born	Maxwell Trowbridge Gail, Jr. 5 April 1943 (1943-04-05) (age 68) Detroit, Michigan, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970s-present
Spouse	Nan Harris (1989-present) Willie Beir (1983-1986 (her death))

Maxwell Trowbridge "Max" Gail, Jr.^[1] (born 5 April 1943) is an American actor who has starred in stage, television, and film roles. He most notably portrayed the role of Detective Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz on the television sitcom Barney Miller.

Life and career

Gail was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Mary Elizabeth (Scanlon) and Maxwell Trowbridge Gail, a businessman,^[1] and he was raised in Grosse Ile, Michigan. He attended Williams College, and was later an instructor for the University Liggett School before becoming an actor. His acting debut came in 1970 for The Little Fox Theatre in San Francisco, California, playing Chief Bromden in the original stage production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In 1973, he reprised this role in his New York stage debut.

He is best known for his television role as Det. Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz in the sitcom Barney Miller (1975). Gail's best known feature film role is in D.C. Cab (1983) as Harold, the owner of the D.C. Cab taxi company. He recenty had a lead role as Grandpa Jack in the film Tillamook Treasure

In 1984, Gail was featured in the monodrama "The Babe" on Broadway. This stage play was filmed and later featured on PBS.

Gail has starred in other TV series including Whiz Kids (1983) as "Llewellan Farley, Jr.", an investigative reporter who is friends with a group of teenage computer hackers. He also worked on the short-lived Normal Life (1990). He has also appeared on the TV series Sons & Daughters (2006).

Gail has made many guest appearances on TV shows such as Cannon, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Due South, The Streets of San Francisco, The Drew Carey Show, Quantum Leap, Gary Unmarried and NCIS.^[2]

Gail runs Full Circle, a production company which has featured documentaries on such subjects as Agent Orange, Native Americans, and nuclear issues.

Gail's first wife, Willie Bier, died of cancer in 1986; they have a daughter, India. He and his second wife, Nan, have two children Maxwell and Grace. Gail has a twin sister, actress Mary Gail. Max is now engaged to healer Christine Kaul of Malibu, CA.

Filmography

• Night Moves (1975)
• Cardiac Arrest (1980)
• D.C. Cab (1983)
• Heartbreakers (1984)
• Street Crimes (1992)
• Pontiac Moon (1994)
• Dangerous Touch (1994)
• Good Luck (1996)
• Forest Warrior (1996)
• Naturally Native (1998)
• Mind Rage (2000)
• Facing the Enemy (2001)
• Truth and Dare (2003)
• Perceptions (2005)
• Tillamook Treasure (2006)
• Angst (2006)
• Always And Forever (2009)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/Max-Gail.html
2. ^ http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:fqPzKALL_sUJ:www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx%3Fid%3D20081110cbs08+Max+Gail+Garry+Unmarried&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us

External links

• Max Gail at the Internet Movie Database
• LAP.org

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Name	Gail, Max
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Date of birth	5 April 1943
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan, USA
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