sentences:  Before "Hill Street Blues", in 1974 he played the role of park ranger P. J. Lewis on the NBC adventure series "Sierra," and went on to play a rookie officer for a possible backdoor pilot during the final 1975 season of "Adam-12".In 1979, he starred as police officer Willie Miller on the CBS crime drama "Paris," the first effort by "Hill Street Blues" executive producer Steven Bochco.He guest starred in "In the House" opposite LL Cool J as Debbie Allen's ex-husband.