charles levin (march 12, 1949 – july 8, 2019) was an american actor. he was best known for the role of elliot novak on the series "alice" and as eddie gregg on "hill street blues" from 1982 to 1986. levin has guest roles on "the golden girls", "seinfeld", "punky brewster", "law &amp; order" and "designing women".