Charles Maurice Haid III Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Charles Maurice Haid III (born June 2, 1943) is an American actor and director, with notable work in both movies and television. He is best known for his portrayal of Officer Andy Renko in Hill Street Blues.Haid was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Grace Marian (née Folger) and Charles Maurice Haid, Jr. He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he met Steven Bochco. He was associate producer of the original stage production of Godspell in 1971, which was developed at CMU.Haid's acting credits include the 1976/1977 police drama series Delvecchio as Sgt. Paul Schonski, the 1980s police drama series Hill Street Blues as Officer Andy Renko, and the 1980 movie Altered States as Dr. Mason Parrish. In 1984, Haid was cast as "The Fatman" (or just "Fats") in the never released movie The House of God. In 2004-2005 Haid played C. T. Finney, a corrupt New York police captain, on the sixth season of the NBC show Third Watch. Haid provided the voice of the one-legged rabbit "Lucky Jack" in the 2004 Disney animated film Home On The Range. Twenty years earlier, Haid voiced main character "Montgomery Moose" in the pilot episode of The Get Along Gang, produced by Nelvana. He was replaced by Sparky Marcus for the subsequent series.His directing credits include an episode of ER that earned him a Directors Guild Award, and DGA nominations for the TV-movie Buffalo Soldiers and an episode of NYPD Blue. He is a regular director on the FX series Nip/Tuck. He has also directed for the FX series Sons of Anarchy and AMC's Breaking Bad. He is a regular director for the CBS series Criminal Minds, for which he also portrayed serial killer Randall Garner (aka "The Fisher King").During a visit to New Zealand in the 1980s, Haid was interviewed for a television news program and surprised many viewers when he discussed his Shakespearean background and love of live stage work.Haid is a cousin of television talk show host and Jeopardy creator Merv Griffin.
Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering, Palo Alto High School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Elisabeth Harmon-Haid
Children
Arcadia Elizabeth Haid, Brittany Catherine Haid
Parents
Grace Marian Folger, Charles Maurice Haid Jr
Siblings
David Haid
Awards
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series, People's Choice Award for Favorite Network TV Drama
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Film/Miniseries
Movies
Altered States, Nightbreed, Iron Will, Home on the Range, Riders of the Purple Sage, Oliver's Story, Life Is Ruff, Who'll Stop the Rain, The Choirboys, The Third Miracle, Storyville, The Rescue, Sally Hemings: An American Scandal, The Execution of Private Slovik, The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum...
TV Shows
Hill Street Blues, Delvecchio, The Fire Next Time, Kate McShane
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
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He is a Vietnam veteran who served in the Navy and he engaged in covert submarine operations off the coast of Thailand.
Son of Charles Maurice Haid Jr. and Grace Marian Folger, children: Arcadia Elizabeth, Brittany Catherine.
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Best known for his hot-under-the-collar cop, Police Officer Andy Renko, on the hit 80s series Hill Street Blues (1981), he later concentrated on TV directing and producing, winning the Director's Guild Award for his work on another hit series ER (1994).
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Charles Haid attended the Woodstock festival in 1969.