John Larroquette

John Larroquette is the American actor who played Maltz in . He is perhaps most famous for his role as Assistant District Attorney Reinhold "Dan" Fielding in the NBC sitcom , for which he won four consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. 
== Career ==
=== Television ===
==== Regular and recurring roles ====
Early in his career, Larroquette was a regular on two series from NBC, Doctor's Hospital (1975-1976) and (1976-78, co-starring James Whitmore, Jr.). 
Larroquette landed the role of ADA Dan Fielding on Night Court in 1983; the series premiered in January the following year. In addition to his Emmy Awards, Larroquette was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance on Night Court. Larroquette also directed two episodes of the show, both of which aired in 1986. 
Among the Star Trek alumni who made recurring appearances on Night Court are Karen Austin, Jeff Corey, Alex Henteloff, Gregory Itzin, Keye Luke, George Murdock, Craig Richard Nelson, Annie O'Donnell, Bumper Robinson, Eugene Roche, Margot Rose, John Staible, Michael Hungerford, Kenneth Tigar, William Utay, and Brent Spiner. Other Trek alumni who made memorable one-time appearances include s Nana Visitor, Jack Axelrod, Robert Barron, James Cromwell, Larroquette's Search for Spock co-star Robin Curtis, Bibi Besch, Raye Birk, Paddi Edwards, Max Grodénchik, Kevin Peter Hall, Teri Hatcher (as his boss' daughter who kept trying to seduce him), Harvey Jason, Tony Jay, Paul Lambert, Stephen Lee, Eric Menyuk, Katherine Moffat, Nancy Parsons, Stephen Root, Ron Taylor, Wendy Schaal, Tony Todd, and Ray Walston.
After Night Court ended in 1992 after nine seasons, Larroquette starred in his own series, The John Larroquette Show, also for NBC and which featured guest appearances by Kelsey Grammer and Bertila Damas. This series ran from 1993 through 1996 and earned Larroquette a fifth Emmy nomination – his first as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. 
Larroquette won his fifth Emmy Award (his sixth nomination) for his 1997 guest appearance as sadistic lawyer Joey Heric on The Practice. He appeared several more times on this series, earning an additional Emmy nomination in 2002. Among the other Star Trek alumni he worked with on this show were Albert Hall, Richard McGonagle, Tracy Middendorf, Lawrence Pressman, Jack Shearer, and Bill Smitrovich.
In 1999, Larroquette starred in and executive produced CBS' , acting alongside Ellen Albertini Dow. During the 2003-2004 television season, Larroquette starred on the NBC sitcom Happy Family. and guest star Susan Gibney was also a regular on this series, playing the neighbor of Larroquette's character.
In 2007 and 2008, Larroquette starred as Crane, Poole & Schmidt's managing partner Carl Sack on , opposite his Star Trek III castmate William Shatner. Larroquette replaced former regular René Auberjonois on the series, who was among the actors removed from the regular cast to make way for new players like Larroquette. However, Larroquette was able to work with Auberjonois on a few subsequent episodes, notably the last two of the series, which aired together as a two-hour series finale on 8 December 2008.
From 2014-2018, Larroquette starred in (also starring Rebecca Romijn) as Jenkins. Other guest stars included René Auberjonois, Jerry O'Connell, and John de Lancie.
Larroquette joined, in a recurring role, the cast of CSI: NY starring Robert Joy, and appeared in the seventh season episodes "Hide Sight", "Scared Stiff" and "Justified".
Most recently, Larroquette reprised his Night Court role for the 2023 series revival of the same name. In the second season episode "Wrath of Comic-Con", Larroquette once again donned Klingon makeup when Dan tried to avoid a woman seeking revenge on him; when she (dressed as Catwoman and not recognizing him) asked him his name, he responded "Maltz", referencing Larroquette's Star Trek III character.
==== Guest appearances ====
In 1975, Larroquette appeared on two different shows with Next Generation guest star Albert Hall: the sitcom Sanford and Son and . After Baa Baa Black Sheep ended in 1976, Larroquette made appearances on Three's Company and Fantasy Island. He worked with several actors from on these shows; his episode of Three's Company also had Paul Kent, while Fantasy Island featured Ike Eisenmann and series regular Ricardo Montalban. (Stefan Gierasch also appeared in Larroquette's Fantasy Island episode.)
In the 1980s, Larroquette guest-starred on such shows as (starring Robin Williams and working alongside Night Court co-star Richard Moll) and (starring Pierce Brosnan, with Rosemary Forsyth, Marianna Hill, and Kate Vernon). He also appeared in a two-episode arc of , working with Paul Carr, Susan Howard, J. Patrick McNamara, Paul Sorensen, Ray Wise, and Morgan Woodward.
Larroquette's later guest-starring credits have included episodes of (starring Martin Sheen, with Daniel Roebuck), (starring Jennifer Morrison), and (produced by Robert Duncan McNeill, in an episode directed by Allan Kroeker and co-starring Bonita Friedericy and Melinda Clarke). In 2009, Larroquette guest-starred on (starring Mariska Hargitay, with Bruce McGill and John Schuck)
==== Movies and mini-series ====
Larroquette's first TV movie was 1980's Stunts Unlimited, directed by Hal Needham and starring Needham, Glenn Corbett, Stefan Gierasch, and Chip Mayer. This was followed in 1982 with a supporting role in CBS' , featuring Next Generation star Jonathan Frakes. In 1983, Larroquette appeared in the Paramount Television movie The Last Ninja, as did Robin Gammell, Richard Lynch, and Carolyn Seymour.
In the 1986 movie Convicted, Larroquette worked alongside Gabriel Damon, who played his character's son. Larroquette then starred in the 1988 CBS movie Hot Paint with John Glover and in the 1991 movie One Special Victory with Ray Walston and Concetta Tomei. Larroquette was also an executive producer on the latter movie. In 1997, he starred in The Defenders: Payback, a TV movie follow-up to the 1961-1965 TV series, The Defenders.
Larroquette portrayed Tony Lewis in (2000, with Dawnn Lewis and directed by David Carson). From 2005 through 2007, Larroquette played lawyer Mike McBride in the multiple McBride made-for-television movies which air on The Hallmark Channel. He also directed many of these movies; one (McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty?) was directed by James Contner. Among the other performers who appeared in the McBride movies are Nikita Ager, Todd Babcock, David Bowe, Wren T. Brown, David Carpenter, Marta Dubois, Richard Fancy, Amanda Foreman, John Kassir, Richard Lineback, Eric Pierpoint, Joel Polis, Irene Roseen, and Time Winters.
=== Films ===
One of Larroquette's earliest film experiences came as the narrator of (1974). Nearly three decades later, he returned to narrate the 2003 remake of that film. He also narrated the 2006 prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. 
Prior to his role on Star Trek III, Larroquette had supporting roles in films such as Stripes (1981, co-starring Lance LeGault and William Lucking), Cat People (1982, with Ed Begley, Jr. and Malcolm McDowell), and Hysterical (with Julie Newmar). He was also seen as a Ku Klux Klan member in the infamous John Landis-directed segment of , filming of which resulted in the accidental on-set death of actor and two child actors.
Following the release of Star Trek III, Larroquette had major roles in several comedies, including (1984, with Hamilton Camp), (1985, with Night Court co-star Karen Austin and Richard Herd), and (1987, with William Daniels, George Coe, Brian George, and Armin Shimerman). He also appeared in (1984, starring Geneviève Bujold and Keith Carradine). 
With the success of Night Court on television, Larroquette landed starring roles in (1989, co-starring John Schuck) and (1990, with Star Trek II actress Kirstie Alley). He then had a supporting role in (1990, with Henry Gibson). 
Larroquette appears in the Director's Cut of (1991, featuring Bill Bolender, Bob Gunton, and Tony Plana). He then appeared in (1991, featuring Rick Worthy). In (1995), Larroquette made an uncredited cameo as an actor playing a serial killer, under the direction of the Crypt Keeper (voiced by John Kassir). William Sadler, Brenda Bakke, Tim de Zarn, Dick Miller, and the aforementioned John Schuck were among the stars of this film. 
Larroquette's next film was (2000, co-starring Christopher McDonald). Larroquette then co-starred with Clint Howard and Richard Riehle in (2003) and appeared with Michelle C. Bonilla and John Savage in (2006). In addition, Larroquette was part of the ensemble cast of (2000, with The Rock, Holmes R. Osborne and Wallace Shawn). 
Larroquette was later the voice of Tomar Re in (2009, featuring the voices of Olivia d'Abo, Larry Drake, Victor Garber, David L. Lander, Richard McGonagle, William Schallert, Kurtwood Smith, and Malachi Throne).
In 2012, Larroquette appeared in the Broadway play Gore Vidal's The Best Man opposite Michael McKean. Performances of the play were halted when McKean was struck by a car in Manhattan with McKean sustaining a broken leg. McKean was forced to withdraw from the play as his injuries warranted a transfer to a rehab center.
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