Steven Hill

Steven Hill born Solomon Krakovsky February 24, 1922 – August 23, 2016 was an American actor.

 Career 

Hill was a founder member of the Actor's Studio in 1947. He made his first movie, A Lady Without Passport, in 1950.  In 1952 he reenlisted into the US Navy for two years, and then began concentrating on his acting.  In 1955 he co-starred with Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges, The Goddess directed by John Cromwell.

In 1961 a play had caused Hill to rexamine his religion,New York Times. "Signoff; On 'Law and Order,' a Real Idealist." February 2, 1996. and he began to follow Orthodox Judaism.  As a result he refused to work on Friday evenings or Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath, and he had to give up his stage career.

In 1966 he played the role of Daniel Briggs in the CBS TV series Mission Impossible. Briggs was the leader of I.M.F. Steven Hill left the series after one season and was replaced by Peter Graves.  Hill had refused to work extra time or reshoot scenes on Sabbath.  He also took time every day to pray three times.  After leaving Mission Impossible, Hill left acting for 10 years, and moved to a Jewish community in Rockland County, New York where he worked in writing and real estate.Time Magazine. "New Play on Broadway" April 14, 1961. 

Among his works in the 1970s, he played a role in the Abby Mann miniseries "King" (1978) based on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

The 1980's brought a lot of work to Hill. He performed in movies such as Eyewitness (1981), directed by Peter Yates, Yentl (1983), starring and directed by Barbra Streisand, Garbo Talks (1984) directed by Sidney Lumet, Raw Deal (1986) with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Legal Eagles (1986), with Robert Redford and Heartburn (1986) with Jack Nicholson.

 Law & Order 

His best known role is that of District Attorney Adam Schiff, in the NBC TV series Law & Order. He played the character of the District Attorney for 230 episodes, between 1990 and 2000.

In 2011, he had a special participation in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

For Law & Order, Hill was nominated for an Emmy in 1998 and 1999.

Death
Hill died in Monsey, New York of cancer on August 23, 2016, at the age of 94.

 Filmography 

+ Movies Year Títle Role Notes 1955 Storm Fear  Benjie  1958 The Goddess    John Tower   1959 Kiss Her Goodbye    Ed Wilson   1963  A Child Is Waiting  Ted Widdicombe  1965  The Slender Thread   1966/1967  Mission Impossible   Daniel Briggs  TV series1978  King  Stanley Levison  TV mini-series1980  It's My Turn  Jacob  1981 Eyewitness  Lieutenant Jacobs  1981  Rich and Famous    Jules Levi   1983 Yentl    Reb Alter Vishkower  1984 Teachers    Sloan1984  Garbo Talks    Walter Rolfe  1986 On Valentine's Day  George Tyler 1986  Raw Deal  Martin Lamanski 1986 Legal Eagles  Bower 1986 Heartburn  Harry Samstat   1986 Brighton Beach Memoirs  Mr. Stroheim  1987 Courtship   George Tyler   1988 Running on Empty  Donald Patterson  1988 The Boost   Max Sherman   1990 White Palace  Sol Horowitz  1990/2000 Law & Order   D.A. Adam Schiff   TV series 1991 Billy Bathgate  Otto Berman  1993 The Firm  F. Denton Voyles  1995 Where's the Money, Noreen?   Brian Olmsted   TV movie 2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit   Hospital Guard   TV series

 References 

Series de culto: el otro Hollywood, by Abdessamed Sahali
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