Actor Richard Belzer, Who Played ‘Law & Order’ Detective, Has Died Farewell to "the Belz" Been a fan since Groove Tube
I never saw Homicide Life on the Streets. I looked around to find a service streaming it but no luck. Anyone know where I might find a stream of it?
I am proud to say that Richard Belzer is the one celebrity I was introduced to and subsequently hung out with a few times. Back in grad school, a classmate of mine knew him as his parents owned a house next to his in France. I was invited to the taping of his HBO special and then had dinner with him afterwards. Saw him again a few times including a party at some comedy club. He was as cool as can be. Very friendly and down to earth. And I even made him laugh once or twice. Just a great guy and a real talent. RIP Belz
I had the good fortune of watching him perform at club in the early 1990s. Sold out show, of course. Seeing him up there was a master class. Truly one of the all-time greats. RIP
Sadly, youtube or dailymotion are the only places you can find episodes of Homicide online. That or you can get the DVDs or VHS tapes. It's not streaming anywhere for some odd reason. Well worth tracking down though, as it's one of the best police series (really, one of the best TV series) ever, particularly the first two seasons. And to keep this Belzer-specific, Munch is a far more interesting, complex, and human character on Homicide than he is on those formulaic Law and Order shows.
I remember in the 70's a spot on impression he did of Mick Jagger and an aged Bob Dylan singing "Like a Rolling Gallstone". For some reason I always think of him and Richard Lewis together. RIP to The Belz.
Use to watch Belzer in the 80s when he was the host on the USA network TV show Hot Properties. Remember the Hulk Hogan incident?
Here's his official website. Richard Belzer - Actor, Comedian, Author | OFFICIAL WEBSITE Worth exploring. Check out BelzerVizion for a few laughs. RIP Richard.
Sorry to here of this...first became aware him when he was part of the National Lampoon Radio hour RIP "Dick Ballantine"
Looks like he had a hard early life-Used to see him on "Homicide:..." when it was on tv regularly(NBC on Friday nights if I recall). Great as the beleaguered Artie in Pat Benatar's Le Bel Age.
Absolutely. Saw it live, or as it first aired. I was SHOCKED to see his head bleeding as he threw to commercial never missing a beat, never could understand what all that was about. Assaulting and injuring someone LIVE on television, made me really dislike the whole "pro wrestling" thing. Why weren't those guys prosecuted? I used to watch Hot Properties a lot, but for some reason I think it was on Lifetime, or even Cable Health Network, which preceded Lifetime. Dan
Richard Belzer & Brian Doyle-Murray in a silent-movie style sketch for Sesame Street about a picnic. 1978.
Forget which movie it was but he pulled off using the word the F-word almost as, I don’t even know…. a preposition? Think it was “You ******’ ****!” R.I.P.
Sorry to hear of his passing. I ' d say Munch was my favorite detective on SVU , he always seemed like a true to life guy and brought his own style of humor into a serious drama. His world-wise character also showed compassion and empathy - Munch just seemed like the real deal. Always hoped he d make another surprise appearance on the show. No chance of that now and he will be missed. R.I.P. Richard.