The Commish [TV Series] (1991)
Synopsis of The Commish [TV Series]
Based on the life and career of Tony Schembri, police chief of Rye, NY, the weekly, hour-long ABC crime series The Commish starred Michael Chiklis as Tony Scali, police commissioner of the fictional New York community of Eastbridge. Although dedicated to his job and extremely tough on perpetrators, Tony often took an unorthodox approach to police methods, and he was often known to be quite a jovial fellow amongst his co-workers. Tony also enjoyed his "down time," especially with his wife, Rachel (Theresa Saldana), son David (Kaj-Erik Eriksen), and infant daughter Sarah (played by twins Dayna and Justine Cornborough), who was born at the end of the series' first season. Anoher member of the Scali household -- at least during the show's first year or so on the air -- was Tony's cheerfully indolent brother-in-law, Arnie Metzger (David Paymer). Back on the job, Tony's associates included three different Chief of Detectives: Irv Wallerstein (Alex Bruhanski), Paulie Pentangeli (John Cygan), and Cyd Madison (Melinda McGraw). Among the other crew members were officer Stan Kelly (Geoffrey Nauffts), who is killed by a car bombing at the end of season three, patrol car officer Ricky Caruso (Nicholas Lea) and his partner officer Carmela Pagan (Gina Belafonte), officers Jonathan Papdakis (Ray Scrivano), Gordy Tuefel (Michael Patten), and Mike Rose (Pat Bermel) and detectives Lopez (Jason Scott Schombing) and Hibbs (Ian Tracey). Another fine product from Stephen J. Cannell's production firm, The Commish was filmed in its entirety in Vancouver, despite its distinctively "New Yawk" setting and attitude. The series lasted four full season, plus a limited run of four "movie specials" in 1995. ~ All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 196 mins
Complete Cast of The Commish [TV Series]
- Gina Belafonte - Off. Carmela Ragan
- Kaj-Erik Eriksen - David Scali
- Geoffrey Nauffts - Off. Stan Kelly
- Theresa Saldana - Rachel Scali
- Jason Schombing - Lopez
- Alex Bruhanski - Det. Irv Wallerstein
- John Cygan - Det. Paulie Pentangeli
- Michael Patten - Gordy Tuefel
- Michael Chiklis - Commissioner Tony Scali
- Nicholas Lea - Off. Ricky Caruso
- David Paymer - Arnie Metzger
- Ian Tracey - Hibbs
- Pat Bermel - Mike Rose
- Melinda McGraw - Det. Cyd Madison
- Ray Scrivano - Off. Jonathan Papdakis
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