Milt Kogan

Milt Kogan (born April 10,[2] 1936)[3] is an American actor.[4] He made well over 100 guest appearances on American network television shows. He is perhaps best known for playing Desk Sergeant Kogan on six episodes of the sitcom television series Barney Miller,[5] and for appearing in six different roles in the 1970s on Police Story.

Milt Kogan
Kogan in 2018
Born (1936-04-10) April 10, 1936
Camden, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Occupation(s)Actor, Physician
Years active1962–2012 (as actor)
Spouse(s)Susan Quast, 1983-present (2 children)
Virginia Freeman "Dena" Lambie 1965-1976, divorced (1 child)

Early life and career

Milt is an M.D. who practices board-certified Family Medicine in Los Angeles, California. He entered Cornell University with the class of 1957, but left after his junior year to earn his medical degree. He returned to Cornell to finish his B.S. in Animal Science fifty years later, graduating in 2007.[6] As an undergraduate, he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He also holds an M.P.H. (Epidemiology) from University of California, Los Angeles (1974–1976). He was a Peace Corps Physician in West Africa (1969–1972), practiced with the National Health Service Corps in Harlowton, Montana (1982–1983), served with the U.S. Army in Hanau, West Germany (1984–1986) and practiced in Vermillion, South Dakota (1996–1998). He speaks English, French, German, and Spanish.

Published works include: Escape From Montana (2009), Diary of the Ouagadougou Doc (2010), and Second Act (2010).

Filmography

He made guest appearances on many television series including It Takes a Thief, Mission: Impossible, Ironside, Sanford and Son, Mannix, The Law, Cannon, Police Story, Kojak, Eight Is Enough, Chico and the Man, The Rockford Files (3 episodes), Quincy, M.E., Diff'rent Strokes, Lou Grant, Night Court, Cagney & Lacey, Columbo, Knots Landing, Quantum Leap, General Hospital, Wonder Woman, Airwolf, The A-Team, My Two Dads, and many more.

In the 1983 NBC made-for-television movie M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, he played lead Doctor Christiansen of Cari Lightner's emergency room hospital crew that did all it could to save Lightner from a massive excessive-alcohol-fueled vehicle hit and who painfully but professionally chose to abort life-saving efforts and also painfully but professionally informed Lightner's family at the hospital of her death.[7]

He produced two award-winning documentaries titled Different From You (2002), and Final Farewell of the Fabulous Apostles (2006).

Year Title Role Notes
1974I Love You... Good-byeAlton Stockard
1975The Swinging BarmaidsDan
1975Darktown StruttersOfficer Babel
1975The Sunshine BoysDoctor
1975Fear on TrialHerb SteinmannTV film
1975Lucky LadySupercargo
1976Dr. Black, Mr. HydeLt. Harry O'Connor
1976No Deposit, No ReturnPoliceman #3
1977Big TimeFBI Chief
1977HeroworkD.A. Durney
1978The Fifth FloorDr. Shaw
1979The Lady in RedPreacher
1982E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialMedical Unit #4
1983Angel of H.E.A.T.Harry Covert
1983WavelengthChief Pathologist
1984Bachelor PartyRestaurant Customer
1984The Woman in RedAir Traffic Boss
1984My TherapistSteve Kovacs
1985Brewster's MillionsHeller
1986The Check Is in the Mail...Mr. Fanning
1990Solar CrisisIXL man #2 (Baldy)
2002Random Shooting in L.A.Dan
2010HesherDoctor
2011Accidentally in LoveMickey
2011The DescendantsDr. Johnston

References
  1. Freeman, Don (March 5, 1977). "Actor is also practicing physician". The Mercury. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. p. 35. Retrieved June 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. closed access
  2. "Milt Kogan", Aveleyman
  3. Ward, Jack (1993). Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies. McFarland. p. 281. ISBN 9780899508078 – via Google Books.
  4. Freeman, Don (July 10, 1977). "Kogan is A Doctor First, Then Actor". The Tribune. Coshocton, Ohio. p. 18. Retrieved June 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. closed access
  5. "(untitled brief)". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. July 7, 2015. p. C1. Retrieved June 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. closed access
  6. Lang, Susan (May 23, 2007). "'Barney Miller's' Officer Kogan is back on campus after lifetime as doctor and actor, and now, finally, a Cornell grad". Cornell Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  7. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085288/fullcredits/ref_=tt_cl_sm
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