Taurean Blacque (born Herbert Middleton Jr. in Newark, New Jersey, May 10, 1941) is an American television and stage actor, best known for his role as Det. Neal Washington on the series Hill Street Blues. He also is a past national spokesperson for adoptive services, having been one of the first single black men in the United States to adopt a child.
Before appearing on television, Blacque trained and performed at the New Federal Theater in New Y...
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Taurean Blacque (born Herbert Middleton Jr. in Newark, New Jersey, May 10, 1941) is an American television and stage actor, best known for his role as Det. Neal Washington on the series Hill Street Blues. He also is a past national spokesperson for adoptive services, having been one of the first single black men in the United States to adopt a child.
Before appearing on television, Blacque trained and performed at the New Federal Theater in New York, a theater founded to provide opportunities to minorities and women. Early in his acting career, Blacque began making guest appearances in sitcoms such as What's Happening!!, Sanford and Son, The Bob Newhart Show, The Tony Randall Show, Good Times, and Taxi, and auditioned for permanent roles on others, including Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati, eventually played by Tim Reid.
In 1981 he joined the cast of the fledgling police drama Hill Street Blues, staying with the show throughout its run, which ended in 1987. While appearing on that...
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