Milt Kogan

Milt Kogan
Born	(1936-04-10) April 10, 1936 Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962-2012

Milt Kogan (born April 10, 1936) is an American actor who made well over one hundred guest appearances on American network television shows. He is perhaps best known for playing the desk sergeant Officer Kogan on six episodes of the television series Barney Miller, and for appearing in six different roles in the 1970s on Police Story.

Filmography

He also 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.

Kogan's movie credits include Lucky Lady (1975), The Sunshine Boys (1975), No Deposit, No Return (1976), Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde (1976), The Lady in Red (1979), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Bachelor Party (1984), The Woman in Red (1984), Brewster's Millions (1985), Solar Crisis (1990), Hesher (2010), Accidentally in Love (2011), The Descendants (2011), among others.

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

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. 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	I Love You... Good-bye	Alton Stockard
1975	The Swinging Barmaids	Dan
1975	Darktown Strutters	Officer Babel
1975	The Sunshine Boys	Doctor
1975	Lucky Lady	Supercargo
1976	Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde	Lt. Harry O'Connor
1976	No Deposit, No Return	Policeman #3
1977	Big Time	FBI Chief
1977	Herowork	D.A. Durney
1978	The Fifth Floor	Dr. Shaw
1979	The Lady in Red	Preacher
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Medical Unit #4
1983	Angel of H.E.A.T.	Harry Covert
1983	Wavelength	Chief Pathologist
1984	Bachelor Party	Restaurant Customer
1984	The Woman in Red	Air Traffic Boss
1984	My Therapist	Steve Kovacs
1985	Brewster's Millions	Heller
1986	The Check Is in the Mail...	Mr. Fanning
1990	Solar Crisis	IXL man #2 (Baldy)
2002	Random Shooting in L.A.	Dan
2010	Hesher	Doctor
2011	Accidentally in Love	Mickey
2011	The Descendants	Dr. Johnston

References

2. jimsuva.typepad.com/blog/2013/07/the-rockford-files-an-interview-with-milt-kogan

External links

• Milt Kogan at IMDb
• Different From You (2002) at Fanlight Productions