Max Gail

TV Actor

Birthday April 5, 1943

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Detroit, MI

Age 81 years old

#81,188 Most Popular

About

Most well known for his portrayal of Detective "Wojo" Wojciehowicz on the ABC police sitcom Barney Miller, he is also notable for his role as Harold in the 1983 film D.C. Cab.

Before Fame

After graduating from Williams College, he worked as a teacher. He made his professional stage debut in the 1970 San Francisco premiere of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Trivia

In 1984, he performed a one-man Broadway play titled The Babe.

Family Life

The child of Maxwell and Mary Gail, he grew up in Grosse Ile, Michigan. Through his marriage to Willie Bier (which ended with Bier's 1986 death from cancer), he fathered a daughter named India; his second marriage, to Nan Harris, resulted in children named Grace and Maxwell.

Associated With

In the early 1980s, he co-starred with Matthew Laborteaux in the CBS series Whiz Kids.