The Spenser books were the inspiration for the 1985-1988 ABC TV series Spenser: For Hire starring Robert Urich as Spenser, Barbara Stock as Susan, and Avery Brooks as Hawk.

Several made-for-TV movies based upon the series followed in the early 1990s featuring Robert Urich and Avery Brooks, with Barbara Williams and later Wendy Crewson as Susan.

" During production there were incorrect rumors that Avery Brooks would reprise his role as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine captain Benjamin Sisko.

Northup was portrayed by Avery Brooks.

** Avery Brooks, American actor and musician

It starred Avery Brooks, Phylicia Rashad, Edward Woodward, Jenny Lewis, Samuel L. Jackson and Endyia Kinney.

The other five actors were Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, George Takei, Avery Brooks and Majel Barrett.

He is also one of six Star Trek actors ( the other actors being Kate Mulgrew, Michael Dorn, George Takei, Avery Brooks and Majel Barrett ) to lend their voices to the video game Star Trek: Captain's Chair reprising his role as Commander William T. Riker when users visit the Enterprise-D bridge featured in the game.

While still recovering from the attack, Derek is visited by his black former English teacher Dr. Bob Sweeney ( Avery Brooks ), whom he asks for help to be paroled.

* Avery Brooks as Dr. Robert Sweeney, Derek's former honors English teacher, Principal at Danny's high school, and Danny's impromptu history teacher after Murray refuses to teach him any further

Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Survivors include Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) and his son, Jake ( Cirroc Lofton ), as well as an unknown number of Starfleet and Klingon captives assimilated by the Borg.

In the Facets episode, he possesses Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ).

Avery Brooks, directing this episode, has emphasised the story as a metaphor for African-American adolescents in the 20th century and their struggles with addiction and violence, their integration into American society, and the manner in which their upbringing might contribute to these problems.

According to his statement in the episode " Defiant ", Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) was in charge of the shipyard where the Defiant was built and helped design it during his assignment to the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards.

Dorn is also one of six actors ( the other actors being Jonathan Frakes, Kate Mulgrew, George Takei, Avery Brooks and Majel Barrett ) to lend his voice to Star Trek: Captain's Chair, reprising his role of Lieutenant Commander Worf.

Other Star Trek actors such as Michael Dorn ( Worf on TNG ), Brent Spiner ( Data on TNG ), Colm Meaney ( Miles O ’ Brien on TNG and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ), LeVar Burton ( Geordi La Forge on TNG ), Nichelle Nichols ( Uhura on Star Trek: The Original Series ), Avery Brooks ( Benjamin Sisko on DS9 ), Paul Winfield ( Clark Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ), David Warner ( various characters, most notably Gul Madred in " Chain of Command ", a two-part episode of TNG ) and Kate Mulgrew ( Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager ) were guest or recurring stars in the series.

The other major characters were Hawk, played by Avery Brooks, and Susan Silverman, played by Barbara Stock.

Avery Franklin Brooks ( born October 2, 1948 ) is an American entertainer.

Series producer Ronald D. Moore said of Brooks: " Avery, like his character ( Sisko ), is a very complex man.

Avery Brooks, 2009

In 2006, Trekweb and TrekToday announced that Avery Brooks would take a role in the upcoming film Rambo.

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He starred from 1953 – 1955 with Phyllis Avery and Lloyd Corrigan in the CBS sitcom Meet Mr. McNutley in the role of a college English and later drama professor at fictitious Lynnhaven College.

Premiering at the Swan, the production starred Alex Avery as Valentine, Laurence Mitchell as Proteus, Vanessa Ackerman as Julia and Rachel Pickup as Silvia, and was performed under the title The Two Gents.

Based on characters from the book, it starred LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte, Avery Brooks as Cletus Moyer, Kate Mulgrew as Hattie Carraway, and Tim Russ as house slave Marcellus ( coincidentally, all four actors have become prominent as leading actors in the Star Trek franchise ).

In the Season 4 episode " My Pest Friend's Wedding ", James Avery and Daphne Maxwell Reid ( Vivian Banks ) guest starred as Dr. Maxwell Stanton's parents.

The theatre then hosted plays such as Avery Hopwood's farce Fair and Warmer ( 1918 ) and Ivor Novello's The Rat ( 1924, Novello's first play, in which he also starred ), and revues including A to Z ( 1921 ), Co-Optimists ( 1923 ), and Charlot's Revue ( 1924 ).

Broadcast on Radio4, it starred Ian McDiarmid as LeClerc, Piotr Baumann as Leiser, Patrick Kennedy as Avery, and Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley.

The movie starred Bailey as the host, and featured Darren McGavin, Phyllis Avery, and Leonard Nimoy, among others.

Gerald Avery Mays ( November 24, 1939 – July 17, 1994 ) was a football player who starred collegiately for Southern Methodist University before becoming a standout at the professional level for the Kansas City Chiefs.

* April 17 – The animated short Porky's Duck Hunt, directed by Tex Avery for the Looney Tunes series, featuring the debut of Daffy Duck, is released.

Many of his papers, poems, and hand written lab-notes are available at the National Library of Medicine in the Oswald T. Avery Collection, the first of their Profiles in Science series.

Peggy King was a regular on the series as a vocalist, and the guest stars ranged from Shirley MacLaine and Evelyn Rudie to Bob Feller, Phyllis Avery and Vampira.

Under Avery, Porky Pig would replace the Buddy series and become the first Warner Bros. character to achieve star power.

* Bree Avery, main character from the web video series lonelygirl15

Throughout the rest of 1990s, Osment played regular and / or recurring roles in various TV series ; including The Jeff Foxworthy Show and the final season of Murphy Brown, where he replaced Dylan Christopher as Murphy's son, Avery.

Avery used the same cast and themes in a subsequent series of cartoons.

In the series ' fourth game, which saw the Yankees rally from six runs down to win, Boggs was called on to pinch hit in the tenth inning and using the batting eye he was known for throughout his career, he coaxed a bases-loaded walk out of Steve Avery which gave the Yankees the lead in a game they went on to win 8-6.

During game three of the series, in an unusual move, Avery turned to face Brodeur during a 5-on-3 power play, and began waving his hands and stick in front of Brodeur's face in an effort to distract him.

* Psionic abilities are common in the Avery Cates series by Jeff Somers, with several types including telekinesis, mind control ( called " pushing "), and limited precognition.

* Avery Johnson from the Halo series

By the mid-1940s, the series had developed a quicker, more energetic ( and violent ) tone, due to the inspiration from the work of their colleague in the MGM cartoon studio, Tex Avery, who joined the studio in 1942.

* The Professionals ( TV series ) ( 1983 ) as Avery in The Ojuka Situation episode

On April 22, 2009, in game 4 of the playoff series against the Washington Capitals, Avery whacked Milan Jurcina on an icing touch-up with his stick and fist that made Jurcina fall to the ice, bleeding.

Following the Rangers ' elimination in game seven of the first-round series, Avery praised Tortorella despite the benching, saying it was the right decision and that Tortorella is the coach for whom he wants to play.

The PBS series Live from Lincoln Center continues to feature performances from Avery Fisher Hall.

In addition, Lincoln Center presents visiting orchestras in Avery Fisher Hall, such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, as part of their " Great Performers " series.

Also uniquely treated is the subject of the colonisation of planets which is the basis of Edmund's Expendables series, published under the pen name of Richard Avery ( the name of the hero of Transit ).

For the rest of the series, Crabtree is pursued by the avaricious Captain Manzini ( Avery Schreiber ), who is determined to acquire the valuable automobile from Crabtree.

The series centers on the fictional town of Odyssey, and in particular, an ice-cream emporium named ' Whit's End ,' and its proprietor, John Avery Whittaker.