Hank Garrett of Car 54

Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil "The Media Giant" Haley and
Greg Hanna of TOSS C3 will interview Hank Garrett of Car 54.


 


From Harlem Hoodlum to Hollywood Heavyweight -
The Hank Garrett Story
From gun-toting kid to gun-toting cop to gun-toting TV cop.,
when you see Hank Garrett, you probably remember
TV shows like Columbo and, of course, Car
54 Where are You or his brutal fight scene with
Robert Redford in “Three Days of the Condor,”
still considered one of the best fight scene of all time ...
and actually sent him to the hospital. In his soon to
be released memoir "From Harlem Hoodlum to Hollywood Heavy,"
details the unlikely journey from Harlem hoodlum
to Hollywood heavy.
Garrett recalls ...
*** Worked along side Sophia Loren, James Coburn, Kirk
Douglas, Hector Elizondo, Charlie Sheen, James Earl Jones
and more
*** Escorting Audrey Hepburn to a gala Hollywood-style
event.
*** How a life-changing meeting with one of the greatest
entertainers then, and of all time:  Sammy Davis
Jr., who sat the young, rough edged Hank down, and
told him he had to make a choice and he threw away his
gun and picked up a microphone.
*** From Officer Hank Garret, NYPD to Officer Ed
Nicholson” of Car 54 Where are You? with Fred Gwynne
and Al Lewis.
*** Opened for Tony Bennet, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and
Dinah Washington.
*** Becoming  the first white comedian
to appear at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem.
*** His most memorable “fight” was when none other than with
“The King” himself, Elvis Presley, in a Las Vegas