Back in the 80's & early 90's

[Photon]

Did you watch our man Avery on Spencer 4 Hire? I watched a couple of episodes. Spencer was dull but Hawk was the man. Spen-SAHHHHHHHHH

 

[Anthony Sabre]

I remember seeing him. I always thought of Hawk as a nouveau Mr. T. Seems like my dad always made me leave the room when Spencer came on.

 

[zenophite]

I recall the show only very vaguely - of avery brooks I just remember him being like a sort of a streetwise "Shaft" type.

 

[Mr. Fergy]

^ Pretty Much. Avery made the show worth watching.

 

[Lateralus]

I've kept my eye open for airings of A Man Called Hawk. Nada.

I've only seen a few of Avery's other works, namely his tiny role in American History X. So I'm itching to see him in some of his heavier roles. But like I said... Spencer/Hawk don't seem to be on the syndication hot list.

 

[DS9forever]

The pilot episode was on in the UK recently (Hallmark I think). I was hoping they would show the series, but they just seemed to show it as a TV movie. Damn good series though. I seem to recall him calling a character on his own series "Old Man".

 

[Krieg1981]

Spencaaaaahhhh!!! I watched that every day, and when DS9 aired for the first time, I was like.....hey! It's friggin Hawk!

 

[Mr. Fergy]

^Kinda. Hey he looked exactly like Hawk the 4th season on.

 

[arch101]

I challenge anyone to read a Spenser novel (even all the ones written before the TV show was made) and not automatically think of Mr. Brooks as Hawk. Rarely has a literary character been cast so perfectly. For that matter, they struck gold again with Robert Urich as well. Call it a triple with Tom Selleck as Jessie Stone (even though he's 20 years older than the literary character) Whoever casts these Robert Parker adaptations has a pretty darned good feel for the material.

 

[JM1776]

Whoever casts these Robert Parker adaptations has a pretty darned good feel for the material.

Evidently you've never seen Joe Mantegna as Spenser. What a joke.

As for Brooks ... he was far better as Hawk than Sisko.

 

[arch101]

Whoever casts these Robert Parker adaptations has a pretty darned good feel for the material.

Evidently you've never seen Joe Mantegna as Spenser. What a joke.

As for Brooks ... he was far better as Hawk than Sisko.

As big a Spenser fan as I am, I've never seen a Joe Mantegna Spenser film, for exactly the reason you state above.

 

[Jono]

Deep Space 9 was the first thing I'd seen Avery Brooks in. The next time I saw something with Brooks in was 15 Minutes.

 

[Mr. Fergy]

^ Besides Spencer For Hire and DS9, Avery had minor roles in "The Big Hit" and "American History X" which were very good.

BTW: Wish I saw the play he was in a couple of years ago.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

I watched Spencer for Hire.

Not every episode or anything...but if I happened to turn on the TV while it was on, I never turned it off.

I liked Robert Urich...but Avery Brooks stole the show most of the time.

 

[Apogeal Alpha01]

It was must see TV for me. It was never up to the Parker novels, but it was entertaining.

Hawk was a somewhat one dimensional character on the tube, so I like Avery Brooks more in teh role of Captain Sisko.