Steve Sloan (Diagnosis: Murder)
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| Steve Sloan | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Jobs Held | Police Detective/Lieutenant for LAPD |
| Portrayed by: | Barry Van Dyke |
| Seasons | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
| First Appearance: | Diagnosis of Murder |
| Latest Appearance: | Without Warning |
Police Detective/Lieutenant Steve Sloan was a police detective/lieutenant for the Los Angeles Police Department in the television show Diagnosis: Murder. The show ran from 1993-2001.
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[edit] Barry Van Dyke
Steve was portrayed by Barry Van Dyke. Barry was co-stars with his father Dick van Dyke, who played Steve's father, Dr. Mark Sloan.
Towards the end of the series, Barry began writing his own episodes, such as "Never Say Die", and "Frontier Dad". All episodes Barry wrote star his four children: Carey, Shane, Wes, Taryn. Shane becomes a regular during season eight, portraying Alex, a medical student.
[edit] Mini biography
Steve Sloan is the son of Dr. Mark Sloan and Mark's wife, Katherine. Katherine dies of cancer when Steve is only five. Steve has one sibling, an estranged sister named Carol. (Carol is only mentioned in a few episodes.)
Right out of college, he joined the army and spent 18 months on one tour to Vietnam during the War. He took a second tour towards the end of the war.
Afterwards, Steve joined the LAPD and, after season two, was promoted from homicide detective to lieutenant.
His apartment burns down, he moves to a separate apartment in his father's Malibu beach house. He often tries to move away, once even buying an electric house. After the house almost kills Mark, Steve begins renting it.
At the beginning of season six, he and Dr. Jesse Travis go into business together. They co-own a barbeque restaurant called BBQ Bob's. Mark is also a silent partner.
[edit] Trivia
- Steve was in all eight seasons of Diagnosis: Murder.
- Steve has shot once in the chest and was legally dead for three minutes until doctors were able to resuscitate him. This makes him a target in "Murder On The Hour".
- He is the tallest out of Mark, Jesse and Amanda.
- When Steve was little, he loved to play with toy trains, and, according to Mark, had quite an extensive collection.
- One of his dreams was to become a stunt man. He gets his chance in "Frontier Dad" (Season Seven), and is overcome with stage fright. (This episode was also written by Barry Van Dyke and starred all of Barry's children.)
- He played Little League, where he badly broke his nose.
- He also played American football in high school.
- He is unmarried and it becomes a running gag that all his girlfriends turn out to be involved in murders he is currently investigating. Or, they end up dead.
- Steve plays chess with his father.
- Now he rides dirtbikes and has a small catamaran on the beach.
- He is very athletic, enjoying jogging and playing and watching basketball.
