Gary D'Addario

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Gary D'Addario

Occupation Police commander (retired), Television actor and technical advisor

Gary D'Addario is a retired police commander, television technical advisor and actor from Baltimore, Maryland.

D'Addario joined the Baltimore police department in 1967.[1] D'Addario served as a shift lieutenant in the Baltimore Police Department homicide unit for 10 years during his career.[1][2] He was a Captain in 1998[3] and continued to hold this rank in 2002.[4] He was promoted to Major in 2003.[5] He retired at the rank of Major in 2004.[1][2] The 37-year veteran of the department was forced to retire by new Commissioner Kevin Clark in 2004 as part of Clark's unpopular turnover of veteran command staff.[6]

It was in his capacity as a homicide shift lieutenant that he became one of the subjects of David Simon's non-fiction book about the homicide unit, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.[7] Simon followed D'Addario's shift within the unit for a year and wrote an account of their activity.[2]

The book was adapted into an NBC television series called Homicide: Life on the Street and D'Addario inspired the character Al Giardello on that series.[3][8] D'Addario had a recurring role as SWAT team commander Jasper in Homicide. He also worked as a technical advisor on Homicide primarily as a source on the Baltimore Police Department and a liaison between the production and the department.[3] Simon later moved from writing books to television and became a writer and producer for the series. D'Addario was a technical advisor for Simon's next project the Emmy-award winning miniseries The Corner and had a small role as a desk sergeant.[2]

D'Addario served as a technical advisor on the first two seasons of Peabody award winning The Wire.[2][4][5] The Wire was also created by Simon. D'Addario had a recurring role as the gambling addicted Grand Jury Prosecutor Gary DiPasquale in The Wire.[9] Simon has speculated that D'Addario's first appearance on the series in the season 2 episode "Undertow"[10][11] coincided with his forced retirement.[2] Simon wrote to Mayor Martin O'Malley to ask if there was any link and seeking confirmation that other city employees did not risk losing their jobs by appearing on the series and received no response.[2] D'Addario stood down as technical advisor because he was no longer part of the police department[2] but continued to appear on the show until its conclusion.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

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  1. ^ a b c Frank Klein (2004). A Shot in the Dark. Baltimore City Paper. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Jim King (1998). 3rd Exclusive David Simon Q&A. AOL The Wire group. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  3. ^ a b c Jan Hoffman (1998). Police Tactics Chipping Away at Suspects' Rights. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  4. ^ a b The Wire season 1 crew. HBO (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-14.
  5. ^ a b The Wire season 2 crew. HBO (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-14.
  6. ^ Source: Baltimore Sun, July 16, 2003.
  7. ^ Simon, David (1991, 2006). Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. New York: Owl Books. 
  8. ^ Simon, David (1991, 2006). Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. New York: Owl Books, Photo section. 
  9. ^ Character profile - Grand Jury Prosecutor Gary DiPasquale. HBO (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  10. ^ "Undertow". David Simon, Ed Burns. The Wire. HBO. 2003-06-29. No. 5, season 2.
  11. ^ The Wire episode guide - episode 18 Undertow. HBO (2004). Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
  12. ^ "Corner Boys". Agnieszka Holand, Writ. Richard Price (teleplay), Ed Burns & Richard Price (story). The Wire. HBO. 2004-11-05. No. 08, season 4.
  13. ^ Episode guide - episode 45 Corner Boys. HBO (2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-01.
  14. ^ "Final Grades". Ernest Dickerson, Writ. David Simon (story and teleplay), Ed Burns (story). The Wire. HBO. 2004-12-10. No. 13, season 4.
  15. ^ The Wire episode guide - episode 50 Final Grades. HBO (2006). Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
  16. ^ "Not for Attribution". Scott and Joy Kecken, Writ. Chris Collins (story and teleplay), David Simon (story). The Wire. HBO. 2008-01-20. No. 3, season 5.
  17. ^ The Wire episode guide - episode 53 Not for Attribution. HBO (2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  18. ^ "-30-". Clark Johnson, Writ. David Simon (story and teleplay), Ed Burns (story). The Wire. HBO. 2008-03-09. No. 10, season 5.
  19. ^ The Wire episode guide - episode 60 –30–. HBO (2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-10.

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