CHARACTERS P
"I’m not drawing.
I’m making dials. And when I’m finished with the dials,
I’m gonna tape them on the wall, and we’ll all get out of here. You
see, you can’t get
out of this joint. So I’m blasting the whole building off the
planet earth." (Lady
Blue)
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Packrat (Running) Azarow,
Martin
• Packrat is a fence familiar to Starsky and Hutch. Vern Dubois
meets him to fence some stuff, including Sharman Crane’s diamond
bracelet. Packrat offers Dubois less than Dubois thinks he jewelry
is worth. The two fight and Dubois and Packrat struggle over a gun.
Packrat is killed. Starsky and Hutch are called to Packrat’s place
with a call of reported gunshots. Hutch calls a property van to
take care of Packrat’s loot. Starsky discovers Crane’s bracelet at
Packrat’s place.
Pablo (Psychic) mentioned
• He works at the car wash where Julio worked. His boss, De Meo,
tells him to "Pronto it up."
Palmer (Birds of a Feather) Kramer, Sy
• Palmer is a snitch. He is a protected witness who is going to
testify against Anthony Reuban. Luke Huntley is one of the officers
assigned to protect Palmer. Huntley lets Lucas, Rueben’s thug, kill
Palmer in a deal to protect his wife. Palmer smokes and sends
Huntley down to the lobby for cigarettes. Lucas kills Palmer when
Huntley leaves. Huntley tells Palmer he “two-bit hustler who'd sell
a radio to a deaf man
Pamela Sue (Game) mentioned
• Pamela Sue is the hospital emergency line operator that Anita
reaches when she calls in Starsky’s gunshot wound. Anita thinks
Pamela Sue is too slow in her reaction and threatens her.
Papa Theodore (Playboy Island) Colley, Don Pedro
• Papa Theodore is a voodoo priest on Playboy Island. He, Charlotte
Connery, Little Philippe and an undetermined number of the women
working at the hotel kidnap Bert Regan. They tell his daughter
Regan has drowned. Papa Theodore puts a spell on Regan and pretends
he is William Thorne. It is all part of a plan to take control of
Thorne’s empire. Theodore kills as many of Thorne’s friends as he
can in an effort to keep anyone from realizing Thorne is dead. Papa
Theodore sends little voodoo dolls to his intended victims. He
kills Walter Healey, Thorne’s lawyer and Johnny Doors. He tried to
make Starsky kill Hutch. Papa Theodore is caught and put in jail,
but escapes. Inspector Godfrey points out Papa Theodore is a failed
leader, and that he no longer has any power.
Pardee, Ray (Game) Ging, Jack
• Pardee is an escaped convict. He has a girlfriend named Gina. A
snitch tells Starsky and Hutch where Pardee is, and they go to
arrest him. Pardee gets away when Hutch’s car stalls. Gina hides
Pardee, gives him money and buys him a plane ticket under the name
Ray Samuels. Hutch convinces Gina to take him to Pardee, but
collapses, allowing Pardee to capture him. Pardee means to use
Hutch as a hostage, but is stopped by Starsky.
Parker, Jack (Groupie) Loggia, Robert
• see Zucker, Tony
Parkins, Gloria (Discomania) mentioned
• Tony Mariposa kidnaps Parkins from the disco club, “Fever.” He
puts an ankle bracelet on her and dumps her body. The autopsy
reveals she was drugged with heroin.
Parouche, Emile (Deadly Impostor) Singer, Raymond
• Parouche is a known character in the numbers business. Starsky
and Hutch question him about Warren Karpel. They make him talk by
tossing his receipts in a burning bucket. Parouche asks Starsky and
Hutch to come back later and arrest him so he doesn’t get in
trouble for losing information.
Pat (Photo Finish) mentioned
• John Reinhardt tells his secretary to call Pat and have him
cancel the Farrah cover.
Patches, Jack (Murder at Sea) mentioned
• Patches is a mob member. He is on the Amapola for the big
meeting.
Paul (Velvet Jungle) not credited
• He is at the fashion show. Lou asks him, "What's with the
shedding?"
Paul (Bust Amboy) not credited
• Paul is a waiter at Andre's. Amboy asks him to bring the table a
bottle of Mersault.
Paula (Photo Finish) Hamilton (Areno), Lois
• Paula is Marcie Fletcher’s boss. They both work for a public
relations firm. The firm is hired to take photographs at the party
for Troy Braddock. Paula tells Marcie she thinks Hutch is good
looking, and Marcie brings Hutch along to the party. She and Marcie
have champagne with Starsky and Hutch at the Pits to celebrate
solving the case.
Paycheck, Benny (Ballad for a Blue Lady) mentioned
• Paycheck was going to court to be a witness against Joseph Fitch.
He is killed when he is shot in the back.
Pearl, Crazy Sammy (Targets 3) mentioned
• Pearl is someone Starsky and Allison May both remember from their
New York days. Starsky reminds Allison of Pearl when they are
making their dangerous walk at the amusement park. Starsky asks
Allison to remember how Pearl threw himself threw a window without
injury. Starsky and Allison do the same thing and escape Soldier
and his thugs.
Peggy (Little Girl Lost) mentioned
• Peggy is Nick Edwards’ girlfriend. She calls Molly/Pete on the
phone, telling her Nick has been shot. Peggy gives Molly/Pete the
location of the crime.
Pepper (Gillian) Joi, Marilyn
• She is a shoeshine girl who is shining Huggy's shoes. Huggy asks
her, "How's it shakin'?"
Pepper (Losing Streak) not credited
• She is shining Huggy's shoes when Starsky and Hutch come to him
for information. Huggy tells her to "take a powder, Pepper" and to
bring him back some coffee.
Perkowitz, Officer (Little Girl Lost) Balding, Rebecca
• Perkowitz is called to take Molly/Pete to Juvenile Hall. Hutch
talks her into letting Molly/Pete come home with him instead. She
spends Christmas morning with Starsk, Hutch, Kiko, Molly/Pete and
Mrs. Ramos at the Ramos house.
Perry, Jerry (Playboy Island) Nye, Louis
• Perry is a S.L.O.B member from Harper’s Ferry. He is going to
Playboy Island with his buddy, Phil Hill. Perry reminds Starsky and
Hutch that there is “a sexual revolution going on.” Hill tricks
Perry into being the only one to jump naked into the pool with
Pussycat. Both men meet Starsky and Hutch on the golf course.
Pete (Murder on Stage 17) Griffith, James
• Pete is a stagehand on the Steve Hanson movie.
Peter (Bloodbath) Horn, John
• Peter is one of Simon Marcus’ thugs. He's the blond one who sits
by Starsky in the van.
Peterson, Detective (Deckwatch) Somac, Jack
• Peterson is the detective on the scene where Madeleine is killed.
He tells Starsky and Hutch about Madeleine’s gun, the blood found
on the scene and the contents of her stomach. Her last meal was
chow mien.
Peterson, Sergeant Sheila (Crying Child) Cash, Rosalind
• Peterson heads up the Child Abuse Unit. Starsky and Hutch go to
her to investigate the Mayer case. Peterson tells them how
understaffed she is. She sends Starsky and Hutch to investigate the
case personally.
Petrov, Mr. (Bounty Hunter) not credited
• Mr. Petrov comes to Lola and Bo's bail bond business. Lola
bullies him into signing papers to get his son out of jail.
Petrov, Mr. Son's (Bounty Hunter) mentioned
• He has committed some unknown crime. His father goes to Fair Bail
Bonds to get him out of jail.
Phelps (Death Ride) Marino, Ben
• Phelps is Andrew Mello's driver. He tells Hutch, after his boss
is shot, "He'll live."
Phelps, Christine D. (Heroes) Carlson, Karen
• Phelps is a columnist with ‘The Dispatch.” She has specifically
requested to ride along with Starsky and Hutch to do an article
about “Counter Culture Cops, the New Breed.” Starsky and Hutch
first refuse to have a reporter with them, but then change their
minds when they see she is a gorgeous chick. Dobey tells Starsky
and Hutch to concentrate on the heroin/strychnine case. Phelps sees
Starsky and Hutch ignore calls and bully people. Starsky and Hutch
don’t help matters any as they fall all over each other, trying to
impress her. The first part of Phelps’ article reads: “Does Bravado
and Belligerence hide behind a badge?" The article goes downhill
from there. Angry after reading the article, Phelps is shown the
“real” Starsky and Hutch.” She changes her mind about justice and
police work after she is faced with some criminal hard realities.
The second part of her article is nothing but flattering.
Phil (Avenger) Thomerson, Tim
• Phil is Monique Travers’ second victim. He brags about his
car.
Phil (Huggy Can't Go Home) mentioned
• Phil is a character on "The Disenchanted," the show Big Red McGee
watches. Other characters are Roy, Marcy, Sean, Rebecca and
Mary.
Philippe (Playboy Island) Madden, Tommy
• Philippe is a very little person. His nickname is Little
Philippe. He is one of Papa Theodore and Charlotte Connery’s
thug.
Phillips, Nurse (Partners) mentioned
• He or she is paged on the hospital P.A. and asked to report to
the Maternity Ward.
Phillips, Dr. (Plague) mentioned
• Dr. Meredith calls him or her no the phone and asks for him or
her to come to his office right away.
Philos, Allen Monk (Fix) Lewis, Geoffrey
• See: Monk
Pilfrey, Donna (Birds of a Feather) mentioned
• Her name is heard on the radio. She dies in a house fire, along
with her grandfather, Edmund. He was baby-sitting her. Smoking
caused the fire. She was three years old. She lived in Lone
Pine.
Pilfrey, Edmund (Birds of a Feather) mentioned
• He was the eighty-six year old grandfather who was smoking and
started a house fire. He was baby-sitting his three-year old grand
daughter, Donna. Both are killed. His name is heard on the radio.
He lived in Lone Pine.
Pinky (Blindfold) George, Howard
• Pinky owns a pawnshop. He has been arrested twice before for
taking in stolen camera and furs. He has spent five years in jail.
Don Widdicombe fences jewelry with Pinky. After Hutch questions
Pinky, threatening him with more jail time, he calls Huggy to set
up a bust. Hutch busts Pinky instead and gets information about the
Widdicombe’s.
Pirelli, Carmen "the Nose" (Murder Ward) mentioned
• Starsky tells his fellow poker player about a card game he was in
with Pirelli. Pirelli cheated, just like Weeze just did. Pirelli
was found "doing the cast iron crawl off the Lido Pier."
Pitkin, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo (Murder at Sea) not credited
• Starsky mentions Pitkin and his wife during the talent show. They
are celebrating their twelfth wedding anniversary.
Platt, Officer (Iron Mike) mentioned
• He is one of the officers at the Darcy Department Store bust. He
is there with Iron Mike, Starsky, Hutch, Bowerman, Sawyer and
Nelson.
Poindexter (Pilot) mentioned
• Starsky and Hutch tell Henderson and Steele that Poindexter would
be willing to take a shot at them.
Pola, Earl (Psychic) Loros, George
• Pola is from Philadelphia. His partner is Marshall Caifalno (Fat
Moo Moo). The two of them have a kidnap scam that they have used
before. They get the ransom money and abandon their victim to die.
Pola and Fat Moo Moo kidnap Joanna Haymes. They enlist the help of
Julio Gutierrez. They kill Julio, tie up Haymes and leave her in a
truck in a scrap yard. Fat Moo Moo calls and demands a two hundred
thousand dollar ransom. Hutch is the runner, and is given very
specific directions for the drop. Fat Moo Moo shoots Hutch. Starsky
chases down Fat Moo Moo and Pola’s car. He shoots the car, and it
explodes, killing both kidnappers.
Polanski, Mary (Hostages) Peretz, Susan
• see Yram, Madame
Polanski, Mr. (Ninety Pounds of Trouble) mentioned
• Joey Carston comes to the police department to report a hit and
run. She says Polanski ran over a six-week old puppy.
Polly (Lady Blue) Cook, Jr., Elisha
• Polly is a mentally ill snitch. Starsky and Hutch question him in
the hospital. Polly tells them about Wrightwood. Polly gets after
Hutch for picking up his slide ruler. Polly is planning to blast
off and go to another planet.
Pommier, Marty (Captain Dobey, You're Dead) Grayson, Kurt
• Pommier is one of Woodfield’s thugs. He was a demolition's expert
in the Navy and a pilot. He has worked for Woodfield for twelve
years. Pommier flies Moon’s getaway plane from prison and is lined
up to fly him out of the country. He is also supposed to kill
Dobey. Pommier, pretending to be a telephone repairman, puts twelve
sticks of dynamite under the Dobey house. Pommier is shot in the
leg at the airfield, a victim of his own employer.
Pops (Gillian) not credited
• Pops is a street person who gives a card to Starsky and Hutch.
The card says to meet Huggy at the shoeshine station. Starsky gives
some money to Pops.
Popeye (Heroes) not credited
• He is a patron at O'Riley's Bar. Starsky rousts him out of what
is probably the bathroom.
Posey, Lou (Death Notice) Martorano, Vince
• Posey is one of David Delano’s thugs. Starsky and Hutch interview
him in a meat locker at the company where he works. Posey kills
Ginger, Sonia and Jerry Neilan. He is arrested at the mini golf
course.
Powell, Thomas (Foxy Lady) Ziman, Jerrold (photo only)
• He is shown on the arrest report in the stack, right before
Johnny Carelli. Powell is listed as being born in Denver, Colorado,
was convicted of willful manslaughter, is married, was arrested
July, 15, 1974, has a thin build, is 5'9. is 185 pounds, and lives
at 7468 Washington Blvd.
Prescott, Lori (Strange Justice) Andelman,
Juli
• Prescott, Cassie and Leslie Slate are students at Weldon College.
They belong to the same sorority. Cassie teases Prescott about
going on a diet. It is Prescott who goes with Leslie to the police
station to make the rape report. Cassie says Prescott is "of the
suburban Tupperware mold."
Prideman, Harvey (Strange Justice) mentioned
• Starsky and Hutch cite him as a man who raped an old woman and
didn't serve time.
Priven, Harvey (Strange Justice) mentioned
• He raped an old lady, but got off in court. Starsky and Hutch
bring him up as a reason to be even more upset by the Biggs
case.
Professor, the (Bust Amboy) not credited
• The Professor is one of Amboy’s drug connections.
Professor, the (Action) Carradine, John
• Starsky and Hutch question him at a massage parlor. He is someone
they have met before. He is an expert on gambling. He teaches
Starsky how to throw trick dice, and he tells them about Joseph
Noland. His girlfriend is Ginger, someone he calls “powerful pile
of pummeling pulchritude.”
Prudholm, Gary Vincent (Pariah, Starsky's Lady) mentioned
• Gary’s father is George. Starsky and Hutch arrested Gary in the
first case they had out of uniform. They arrested Gary for pushing
drugs at McKinley High School. Thirty-six hours after he was in the
city jail, Gary was killed in a knife fight. He was nineteen years
old. George Prudholm blames Starsky and Hutch for his death. When
Starsky kills Lonnie, Prudholm is furious and sees parallels
between the two young men. He uses Gary’s death in “Pariah” as an
excuse to kill some cops. Later, when George Prudholm gets out of
the hospital on a clerical error, he shoots Starsky’s girlfriend in
a further need for revenge.
Prudholm, George (Pariah, Starsky's Lady) McNally, Stephen
• In the “Pariah”, Prudholm starts to shoot police officers in
retaliation for Lonnie’s killing, connecting it to the death of his
son. His son, Gary Vincent Prudholm, was arrested for dealing drugs
at a high school. Starsky and Hutch apprehended Gary in their first
plainclothes assignment. Prudholm says he will keep killing cops
until Starsky resigns. Prudholm kills Officers Tinker and Forest.
Starsky agrees to meet him at the zoo to keep him from killing more
cops. Prudholm is captured and taunts Starsky to shoot him. Starsky
hands him over to Hutch. In “Starsky’s Lady”, Prudholm has escaped
from the mental hospital due to a clerical error. He and his gang
pull off a number of robberies in Starsky and Hutch’s area.
Prudholm has Starsky’s girlfriend, Terry, shot. Prudholm has
Freddy, a snitch, set up Hutch to be shot, but the plan fails.
Prudholm is finally caught in a warehouse. Once again, Starsky
declines to kill him. A profiler says Prudholm is in his fifties
and from the Atlantic seaboard.
Pruitt, Dora (Photo Finish) Kirkland, Sally
• see Wren, Greta
Pruitt, Eugene (Las Vegas Strangler) Fetty, Darrel
• Eugene lives with his mom in Las Vegas. He makes deliveries for
“Roberts’ Drugs” and uses his connections there to find his
victims. Eugene sneaks into their bedrooms, steals their pantyhose
and watches them sleep. He kills seven women, one of whom is his
mother. Eugene attacks Vicky and Jack Mitchell. Eugene tries to
kill Iris Thayer but Starsky and Hutch stop him in a spectacular
trapeze scene at Circus Circus.
Pruitt, Mrs. (Las Vegas Strangler) Blondell, Joan
• She lives in Las Vegas with her son Eugene. She manages “Roberts
Drugs,” and Eugene makes the store’s deliveries. She is a shrew who
often berates Eugene. “Roberts Drugs” is the one thing all the
strangler’s victims have in common; they all had shopped there.
Eugene is the Las Vegas strangler. Eugene kills his mom as she sits
in the car in the garage waiting for him to take her to Mass.
Pucker (Pilot) mentioned
• Starsky tells Henderson and Steele that Pucker is someone who
would be willing to “take a shot” at them. He has a limp and bad
breath.
Pussycat (Playboy Island) Mcguire, Patricia L.
• Pussycat is the doorman at the Playboy Island Hotel. She is the
woman in the pool when Phil Hill tricks Jerry Perry into jumping in
naked. She is also the doorman at the hotel.