CHARACTERS
F
"We don't
overdose him. We string him out. We get him hung up on
horse.
Pretty soon he's gonna beg us to tell us where she is."
(Fix)
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Fancy Pants (Fix) not credited
• see: Tiger
Fargo, Lieutenant (Committee) Rocco, Alex
• Fargo is the head of Internal Affairs. Dobey refers to
Fargo as the “Original Centurion”. Fargo has been a cop for
twenty-four years. He is divorced. There is a photo of a
boy on his desk, which could be his son. He says his job
has cost him his marriage as well as a lot of friends. He
calls Starsky and Hutch to his office to hear Samuel
Garner’s complaints. He appears to be a good cop, but he is
secretly the head of a vigilante group called The
Committee. This group has kills Adams, Blake and Billings.
Fargo uses Ginger, a woman he got out of jail, to help him.
Fargo lets it slip to Dobey that he knows Ginger, which
tells Dobey that Fargo knows Starsky is undercover on the
case. Fargo tries to make Starsky shoot Garner and
threatens to kill Starsky.
Farrino, Mac (Murder Ward) Glaser, Paul Michael
• See Rudy Skyler.
Fat Moo Moo (Psychic) Emmich, Cliff
• Fat Moo Moo’s real name is Marshall Caifalno . He is
from Philadelphia. His partner is Earl Pola. In
Philadelphia, they kidnapped someone, killed the money drop
guy after getting the cash and their victim was never
found. Fat Moo Moo and Pola plan the Haymes kidnapping.
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.
Fat Rolly (Pilot, Texas Longhorn) Lerner, Michael
• In the "Pilot," Starsky and Hutch corner Rolly in a bar
and try to find out why people are looking at Starsky with
surprise. They take Rolly in on a public drunkenness charge
after giving him six scotches that he drinks in five
minutes. It is Fat Rolly, hired by Henderson, who hires
Zane and Cannell. Henderson gives Rolly, who then gives the
hit men, Starsky and Hutch's locations. In "Texas
Longhorn," he is called Smelly Rolly. He is a fence and
runs "Rolly's Bargain Circus." It is where Harris and Chaco
fence the things they stole from the Tylers. He tells
Starsky and Hutch his alibi is the married woman he is
sleeping with. Before he can call Starsky and Hutch and
tell them what he knows, the married woman's husband shows
up. The man beats Fat Rolly, putting him in the hospital.
Starsky and Hutch visit him in the hospital, question and
threaten him. He eventually tells Starsky and Hutch about
Harris and Chaco.
Fat Rolly’s mother (Pilot) mentioned
• Fat Rolly tells Starsky he swears "on his mother's
life." Starsky says Fat Rolly doesn't have a mother that he
was found in a trashcan behind "Weight Watchers." Fat Rolly
tells Hutch he is calling her to say he’ll be late for
din-din. Perhaps her name is Mrs. Rolly? (wink)
Felicia (Targets 2) not credited
• She is an actress in Blaze's sex movies. She asks for
cigarettes, Blaze tells her they'll wreck her teeth and she
replies, "Honey, there not lookin' at my teeth."
Fellers, Vivian (Manchild on the Streets) Martin, Helen
• Fellers is one of the witnesses to the alley shooting.
She comes down to the station, and Hutch types up her
report. She thinks the police won’t take her testimony
seriously because she and Walters are black. She confronts
Dobey with this opinion, and Dobey sets her straight.
Felton, George (Omaha Tiger) David, Thayer
• Felton is trying to take over the businesses that work
in the Olympic Arena. He has Tom Carniary, Mack Johnson and
Al Taft killed in an effort to get their contracts or cover
up his crimes. Felton tries to kill Starsky and Hutch by
first locking them in an airtight room, then by having them
shot at the arena. Felton lent Carl Boyce borrowed a large
amount of money to keep the stadium going in return for his
cooperation.
Ferguson, Captain Mike (Iron Mike) Conrad, Michael
• Ferguson’s nickname is “Iron Mike”. He is one of Dobey’s
good friends. Ferguson has been a captain for about a year.
He has been on the force for twenty-five years. Hutch has
apparently worked under Ferguson, without Starsky, in the
past and has less than fond memories of that time. Starsky
and Hutch see Ferguson accept what looks to be a bribe from
Matt Coyle. They suspect Ferguson is crooked. After the
Darcy Department Store bust, they suspect Ferguson may be
setting them up. Ferguson is shot on a raid. Before he
dies, he hands over his black book, telling Starsky and
Hutch to use the information in it and not be ashamed.
Starsky and Hutch find out he was getting information from
Coyle and using it to apprehend smaller crooks. In return,
he looked the other way with Coyle’s crimes.
Ferrino, Max (Murder Ward) Glaser, Paul Michael
• Freddie Lyle calls Skyler "Max Ferrino" and ties him in
with the Sternwood case.
Fields (Set-Up) Tanner, Clay
• He is one of Stegner's thugs. His partner is Bumper.
Fifi (Deadly Impostor, Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
Hoven, Louise, Catlett, Mary Jo
• Two different actresses portray Fifi. (The Deadly
Impostor) She serves food at Hutch's party, offering to
stay late and help him clean up. Fifi answers the door and
finds a blood John Colby. Starsky threatens to hit her if
she doesn’t shut up her piercing screams. Starsky sends her
into the bathroom to get a washcloth. He slaps her butt.
(Starsky & Hutch are Guilty) Fifi is Hutch’s
housecleaner. She is supposed to clean once a week, on
Wednesday. Hutch comes home to find her on a different day,
doing his laundry. She tells him she was jogging by his
place and decided to stop in. Hutch is not amused. Fifi
tells him Starsky was by and dropped an envelope by the
door. She recognizes Starsky’s car and hair, but doesn’t
actually talk to him. Fifi wears a Charlie Brown
sweatshirt. It says, “I need all the friends I can get” on
the back. After Hutch gets her out the door, she comes back
for her purse. She hands Hutch a pair of his shorts.
Fifth Avenue (Lady Blue) Bakey, Ed
• Fifth Avenue is Wally’s brother. He is hard to get a
hold of. Starsky and Hutch arrange a meet with him when
they test drive one of Wally’s cars and abuse it. Fifth
Avenue is an old-world jewelry thief. He prides himself by
never having carried a gun. He is proud of his work and
derides the amateurs working today. He promises to call
Starsky and Hutch if he hears anything about any big
jewelry heists. Fifth Avenue proves his pick pocketing
skills by lifting Hutch’s watch. He returns the watch. He
later calls Hutch and gives him information on Solenko.
Fingers (Huggy Can't Go Home) Ferguson, Jessie Lawrence
• Fingers and Sour Joe are two thugs. They work Huggy’s
old neighborhood. When they see Huggy back on their
streets, they hassle him. Washington steps in and scares
them off.
Fingers (Rosey Malone) mentioned
• He misdials and calls the station at 9:00 am. Hutch
takes the call and tells Starsky Fingers was looking for a
massage.
Fireball (Long Walk) Crothers, Scatman
• Starsky and Hutch find Fireball playing invisible
baseball with Huggy on a vacant lot. He seems to be
mentally damaged, but alert. He is a sometimes snitch for
Starsky and Hutch. He says he has seen Jerry Tabor and
points out the Adams Hotel across the street. Starsky and
Hutch humor him with some invisible baseball talk. They pay
him some money.
Fitch, Joseph (Ballad for a Blue Lady) Throne, Malachi
• Fitch is a big-time crime boss. He runs the blue’s bar
where Marianne Owens sings. He and Marianne’s brother,
Harry, have some history. Fitch makes Harry use his sister
to lure Charlie Baron into a room, where Baron is killed.
Baron and Benny Paycheck, another man Fitch has killed, are
both witnesses in an upcoming Grand Jury case. After he
discovers Hutch is an undercover cop, he tells Harry his
sister has to be killed for her involvement with him. He
gives Harry the impression he has been talked out of having
Marianne killed. It is really a test to see if Harry is
still loyal. Fitch orders Hutch’s beating.
Fitzgerald, Lionel III (Quadromania) Lynch, Richard
• Lionel is a theater actor. His father was also an actor
and is deceased. Two years ago, after a smash debut at the
Savoy Theater, a car hit Lionel. It was a hit-and-run, and
the driver was drunk. The car was an old checkered cab from
the Metro Cab Company. Lionel was badly injured. He lost
his right arm and walks with a limp. He spent two years at
County General Hospital. Lionel has a fake, silver arm that
is very strong. After being released, he goes to live with
his blind grandfather, who was also a theater actor. Lionel
then starts to take revenge on whoever is driving old
checkered cabs, killing the drivers at the scene of his
original accident. Lionel uses a variety of disguises. He
lies to his grandfather about where he is at nights, saying
he is acting at the Savoy again. After Starsky and Hutch
visit, his grandfather catches on that something is wrong.
Lionel ties his grandfather up and stuffs him in a trunk.
Lionel dresses up as an old lady. He is Starsky’s last call
after a long night. Lionel asks Starsky to turn his radio
off and drive him to the park. He tries to strangle
Starsky. Starsky escapes, and Lionel follows him into an
alley. Lionel is a quoting, Shakespearean mess by the time
Hutch and K.C McBride come to the rescue.
Fitzgerald, Lionel II (Quadromania) mentioned
• He was an actor as well. He died at a relatively young
age, apparently from too much alcohol and messing around
with women.
Fitzgerald, Lionel Sr. (Quadromania) McLiam, John
• He is Lionel III’s grandfather. Lionel calls him Gramps.
Gramps is blind and a retired theater actor. He likes to
play chess. He does his grandson’s make-up. He and Lionel
III live together. Lionel III moved in after his accident.
Gramps believes his grandson has been acting in the theater
for the past two years. After a visit from Starsky and
Hutch, he becomes aware his grandson is not only lying
about acting again, but is suspected of murder. He helps
Hutch find after Hutch finds him locked up in a trunk.
Flent (Little Girl Lost) Bennett, Matt
• Flent is partners with Duran and Nick Edwards. All three
robbed a jewelry salesman and got away with one hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars worth of loose diamonds. Nick
ended up with the diamonds but went to jail for three
years. Flent and Duran wait for him to get out, then go
after him for the gems. Duran shoots and kills Nick before
he can tell them the diamond’s location. Flent and Duran go
after Nick’s daughter. They search her apartment and kidnap
her. Flent carries a man-purse for his gun. He is calmer
than Duran.
Fletcher, Marcie (Photo Finish) Lind, Brit
• Fletcher is Starsky’s girlfriend and is a freelance
photographer. She works for Paula who runs public relations
company. She takes Starsky to a party she is working. It is
a gathering for Troy Braddock, a big-name painter. Braddock
is shot during his speech. Fletcher, who has been taking
photos, realizes she has a photo of Braddock as he is
killed. She tricks Starsky and doesn’t give him the film,
instead calling News World magazine and getting a good deal
there. She compares her picture to the famous Jack
Ruby-Harvey Oswald photo. The killer, realizing the
implications of the photo, ransacks her darkroom, but
doesn’t get the evidence. Fletcher is nearly killed in a
hit-and-run attempt. She ends up cooperating with Starsky
and Hutch, luring the killer to Monk’s house. She, Paula,
Starsky and Hutch celebrate with champagne at the Pits.
Flynn, Sharon (Las Vegas) Berry, Victoria Ann
• Flynn is a chorus girl and the first victim of the Las
Vegas Strangler. She was dating Lieutenant Tom Cameron for
about six months, but leaves him for Jack Mitchell. She and
Cameron had a lot of arguments. Flynn was killed a few days
after she started seeing Mitchell. It is her death that
makes Cameron focus his investigation on Mitchell.
Flower (Playboy Island) mentioned
• Flower is a woman working at the Playboy Hotel. She
helps carry Starsky and Hutch's luggage.
Floyd, Henry Malcom (Specialist) Ziggarelli, Anthony
• Yes, it is spelled "Malcom" on the arrest report. His
nickname is Flashy Floyd. Floyd has been out of prison for
a month. During his trial, he threatened Officer 'Mack'
McDermott, making him a suspect in McDermott’s recent
death. Starsky and Hutch go to visit him at the “Chapel of
Body Invigoration”. Floyd shows them a Las Vegas hotel
receipt as proof he didn’t kill McDermott.
Flynn, Sharon (Las Vegas Strangler) Berry, Victoria Ann
• She is one of the dancers Pruitt kills. Her sister has
borrowed her car.
Flynn, Sharon’s Sister (Las Vegas Strangler) mentioned
• Sharon’s sister borrowed Sharon’s car.
Foote, Gordon (Losing Streak) Kazann, Zitto
• Foote is Garth White’s main thug. He and his partner,
Lemke, rough up Vic Rankin’s wife, Evelyn, in their effort
to locate Vic. He punches Starsky in the face in the end,
making him loose a tooth. He wears a fabulous suit.
Forbes, Helen (Omaha Tiger) Babcock, Barbara
• She used to be married. It is unclear if she is divorced
or widowed. She is the owner of the Olympic Wrestling
Arena, a business she inherited. Her business manager is
Carl Boyce. He has brought the arena out of the red and
into the black, but through illegal means. Forbes is
unaware of his criminal dealings. Eddie Bell has a crush on
her. She offers to buy Starsky and Hutch dinner in the end.
Forbes, Millicent (Tap Dancing) mentioned
• Forbes lives in Oklahoma. Her husband’s name is John.
She lets her friend, Marianne Tustin, use her name to go
undercover at the dance studio.
Forentic, Jojo (Jojo) Davies, Stephen
• Jojo is a rapist. He has attacked several girls. One of
his shticks is to spray his victims’ chests with orange
spray paint. Starsky and Hutch interrupt the Dombarris bust
to keep Jojo from raping again. Bettin, the fed in charge
of the bust, gets Jojo out of jail in hopes Dombarris can
be captured. Starsky and Hutch are ordered to stay away
from Jojo, but they don’t. Jojo calls up Linda Mascelli,
the victim who agrees to testify against him, and harasses
her. Dombarris has Sulko and Dixie drive Jojo, whom he
suspects of double-crossing him, to Elaine Stroud’s house.
He tells Jojo to kill Elaine. Later, Sulko kills Jojo and
makes it look like Mascelli did it.
Forest, Ben (Fix) Loggia, Robert
• Forest is a big crime boss. He is used to getting what
he wants. When his girlfriend, Jeanie Walton runs away from
him, he goes after Hutch. Hutch has been hiding her from
Forest. Forest kidnaps Hutch and has his thugs string Hutch
out on heroin. Forest hopes withholding heroin from Hutch
will make him tell where Walton is. He gets Walton back and
promises her he will let Hutch go. Forest then orders his
thugs to kill Hutch. After Hutch escapes, Forest orders his
main thug, Monk, to find him at all cost. After Monk fails
and is killed, Starsky and Hutch apprehend Forest at his
house.
Forrest, Officer Jack (Pariah) Monde, Arthur
• Forest is the second policeman Prudholm kills. He and
his partner are called to investigate a report of an
abandoned baby at a gas station. A bomb in the bathroom
kills him. An officer he went to the academy with, Lee,
takes up a collection for his wife and two children.
Forsythe, Miss (Pilot) not credited
• Forsythe is Mark Henderson’s secretary. She sits at her
desk outside his office. Forsythe gives him the message
that Zane Cannell called and wants a new trial.
Fortune, Joey (Murder at Sea) Ferrer, Jose
• Fortune is a big crime boss. He comes aboard the Amapola
cruise ship for a big meeting with Marty Simon, Jack
Patches, Gus Trainer, Patsy Cairo, Nicky Cairo and Oscar
Nash. All the men were set up in their business by Fortune.
Fortune wants back into the business. The men vote and want
to give him more money instead, giving him no say in the
business. He turns the tables on them by rigging up the
ship with bombs. He plans on making his escape with Nicky
Cairo and Jenson. Helen Carnoffsky shoots Fortune, wanting
to kill him. She gets him in the arm. She is taking revenge
for her father, a big union leader Fortune killed. Fortune
says he remembers her from her father’s funeral. Fortune
and his two thugs try to escape in a dune buggy across the
Mexican desert.
Fosdick (Groupie) as himself
• Fosdick is Melinda's dog. He drinks Hutch's drink.
Fox, Squire (Bust Amboy) not credited
• Starsky and Hutch recognize Squire Fox at Amboy's. He
smuggles liquor and cigarettes and is a small time thug.
Amboy uses Fox to distract Starsky and Hutch from Amboy's
activities. Starsky and Hutch capture Goose and Fox as they
chase down the Amboy Catering van.
Francine (Death Notice) Kelly, Roz
• Francine is a stripper at the Panama Club. Hutch
interviews her and finds out about the party that Jack
Thorn was at.
Frank (Death Notice) not credited
• Frank is a butcher who works for Delano at “Superior
Meats”. Delano tells him to cut two hundred ribs.
Frank (Moonshine) Collins III, Johnnie
• Frank is originally from Kentucky. His brother’s name is
Virgil. He and Virgil are stealing sugar from a warehouse.
They have both been drinking bad moonshine. It has been cut
with wood alcohol. Starsky and Hutch chase after them while
they are driving away. Both Frank and Virgil die the next
day in the hospital. Dobey refers to them as plowboys. The
Ivers, their bosses, ship their bodies back to Kentucky to
be buried.
Frankie (Pilot) Jump, Gordon
• He is the owner of “Frankie’s” gym where Hutch is a
member. He says he doesn’t know what Starsky and Hutch do
for a job, and he doesn’t care either. He makes fun of
Hutch about his junker car. He also requires Hutch to pay
up his gym dues, something Hutch makes Starsky do. He
mysteriously becomes Vinnie in “Deadly Imposter”.
Frankie (Heroes) Holt, Nick
• Frankie is an ex-con out on parole. Starsky, Hutch and
Chris see him in O’Reilly’s bar. He leans over and
complains to Chris about Starsky and Hutch’s methods.
Starsky threatens to tell the other patrons what Frankie
was doing time for.
Franklin, Barney (Set-Up) mentioned
• Franklin is a contact of Hutch's. He works at the
22nd
Precinct. Hutch calls him for information about the
shooting Terry Nash describes. Franklin says there was no
such thing.
Franklin, Dr. (Coffin for Starsky) Byrd, David
• Franklin is the kindly doctor who treats Starsky at the
hospital after Vic Bellamy’s attack.
Freddie (Snowstorm) Bohan, Jim
• Freddie is one of Stryker’s thugs. He wears a bolo tie
and has a Texan accent. After Rogers misses the rooftop hit
on Starsky and Hutch, Freddie and Roger kidnap Huggy and
use him to lure Starsky and Hutch to the room over the
Pits. Starsky and Hutch rescue Huggy, shoot Freddie and get
Rogers to tell them about Stryker. Freddie is on a diet and
refuses Stryker’s offer of cheese. Note: Freddie is this
compenduimer’s favorite thug, the second being Al in
“Starsky’s Brother”.
Freddie (Tap Dancing) not credited
• Freddie drives a sandwich truck. He is one of Starsky
and Hutch's snitches. He gives them a false tip after
Starger threatens he and his wife.
Freddie (Starsky's Lady) Viera, Joey
• Freddie is one of Starsky and Hutch’s snitches. He
drives a “Mardi Gras Food Service” van. George Prudholm
kidnaps Freddie’s wife to pressure him into double-crossing
Starsky and Hutch. Freddie gives them a fake address, one
that Prudholm has rigged with a bomb. After Starsky and
Hutch go to his place of business, they find that Freddie
has disappeared.
Freddie (Action) Walsh, M. Emmet
• Freddie is a compulsive gambler. Starsky and Hutch meet
him at the Marlborough Health Club. Freddie tells them he
has lost three wives, has had four comebacks and five
ulcers over his addiction. Freddie proves he will bet on
anything when he enters the bet with Starsky and Hutch
about Tonto’s horse. Starsky and Hutch tell Freddie to play
their action. He helps them in the rolling crap game when
they break the bank. He retrieves his loses by filing a
claim on the confiscated money with police. Freddie says he
is going to quit gambling to get his wife and mortgage
back.
Freddie (Heroes) not credited
• He is one of the patrons at O'Riley's Bar. He is out of
prison on parole. Freddie is playing pool.
Freemont, D.A. Sharon (Starsky & Hutch are Guilty)
Tewes, Lauren
• Freemont is a District Attorney who is dating Starsky.
She has been using her position of power to blackmail
people. She makes a deal with Eric Ronstan, telling him she
will drop indecent exposure charges against his son if he
agrees to make her a junior partner in his law firm.
Freemont tries to ruin Starsky and Hutch’s reputation by
hiring two people who look like them. These doubles beat
and kill people. Freemont wants to make Starsky and Hutch
look bad so their testimony at the Ronstan trial will be
suspect. When Starsky invites her over for supper, she
chooses fettuccine over goulash. She says she has to be
ambitious in her own way because she was tired of waiting
for the Equal Rights Amendment to pass.
Freemont, Mrs. (Black and Blue) Berns, Judy Jean
• Fremont is the neighbor who calls in the robbery that
Hutch is shot in.
Frisco Fats (Captain Dobey, You're Dead) McLaughlin, Lee
• Frisco Fats is a very large pool player. He is also a
good pool player and laughs a lot. Fats testified against
Leo Moon. Starsky and Hutch visit Fats and tell him Moon
has escaped. They want information from Fats and use his
fear of Moon to get it. Though Fats is cooperative, he can
only give them Lola’s name, something Starsky and Hutch
already know. He promises to try to find out more. Starsky
leaves him with a box of doughnuts.
Frost, Max (Fatal Charm) Lukather, Paul
• Frost is a drug dealer and set up by one of his
employees, Benny. Starsky, Hutch and Linda Baylor have been
trying to bust Frost for a long time. They trick Frost by
bringing him to a house, masking noise with Huggy on a
jackhammer and pulling off the rear wheels of his car with
a cable tied to a tree. When Officer Baylor is attacked,
Starsky and Hutch speculate Frost is behind the attack.
Fry (Captain Dobey, You're Dead) Durrell, Michael
• Fry is the man in the office that Starsky and Hutch
interview at the airfield. He identifies Moon from a
photo.