Despite being an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department, Lieutenant Columbus (Peter Folk) really does not act like a police officer. He is quite disinterested in his uniform or the police protocol and even opposes corrupt superior In one of the best episodes of the show. Columbus is a deeply unusual policeman, and in the premiere of Season 3, a police officer in real life with some unusual quires on their own role in the background. In the episode "Beautiful, But Deadly", real -life police officer Dave Thomas appears in uniform and allows Columbus and Sergeant (Johnon Fingang) to know that he has a potential witness outside. It is a very short scene, but it marked the beginning of Thomas' career in a crime television.

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Prior to his TV job, Thomas worked as a covert detective in the Narcotics Department of the Newuark Police Department in Newoo, Newou Ersi. He became so good at making different masked that he began to make attention after withdrawing from police work, even appearing on the 1971 daily show "Show Mike Douglas", showing his abilities. From there, he went to Columbus in 1973, and then to not only one, but two representations of ABC based on his exploitation.

Only a month or more after season 3 Columbus premiere and David Thomas' television debut, the crime drama "Thomas" premieres at ABC, starring Tony Musante as a detective Thomas and continued the story set on the week's TV of the same name. The show was for a fictional version of Thomas, which was the master of masking and went into covert in all sorts of different situations. Thomas himself even appeared in roles in the background in several episodes, but unfortunately, the show was canceled after just one season because Musante wanted to come out.

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The play was returned, kind, in the form of "Barretta", starring The late Robert Blake Like the barrel, softened and even more fictional version of Thomas. "Barretta" did better for the ABC, running four seasons from 1975 to 1978.

Toma's real life career sounds like it is really something, as he allegedly made about 7,000 arrests in his 11 years as a detective, with an absolutely record of 98%. He said People In 1980: "I was very creative. I developed about 30 masked so I could mix with the crowd." With everyone Great Revival of Shows from Past decadesIt may be time for an updated turnaround for "Barretta" or "Thomas", because there is a lot of work there.

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