Burton Armus
Burton Armus (born December 11, 1934, New York, New York) is an American police officer, actor, writer and television producer. Armus' "Hollywood" career began when, while he was still serving as an NYPD detective assigned to the 48th Squad in the Bronx, he was hired to be the technical advisor on the TV series N.Y.P.D. in 1967. He also wrote the episode "Boys Night Out" for that series. Later, still a serving detective, he was picked by the late Telly Savalas to act as a technical adviser on the Kojak series. He also acted in three of the episodes, and wrote the scripts for nine of them. Following his retirement from the police department he moved to Los Angeles and became a successful writer and producer. He is now retired from this second career.
Awards
In 1994, Armus won a Humanitas Prize for 60 Minute Category (NYPD Blue; 1993), which was shared with David Milch. He received two Emmy Award nominations that same year, one for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Drama Series (NYPD Blue) and the other for Outstanding Drama Series (NYPD Blue). He garnered another Emmy nomination in 1995, for Outstanding Drama Series (NYPD Blue).
Filmography
Actor
- Kojak (Three episodes)
- Inside Moves
Writer
- Tarzan - The Epic Adventures (pilot episode)
- Airwolf (Three episodes)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (Two episodes)
- NYPD Blue (Six episodes)
- Street Hawk (One episode)
- The New Dragnet (Eight episodes)
- The New Adam-12 (Eight episodes)
- The Fall Guy (Two episodes)
- Cassie & Company (Three episodes)
- Paris (One episode)
- CHiPs (One episode)
- Policewoman (Two episodes)
- Kojak (Nine episodes)
- N.Y.P.D. (One episode)
Producer
- The New Adam-12 (20 episodes)
- The New Dragnet (26 episodes)
- Airwolf (1st Season)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- NYPD Blue
- Knight Rider
Technical Advisor
- N.Y.P.D. (four episodes)
- Delvecchio (four episodes)
- Kojak (Ninety-five episodes)