Actor James Sikking, who had television roles on 'Hill Street Blues' and 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' has died from complications from dementia. He was 90-years-old.His publicist announced he died in a statement released Sunday. Sikking played a police lieutenant on the TV cop drama 'Hill Street Blues' and the dad of the teenage doctor on 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' Sikking earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a drama in 1984 for his role as Lt.
He was born in Los Angeles on March 5, 1934, and was the youngest of five children. He appeared in Roger Corman's 'Five Guns West' and had a bit role in an episode of 'Perry Mason.' He also had roles in several popular television series from the 1970s, 'Mission: Impossible,' 'M.A.S.H.' 'The F.B.I.,' 'The Rockford Files,' 'Hawaii Five-O,' 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Eight is Enough' and 'Little House on the Prairie.
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