Belzer then moved onto a short-lived gig as the host of the cable TV show Hot Properties, where he interviewed Leonard Cohen, and was put in a knocked out by Hulk Hogan (Belzer sued the wrestler, the parties settled).
But Belzer’s most curious contribution to the culture was what began as a gig on Homicide: Life on the Street, where he played the ever-cynical Baltimore Police Department Det.
Belzer died Sunday at his home in Bozouls in southern France, his longtime friend Bill Scheft told The Hollywood Repoter.