Years active 1977 – Present Name Charles Levin | Role Actor | |
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Full Name Charles Herbert Levin Spouse Katherine DeHetre (m. ?–2007) Children Jesse Levin, Ben Levin, Kate Levin Movies Manhattan, The Golden Child, Annie Hall, This Is Spinal Tap, No Holds Barred Similar People Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen, Michael Ritchie, Thomas J Wright, Michael McKean |
Charles Levin (born March 12, 1949) is an American actor who has appeared in television and movies and on stage. He is best known for the role of Elliot Novak on the series Alice having become a regular in the show's 9th season and the recurring role of Eddie Gregg on Hill Street Blues from 1982 to 1986.
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Life and career

He is also known for having played the mohel on "The Bris" episode of Seinfeld and Coco, the gay cook, on the pilot episode of The Golden Girls. His part was dropped in favor of making the character of Sophia Petrillo, played by Estelle Getty, a regular. (Many of her sassy one-liners were originally written for Coco.)

He appeared as a guest star on many television shows including Family Ties, Tales from the Darkside, The Twilight Zone, The Facts of Life, Falcon Crest (as Arthur Habermann), Punky Brewster (as Officer Bob), Thirtysomething, Night Court, L.A. Law (as Robert Caporale), Designing Women, Murphy Brown, NYPD Blue, and Law & Order.
