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Steven Hill 1922-2016

Steven Hill (February 24, 1922 – August 23, 2016) was an American film and television actor. His two better-known roles are District Attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC TV drama series Law & Order, whom he portrayed for 10 seasons (1990–2000), and Dan Briggs, the original team leader of the Impossible Missions Force on the CBS television series Mission: Impossible, whom he portrayed in the initial season of the show (1966–67). Hill was born Solomon Krakovsky or Solomon Berg in Seattle, Washington, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Hill served four years in the United States Naval Reserve. In the 1950s, Hill moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Hill made his first Broadway stage appearance in Ben Hecht's A Flag Is Born in 1946, which also featured a young Marlon Brando. Hill says his big break came when he landed a small part in the hit Broadway show Mister Roberts. In 1947, Hill joined Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Julie Harris, among others, as one of the 50 fortunate applicants (out of about 700 interviewed) to be accepted by the newly created Actors Studio. Hill made his film debut in 1950 in A Lady Without Passport. Hill was the original leader of the Impossible Missions Force, Dan Briggs in the series Mission: Impossible beginning in 1966. However, he left the show in 1967 after the end of the first season. After appearing in Mission: Impossible, Hill did no acting work for the following 10 years. Hill returned to work in the 1980s and 1990s, playing parental and authority-figure roles in such films as Yentl (1983), Garbo Talks (1984), Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, Heartburn (1986), Running on Empty (1988), Billy Bathgate (1991), and The Firm (1993). Hill also appeared as a mob kingpin in Raw Deal (1986), an action vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hill played New York District Attorney Bower in the 1986 film Legal Eagles. Hill is best known as Adam Schiff in the NBC TV drama series Law & Order, a part that he played for 10 seasons (1990–2000). At the time of his departure from Law & Order, Hill was the longest-serving member of the original cast & by the time the series was cancelled in 2010, Hill was the fourth-longest serving cast member altogether. Hill passed away in New York, New York on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at the age of 94.