Hank Garrett of Car 54

Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil "The Media Giant" Haley and Greg Hanna of TOSS C3 will interview Hank Garrett of Car 54.

From Harlem Hoodlum to Hollywood Heavyweight - The Hank Garrett Story

From gun-toting kid to gun-toting cop to gun-toting TV cop., when you see Hank Garrett, you probably remember TV shows like Columbo and, of course, Car 54 Where are You or his brutal fight scene with Robert Redford in “Three Days of the Condor,” still considered one of the best fight scene of all time ... and actually sent him to the hospital. In his soon to be released memoir "From Harlem Hoodlum to Hollywood Heavy," details the unlikely journey from Harlem hoodlum to Hollywood heavy.

Garrett recalls ...

*** Worked along side Sophia Loren, James Coburn, Kirk Douglas, Hector Elizondo, Charlie Sheen, James Earl Jones and more

*** Escorting Audrey Hepburn to a gala Hollywood-style event.

*** How a life-changing meeting with one of the greatest entertainers then, and of all time:  Sammy Davis Jr., who sat the young, rough edged Hank down, and told him he had to make a choice and he threw away his gun and picked up a microphone.

*** From Officer Hank Garret, NYPD to Officer Ed Nicholson” of Car 54 Where are You? with Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis.

*** Opened for Tony Bennet, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Dinah Washington.

*** Becoming  the first white comedian to appear at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem.

*** His most memorable “fight” was when none other than with “The King” himself, Elvis Presley, in a Las Vegas