Donald Worden
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Donald Worden is a retired Baltimore Police Department
detective who was featured in David Simon's non-fiction book about the homicide unit, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
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Worden, a native of Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood joined the department in 1962, and had worked in the department's Northwestern district before becoming a Homicide Detective. He was featured as a veteran member of Sergeant Terry McLarney's Homicide squad working under Shift Lieutenant Gary D'Addario
. Worden was nicknamed The Big Man and provided the inspiration for the Homicide: Life on the Street
character Stanley Bolander
, played by Ned Beatty
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Baltimore Police Department
The Baltimore Police Department provides police services to the city of Baltimore, Maryland and was officially established by the Maryland Legislature on March 16, 1853...
detective who was featured in David Simon's non-fiction book about the homicide unit, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets is a 1991 book written by Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon describing a year spent with detectives from the Baltimore Police Department homicide squad...
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Worden, a native of Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood joined the department in 1962, and had worked in the department's Northwestern district before becoming a Homicide Detective. He was featured as a veteran member of Sergeant Terry McLarney's Homicide squad working under Shift Lieutenant Gary D'Addario
Gary D'Addario
Gary D'Addario is a retired police commander, television technical advisor and actor from Baltimore, Maryland.D'Addario joined the Baltimore police department in 1967...
. Worden was nicknamed The Big Man and provided the inspiration for the Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale...
character Stanley Bolander
Stanley Bolander
Stanley Bolander is a fictional character in the American crime drama / police procedural Homicide: Life on the Street. He is portrayed by Ned Beatty and appears in the first three seasons and Homicide: The Movie.-Character overview:...
, played by Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty
Ned Thomas Beatty is an American actor who has appeared in more than 100 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; won a Drama Desk Award....
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