Unfortunately, he is spotted by Monk (who is looking for Kevin) and accidentally gives himself away when he gestures in the direction of the dressing rooms with his middle two fingers together (Monk concludes that Torini was the so-called "maintenance man" when Torini makes a similar gesture at Kevin's funeral). Monk prefers the magazines to be arranged in two vertical rows of three. Unfortunately, Schramm died last March after suffering a heart attack. Lieutenant Steven Albright (Casper Van Dien) is a lieutenant in the United States Navy and Mitch Teeger's oldest friend. Rickover realizes any information regarding these events could be potentially damaging to his political career and has Stroud killed to keep her quiet, burying her body in his backyard. The episode also establishes that their marriage is not necessarily stable, to such an extent that when Randy informs Leland that Karen wants to see him, Leland panics and has Randy keep her occupied while he gets his office reorganized (hanging a dreamcatcher from his lamp, hiding some of his personal junk, and installing a waterfall (that he fills with coffee). Marci first appears in "Mr. Monk and the TV Star" as a fan of Brad Terry, the star of the crime drama television series Crime Lab S.F.. As Monk and Sharona are first investigating the murder of Brad Terry's ex-wife Susan Malloy, Marci hands an envelope to Sharona, saying that it is a petition to get the old theme song back, since quite a lot of people hate the new theme song of Crime Lab S.F. WebThe main cast of Monk (from left); Jason Gray-Stanford as Randy Disher, Ted Levine as Leland Stottlemeyer, Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, and Bitty Schram as Sharona Fleming Casting for the show began as early as 1998, when Monk was being developed for ABC. ", a statement that has more truth to it than Stottlemeyer realizes. Jackass star and TNA wrestler Stevie Lee has died at the age of 54. In the season six episode "Mr. Monk Joins a Cult", Dr. Kroger mentions that the Siblings of the Sun cult tried to recruit Harold a few years prior, but he was too smart for them. In the novel Mr. Monk Gets Even, Julie becomes a principal character, as she temporarily becomes Monk's assistant while Natalie is temporarily serving on the police force in Summit, New Jersey. Kevin is mentioned briefly in the season four episode "Mr. Monk Gets Drunk", and while he does not make a personal appearance in the story, it is revealed that Monk entrusted Kevin to pick up his mail for him while he and Natalie drove out to Napa Valley to visit his and Trudy's honeymoon retreat. She helps Monk investigate a series of murders that are made to look like accidents, which Monk ties to computer magnate Cleve Dobbs. Police say 'Monk' actor stabbed parents, killed himself From the time of Trudy's death until the end of season two, Monk believes all along that he was the intended target, with Trudy being an innocent victim. Listed here are characters that exclusively appear in the novels and make multiple appearances: Joseph "Joe" Cochran: an SFFD firefighter to whom Natalie becomes attracted in a few of the novels. Stottlemeyer's attitude toward Randy Disher, his immediate subordinate in the SFPD frequently shifts between amused tolerance and frustration. His original name for the pilot was Randy Deacon, as part of the creators' homage to Sherlock Holmes' Lestrade (LEland STottlemeyer and RAndy DEacon). Stottlemeyer then pushes up the rear door to find Monk sitting in a recreation of Linda's bedroom, that she had used for her alibi. When Monk, Natalie, Stottlemeyer, and Disher visit Cassie Drake's house and Stottlemeyer and Disher start tapping messages to each other in Morse code on the door, Natalie chastises them, hinting that Mitch taught her Morse code. Little is known about Jack Monk's personal history. Unlike Karen, Linda unashamedly presents herself to Stottlemeyer, Monk and Natalie as a very confident and calculating woman who will not be intimidated by anyone. In the novel, Mr. Monk On the Road, Adrian, having found a balance in the world, knocks Ambrose out by drugging him with a sleeping pill placed in his birthday cake, then (with aid from Natalie) puts Ambrose in an RV. In "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan", Warrick Tennyson tells Monk that he was hired to build the bomb which killed Trudy, by a six-fingered man. In Philadelphia, one of Randy's cases was Darlene Coolidge, a black widow who murders her husbands. Afterwards, in an extraordinary gesture, Harold voluntarily transfers to another psychiatrist, to let Monk's "group sessions" with Dr. Bell be individual sessions after all. At once, Linda confesses plainly about Monk searching her house for evidence, but then she tells him in a nervously hushed voice that Monk made an advance at her and threatened to sleep with her. In reality, Harold was dropped into the role by his cousin Joey who was trying to kill him over an inheritance from their dying uncle. The band breaks up, and Randy returns to the SFPD shortly afterwards. Kevin has a motor mouth, and every topic must be discussed in full detail. Unknown to Kevin, Torini is secretly trafficking heroin for an Asian drug cartel. Kevin steals a pencil that the host had been chewing on, claiming it as a "collectible"; later in the episode, he and Monk find a pencil with identical chew marks at the reigning champion's house and conclude that he and the host have colluded to rig the game. 's name, believing that everyone should have a Trudy in their life. Aside from his ridiculous theories, which often defy the laws of physics (for instance, astral projection), he is competent within his own range of abilities. Cheryl Fleming (Betty Buckley) is Sharona's and Gail's mother. When Monk has to retrieve a stolen moonrock from a thief in a science museum, Julie's pet fish ends up out of its tank, where it flops its way down one of the corridors, slowly dying. He had a lead role in the '90s hit movie "Single White Female" and in the TV movie "The Shining." display: block; Monk must reconcile reality with his fan-boy feelings toward an actress who starred as a child in a Brady Bunch-style sitcom in his youth after an attempt on her life. Police told The Las Vegas Review Journal that part-time actor Aaron The advertising on her cast is a clue Monk utilizes to prove that mystery writer Ian Ludlow killed a local shoe salesman and tried to frame Natalie for it. Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa Claus, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monk_cast_members&oldid=1103081774, Lists of actors by comedy television series, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 August 2022, at 07:44. Although Monk and Natalie believe Linda is the shooter, there is just one problem: they and Stottlemeyer happen to be Linda's alibi for the murder, and Linda was chatting to them via webcam up until 20 minutes before the shooting. Kevin Dorfman (Jarrad Paul) is Monk's talkative upstairs neighbor. Marci even offers to be Monk's personal assistant for free, which would relieve him of having to write a paycheck. Gail also makes an appearance in the novel Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants, where it is revealed that she is dating an accountant. Stottlemeyer, having known Monk longer than Linda has and aware of Adrian's unwavering devotion to Trudy, instinctively realizes that she is lying. While danger closes in on him, Monk is faced with the choice of retrieving the moonrock, or Julie's fish. He attended Temple University and lived in Philadelphia briefly, where he was a sergeant in that city's police. Monk finds a form for a rental truck on a table in the front hallway, and a barrel cleaner and bottle of gun oil stashed in Linda's closet, but Linda comes home while he is searching, having been tipped off, and she attempts to seduce Monk. The following is a list of characters of Monk, an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series, created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. Not much explanation is provided for how he ends up in the state explored in "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad". While reminiscing over the cases that they've worked, Sharona apologizes to Randy for the amount of teasing that she gave him; he, in turn, states that he "missed" it. Monk ignores his paying case for another case that involves a dead wife, victim of a hit-and-run accident, who was visiting from Nigeria. In "Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike", when the city stops collecting garbage, Monk mails his garbage to Dr. Kroger's house. In "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife", Monk is forced to take Jared and his brother to lunch because Karen is hospitalized after a tow truck driver is shot and killed by a sniper, causing the truck to veer into Karen's oncoming van, and because Leland is working the homicide case. Natalie temporarily coaches the team with Monk as her assistant. However, she also has obsessive-compulsive disorder and takes a liking to Monk after a couple of encounters. In the season 5 episode "Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy", Disher is placed as a decoy to attract the attention of a serial, playing "I Don't Need a Badge" as a one-man band while forgetting most of the lyrics. Kamel died of a heart attack midway through Monks run, passing away at age 65. In "Mr. Monk and the Red Herring", it is revealed that he has remarried Sharona. Jack goes to Adrian in hopes that Adrian can clear his name. Later, Vicki kills the accomplice by stabbing him with a cream soda bottle while he is making the store's night deposit. When Monk is having lunch at an outdoor cafe with Lenny Barlowe and Tommy G., a rollerblading Harold calls out to "Adrian". The novel Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu offers an explanation for the apparent contradiction between Randy's seeming ineptitude at solving cases and his continuing role as a ranked police officer: Stottlemeyer, in a covert meeting with Monk and Natalie, states that Randy in fact has a high clearance and conviction rate; the cases he solves are simply not high profile or unusual enough to be mentioned in the press (or covered in a Monk adventure). During a coughing fit brought on by the poisoned wipes, Monk decides not to kill Rickover and puts the gun down on the sundial in Rickover's yard, which Rickover then picks up and holds to his own head, yelling "You take care of her!," before pulling the trigger. Trevor admits to her that his reason for wanting to get back together with her was because his rich uncle had cut him off when he got divorced, and he wanted to get back together so that he would have access to his fortune. Later, when Monk and Dr. Kroger are being held hostage in the back of Francis Merrigan's truck, Harold, who has followed the truck, is the one who alerts the police to their whereabouts. In "Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding", Coolidge attempts to run Randy down in the parking lot of a hotel to prevent him from identifying her. The investigation eventually leads them to a local doctor named Jay Bennett (Fred Weller), who had hit Linda's car while driving from the marina after killing his girlfriend Anna Pollard out in the bay. Warrick Tennyson was a career criminal and explosives expert who was hired to build the bomb in 1997 which killed Monk's wife Trudy. Except for two changes, the principal cast of the series remained consistent. At first, she confesses to murdering Brad's ex-wife, and Monk is convinced. Dr. Bell also uses his past baseball experiences when talking with Monk in "Mr. Monk Takes the Stand". Kroger eventually died of a heart attack, mirroring the real death of the actor that portrayed the character. In "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail" (season 2), Dale the Whale tells Monk that Tennyson was involved in the murder and that he can be found in New York. It is also revealed that he is a good lip-reader, as he can read what a shooter on a surveillance tape is saying. Bitty Schram The choice of Mitch as the first name of Natalie's late husband is a possible in-joke reference to the 1998 film Dirty Work; in that film, Traylor Howard plays the love interest of protagonist Mitch Weaver. Meat Loaf Dead at 74 - People Torini and Tanya then stage a phone call to make it seem like they are both in Reno at the time (when Torini is actually hiding in the basement of the theater). When Monk decodes the message as saying "247 Marshall Avenue, Angel, California", he goes there alone, taking along his old police-issue pistol. Adrian Monk is the only character to appear in all 125 episodes. Jack Monk Jr. (Steve Zahn) is Adrian's half-brother. Marci Maven (Sarah Silverman) is Monk's biggest fan and has made three appearances on the series. Frank Nunn was a career criminal who was hired by a mysterious figure known as "The Judge" to assassinate Trudy Monk. In the season five episode "Mr. Monk Goes to a Rock Concert", Jared skips school to attend the local San Francisco Band Jam concert, forcing Leland to miss work to find him, accompanied by Monk and Natalie. They ultimately find that Karen is not seeing someone, as first suspected, but is meeting with a divorce lawyer. Clay later reveals that he was paid by Julie's (fictitious) Aunt Karen to go out with her. His family told news agency AFP he died on When Merrigan shoots at Dr. Kroger with a pistol, Harold takes a bullet in the chest to save Dr. Kroger's life, telling Adrian to "beat that.". Dale is a rich and well-connected financier who is arrogant, brilliant, and ruthless. Around the same time, Rickover hires bomber Frank Nunn to plant a bomb in Trudy's car. Highway Thru Hell Star, Ken Monkhouse, Has Died of a Heart Mitch is introduced in the season three episode "Mr. Monk and the Red Herring". It was changed to Disher for the rest of the series. The relationship between Leland and Jared was a little difficult after the events of "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage", with Karen divorcing Leland, leaving Leland estranged from their sons. Ken Monkhouse, also known as Monkey on Highway Thru Hell, died on May 24, 2020 from a heart attack, according to Jamie Davis Towing. In addition to his services to the Navy, the episode shows that what Natalie admires and remembers most about Mitch was his selflessness and strength of character. As a result, later in the story, upon learning that Monk's consultancy contract has been ripped up, Sharona takes her anger out on Stottlemeyer, accusing him of using the latest round of budget cuts as an excuse to cut Monk (and her) loose as a result of Braddock attacking his abilities. Trevor also reappears in the novel Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants, having been framed for murder by the Los Angeles Police Department's private consultant Ian Ludlow, who frames five other people in addition to Natalie and Sharona for the murders he commits so that he can write his novels and meet his deadlines.