Max Gail

Biography: The son of a wealthy office-supplies dealer, American actor Maxwell Gail Jr. excelled in high-school sports, spending his senior year as an exchange student in Germany. Upon earning collegiate degrees from both Williams University and University of Michigan, he became a teacher in Detroit's inner city, partially to ensure himself a draft deferment. Frustrated at trying to communicate with his sullen poverty-level students, Gail chucked it all to head for San Francisco, where he worked as a guidance counselor. Again, the frustrations of the job got to him, compelling Gail to seek employment as a cocktail-lounge pianist. Trying out for a play on a whim in 1970, Gail finally found his life's calling. He spent the early '70s haunting the casting offices, accepting small TV roles as heavies and bullies. A guest spot as a tough lug on the 1974 sitcom Friends and Lovers caught the attention of producer Danny Arnold, who cast Gail as Detective Stanley "Wojo" Wojohowicz on the newThe son of a wealthy office-supplies dealer, American actor Maxwell Gail Jr. excelled in high-school sports, spending his senior year as an exchange student in Germany. Upon earning collegiate degrees from both Williams University and University of Michigan, he became a teacher in Detroit's inner city, partially to ensure himself a draft deferment. Frustrated at trying to communicate with his sullen poverty-level students, Gail chucked it all to head for San Francisco, where he worked as a guidance counselor. Again, the frustrations of the job got to him, compelling Gail to seek employment as a cocktail-lounge pianist. Trying out for a play on a whim in 1970, Gail finally found his life's calling. He spent the early '70s haunting the casting offices, accepting small TV roles as heavies and bullies. A guest spot as a tough lug on the 1974 sitcom Friends and Lovers caught the attention of producer Danny Arnold, who cast Gail as Detective Stanley "Wojo" Wojohowicz on the new comedy series Barney Miller. Gail played "Wojo" until the series' cancellation in 1980, at which point he re-entered the guest-star pool. Since that time Max Gail Jr. has been seen as a reporter on the short-lived 1983 adventure series Whiz Kids, and as the father of Dweezil Zappa and Moon Unit Zappa on the even shorter-lived 1990 sitcom Normal Life. Expand

Max Gail's Scores

Average career score: 66
Highest Metascore: 85 Dexter: Season 2
Lowest Metascore: 42 The Cool Kids: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
6 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 6 Sep 24, 1989 Stanley Holmes tbd
tbd Matlock: Season 2 Sep 22, 1987 Lt. Chet Webber tbd
tbd Amazing Stories: Season 2 Sep 22, 1986 Actor tbd
tbd Barney Miller: Season 8 Oct 29, 1981 Det. Stan Wojciehowicz / Director / Wojo tbd
tbd Barney Miller: Season 7 Oct 30, 1980 Det. Stan Wojciehowicz tbd
tbd Barney Miller: Season 6 Sep 13, 1979 Det. Stan Wojciehowicz tbd
tbd Barney Miller: Season 5 Sep 14, 1978 Det. Stan Wojciehowicz/Himself / Director tbd
tbd Barney Miller: Season 4 Sep 15, 1977 Det. Stan Wojciehowicz / Director tbd
tbd The Streets of San Francisco (1972): Season 5 Sep 30, 1976 Don Wilton tbd
tbd Barney Miller: Season 3 Sep 23, 1976 Det. Stan Wojciehowicz tbd
tbd Barney Miller: Season 2 Sep 11, 1975 Det. Stan Wojciehowicz tbd
tbd Barney Miller: Season 1 Jan 23, 1975 Det. Stan Wojciehowicz tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 5 Sep 14, 1971 Max Gail / Patrolman tbd