undercover cop

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“Our Gang” child actor grew up to play TV undercover cop “Baretta” and was tried and acquitted in the shooting death of his wife.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

‘Serpico’ with ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Al Pacino plays the hero, an undercover cop, and then an antihero, a bank robber, in this double bill of electrifying 1970s-era crime dramas directed by Sidney Lumet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” died June 4 at his home in Los Angeles.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2021

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series "The Mod Squad" and Prince’s father in "Purple Rain," has died.

From Fox News • Jun. 7, 2021

But all the various interest groups involved in the Miracle Valley beanfield war were satisfied because Abigail Tedesky—journalist, undercover cop, whatever—had finally taken a powder.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols