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Maxwell Trowbridge "Max" Gail, Jr (April 5, 1943) is 81 years old today! He most notably portrayed the role of Detective Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz on the television sitcom Barney Miller. He is best known for his television role as Det. Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz in the sitcom Barney Miller (1975-1982). Gail's best known feature film role is in D.C. Cab (1983) as Harold, the owner of the D.C. Cab taxi company. In 1984, Gail was featured in the monodrama "The Babe" on Broadway. This stage play was filmed and later featured on PBS. Gail has starred in other TV series including Whiz Kids (1983) as "Llewellan Farley, Jr.", an investigative reporter who is friends with a group of teenage computer hackers. He worked on the short-lived Normal Life (1990). He has appeared on the TV series Sons & Daughters (2006). Gail has made many guest appearances on TV shows such as Cannon, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Due South, The Streets of San Francisco, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, The Drew Carey Show, Quantum Leap, Psych, Gary Unmarried and NCIS (Episode "Murder 2.0"). Gail appeared as Brooklyn Dodgers manager Burt Shotton in the 2013 film 42, a film about Jackie Robinson's first 2 years as a member of the Dodgers organization, including his first year of playing at the Major League level in 1947 Gail runs Full Circle, a production company which has featured documentaries on such subjects as Agent Orange, Native Americans, and nuclear issues. Gail's first wife, Willie Bier, died of cancer in 1986; they have a daughter, India. He and his second wife, Nan, have two children, Maxwell and Grace. Gail has a twin sister, actress Mary Gail. 🎂