On what Marc Cherry show did the actor who played Jim Ellison on The Sentinel star?
Karl Mayer Karl Mayer was a fictional character portrayed by Richard Burgi and created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series "Desperate Housewives". He was the ex-husband of housewife Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) and father of Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen), as well as a successful practitioner of family law. The character was also romantically involved in the series with two of other housewives: Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) and Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher). Karl died in Season 6, Episode 11 (If...) after injuries sustained when a plane crashed into Wisteria Lane during the Christmas Festival.
Sam Melville (actor) Samuel Gardner "Sam" Melville (August 20, 1936 – March 9, 1989) was an American actor who appeared as a guest star on many popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s. He portrayed Officer Mike Danko in four seasons of Aaron Spelling's ABC series, "The Rookies", and The Bear in the classic 1978 surfing movie, "Big Wednesday", with Celia Kaye as his unnamed "bride."