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'''A Man Called Hawk''' was a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989 and May 1989. On the air for just thirteen episodes, the series starred lauded African-American actor and professor Avery Brooks as the title character, who first appeared in the Spenser novels by mystery writer Robert B. Parker. In this series, Hawk has relocated from Boston to his hometown, Washington, D.C. The show co-starred actor Moses Gunn, who portrayed a father figure to Hawk known only as "Old Man".
The series was a spin-off of another television series, '', which also ran on ABC from 1985 through 1988.
On '', the character of Hawk was defined by his sharp outfits, streetwise manner, and the incredibly large long barreled Smith & Wesson Magnum revolver that he carried with him nearly everywhere. He most often acted as a street resource for his private detective friend Spenser, though at times he seemed little better than a gangster himself. Notably, Hawk had a clean shaven head, well before Michael Jordan and other celebrities popularized the look in the 1990s.
After spinning off to his own series, Hawk became less of an anti-hero and more of a traditional champion of people that needed help and could not fight for themselves. A deeper personal history was developed for the character, and Hawk became more of a Renaissance man, displaying talents for boxing, chess, playing jazz, and an appreciation of fine African art.

Contents

List of episodes

Syndication

Trivia

See also

List of episodes

Episode	Production	Airdate	Title	Notable Guest Stars
1	101	28 January 1989	'The Master's Mirror'	Vondie Curtis-Hall, Angela Bassett
2	102	4 February 1989	'A Time and a Place'	Anthony LaPaglia
3	103	11 February 1989	'Hear No Evil'	Lorraine Toussaint, Charles S. Dutton
4	104	18 February 1989	'Passing the Bar'	Earle Hyman
5	105	25 February 1989	'The Divided Child'	Mary McDonnell, James McDaniel
6	106	4 March 1989	'Vendetta'	Keith David, Delroy Lindo
7	107	11 March 1989	'Choice of Chance'	Joe Morton, Frankie Faison, Wesley Snipes
8	108	25 March 1989	'Poison'	William Fichtner, Joseph C. Phillips
9	109	1 April 1989	'Never My Love'	Angela Bassett, Wendell Pierce
10	110	15 April 1989	'Intensive Care'	Olivia Cole, Samuel L. Jackson
11	111	29 April 1989	'If Memory Serves'	Nathan George
12	112	6 May 1989	'Beautiful Are the Stars'	Chris Noth, Karen Malina White, Valerie Simpson
13	113	13 May 1989	'Life after Death'	Paul Guilfoyle, Kasi Lemmons, Thomas Hearns

Syndication

The TV One network resumed airing episodes of ''A Man Called Hawk'' in September 2006.

Trivia

★ During the first three seasons of '', Brooks wore a full head of hair and shaved his goatee, as a means of distinguishing his character Benjamin Sisko from Hawk. However, the goatee was added to Sisko's look near the end of Season 3, and his head was permanently shaven at the start of Season 4.

★ On ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', Sisko was best friends with Dax, an alien entity whose symbiotic nature allowed it to live for centuries. Sisko's nickname for Dax, regardless of its host at the time, was "Old Man".

See also

★ ''

★ Spenser (character)