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In contemporary American public culture, the legacy of the consumer revolution of the 1960s is unmistakable. Today, there are few things more beloved of our masses than the figure of the cultural rebel, the defiant individualist resisting the mandates of the machine civilization. Whether he is an athlete decked out in a mowhawk and multiple-pierced ears, a policeman who plays by his own rules, an actor on a motorcycle, a soldier of fortune with explosive bow and arrow, or a rock star in leather jacket and sunglasses, the rebel has become the paramount cliché of our popular entertainment, and the pre-eminent symbol of the system he is supposed to be subverting. In advertising especially, he rules supreme

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About Steve Landesberg

Steve Landesberg

Steve Landesberg

Steve Landesberg (born November 23, 1945 in New York City) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. The role he is most recognized for is that of the intellectual detective Arthur P. Dietrich on the ABC sitcom, Barney Miller .

Landesberg has stand-up comic experience and performed a few shows which were aired on cable shortly after Barney Miller ended its run.

Landesberg is credited for quipping "Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense." [1]

Lately he has appeared in movies and does voice work for animated features.

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