# Who's the Coolest TV Detective or Cop? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867 "2010-01-14T01:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867/101 "2010-01-20T06:10:37Z")
Peggy Lipton in The Mod Squad ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867/102 "2010-01-20T10:52:09Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > God, I love that show. Did you notice how Milner limps less as time goes by? Ooooh…ok that’s it … Must. Buy. DVDs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867/103 "2010-01-20T14:30:06Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Ooooh…ok that’s it … Must. Buy. DVDs. 🙂 Yes, you must. I did, and I’ve never regretted it. 😃 I can look at Sam Stuart any time I like. 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867/104 "2010-01-20T14:43:07Z")
“Why play war when you can join the police force and kill for fun and profit? And use bullets”. It has to be [Sledge Hammer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledge_Hammer!) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867/105 "2010-01-20T16:52:07Z")
My top 5: Sherlock Holmes Jim Rockford Peter Gunn Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin, the Men From UNCLE Anthony Blake (The Magician - Bill Bixby) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867/106 "2010-01-20T19:16:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Perhaps you don’t have a grasp of the character. Angel (Martin) is a cretinous, greasy, sociopathic grubby little back stabbing swine, a fellow Rockford met in prison. Quite talented in helping Rockford in running the counter scam to trick the bad guys, thus often necessary to have around. You forgot to say “greedy and cowardly.”😃 Angel says to Rockford, “I’ll stonewall 'em, Jimmy.” Cut to next scene, after FBI agent finishes with Angel the agent says to his partner, “I’ve never seen anybody spill his guts that fast.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867/107 "2010-01-20T19:34:01Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Ilya Kuryakin What a ducky selection. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867/108 "2010-01-20T19:34:47Z")
Does the lead singer from _The Village People_ count? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-coolest-tv-detective-or-cop/524867.md?page=5)