Barney Miller alum Max Gail has joined the cast of ABC soap opera
General Hospital. He is taking on the role of Sonny Corinthos’ father, Mike Corbin. According to
TVLine, he will first air on Monday, February 5, and is sticking around for an extended arc.
Ryan's Hope star Ron Hale originally played Sonny’s estranged, gambling addict dad from 1995 until 2010, at which point Mike got checked into rehab and Hale retired (announced exclusively in a
We Love Soaps interview).
In addition to his run as
Barney Miller‘s Det. Stan “Wojo” Wojciehowicz — for which he earned two Emmy nominations — Gail’s TV credits include the CBS sitcom
Normal Life, the teen hackers drama
Whiz Kids,
Days of our Lives (as an old hippie named Merle),
Gary Unmarried and
Review. Most recently, he has guested on episodes of
Hawaii Five-0 and
Scorpion.
