David Graf

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1. #001

   All the lead actors from the Police Academy films attended his funeral.

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2. #002

   Graf's family had a history of heart disease. He died of a sudden heart attack at a family wedding, nine days before his 51st birthday. His father and grandfather also died of sudden heart attacks; both were 51.

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3. #003

   He was a talented saxophonist.

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4. #004

   Graf was known to get along very well with all his co-stars, and he always made time to greet fans and answer their questions about Police Academy (1984) or his other work.

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5. #005

   Graf's widow Kathryn, with whom he had two sons, wrote a spare, one-woman play about her life after his death: "Surviving David".

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6. #006

   In October 2000, Graf made a rare public appearance at the "Ray and Sharon Courts, Hollywood Collectors Show" in North Hollywood, California, alongside other Police Academy actors. Graf appeared in all seven films of the Police Academy series.

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7. #007

   He appeared in both the first and the last scenes of the "Police Academy" film series.

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8. #008

   He disliked attending celebrity conventions such as ComicCon and rarely took part in such events. Even so, he always remained professional and courteous when he did attend them.

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9. #009

   David Graf rarely turned down roles offered to him. As a character actor, his work was sometimes inconsistent in terms of the roles he was offered, so he always accepted opportunities for guest appearances on many TV series as well as small roles in theater and TV films. At times he worked on two or three projects at once to support his family.

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10. #010

    David Graf had a fear of heights.

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11. #011

    David Graf was friends with Bob Saget, with whom he co-starred in the 1994 TV film Baba ve İzci.

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12. #012

    David Graf studied at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio.

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13. #013

    David Graf was cast as Butcher Sam in The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) at the urging of Gary Cole, who played Mike Brady and was a close friend of his family. In a 2019 interview for the 35th anniversary of Polis Akademisi (1984), his widow Kathryn explained that although she had since thrown away some of the franchise props that belonged to her late husband, she had actually kept all the aprons and props he used in that film from Sam's Butcher Shop because he was a fan of The Brady Bunch (1969).

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14. #014

    According to his widow Kathryn, after David's funeral and burial took place in Ohio in April 2001 and the family returned to their home in Los Angeles, Kathryn held a celebration of life for David at the house together with many family friends and co-stars who had worked with him over the years. During the party she was surprised that paparazzi surrounded her house, taking photographs and asking questions about David's death, because David was known as a character actor, not a huge leading man whom paparazzi usually tracked.

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15. #015

    Although David Graf played veterans or active military personnel in many films and series, he never actually served in the military in real life.

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16. #016

    David Graf, George Gaynes and Michael Winslow were the only three actors to appear in all seven films: Polis Akademisi (1984), Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985), Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986), Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), Polis Akademisi 5: Atama: Miami Beach (1988), Polis Akademisi 6: Kuşatma Altındaki Şehir (1989) and Polis Akademisi: Moskova Misyonu (1994).

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