Anna Daniels
Crockett and Tubbs are Miami Vice‘s main dynamic duo, but detectives Larry Zito and Stan Switek give them a run for their money. Together, they serve as a surveillance outfit, staking out potential suspects and engaging in electronic and audio intelligence-gathering. Zito is originally played as comic relief, but as the show’s tone grows more serious, so too does John Diel’s performance. Unfortunately, Diel tired of the role, leading to Zito’s cocaine overdose death during an undercover investigation of drug runner Guzman.
After leaving Miami Vice, Diel temporarily forewent television work to focus on theater. He found time, however, to advance his film career in a rash of movies throughout the ’90s. In fact, Diehl has one of the deepest resumes of any Miami Vice alum, with literally dozens of credits per year up through 2019. Post-Vice, he appeared in The Hanoi Hilton, Mo’ Money, and Stargate, among many, many other productions. The turn of the millennium saw him return actively to TV, with recurring roles on The Shield and Point Pleasant and episodic appearances on the likes of NYPD Blue and The West Wing. His list of movie credits is also dotted with well-known titles, from Oliver Stone’s Nixon, in which he played G. Gordon Liddy, to Jurassic Park III.
Written by: Looper
