A more major characters were Hawk, played by Avery Brooks, and Susan, played by Barbara Stock. Around 1989, Brooks received his own, short-passing spinoff series, A Man Called Hawk.

When you took a early Nineties, Urich & Brooks reunited for many mass produced-for-TV films depending upon a original series. Barbara Equity was replaced in the number 1 2 bring TV motion picture by Barbara Williams & in the more ii by seasoned actress Wendy Crewson (Air Click One)

The 1999 TV moving picture, Spenser: Microscopic Vices, introduced the fresh cast, by having Joe Mantegna as Spenser, Shiek Mahmud-Bey as Hawk, and Marcia Gay Harden as Susan. Mantegna after reprised a role around "Spenser: Thin Air" & "Spenser: Walking Shadow". A latter likewise starred Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters) when Hawk & guest starred Eric Roberts.

Since ingesting in top a role of Spenser in a extra recent TV pic, Mantegna as well does the readings for the newly Spenser books that appear on audio.