Robert Urich and the rest of the Vega$ cast made the show iconic. If you've been wondering what happened to the Vegas cast, look no further. We're taking a look at the Vega$ cast then and now to see how they've changed through the years. 00:00 - Intro 0:18 - Will Sampson as Harton Twoleaf 1:25 - Judy Landers as Angie Turner 2:28 - Tony Curtis as Philip Roth 3:36 - Naomi Stevens as Sgt. Bella Archer 4:41 - Greg Morris as Lt. David Nelson 5:45 - Phyllis Davis as Beatrice Travis 6:55 - Bart Braverman as Bobby "Binzer" Borso 8:02 - Robert Urich as Dan Tanna Do you think you know a lot about TV? Try our quiz and enter to win $500! Click below to check the trivia question https://bit.ly/3rEeMxk Like this content? Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/factsverse?sub_confirmation=1 Or, watch more videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkXAntdjbcSKgHx6EQVOwNKVz1cR2hKVw Dan Tanna (Robert Urich) is a tough, but also smart and sensitive Las Vegas private detective. He tries to be thorough with his work, carefully tracking down the pieces of evidence needed to solve a wide variety of cases. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Tanna sometimes shows his combat past, through war flashbacks in various Vega$ episodes. Beatrice Travis (Phyllis Davis), Tanna's Girl Friday, is a widowed single mother who moonlights as a Las Vegas showgirl. As she takes on more responsibilities as Tanna's assistant, her showgirl role diminishes. Though Bea and Tanna make a dashing couple, their relationship is platonic, except for occasional friendly kisses. Beatrice pushes Tanna to try and stay busy, often saying to him on the phone, "earn some money, honey", and they appeared to be close personal friends throughout Vega$ episodes. Phillip (Slick) Roth (Tony Curtis) is Tanna's primary client. Roth is a self-made millionaire who owns and manages both the Desert Inn and the Maxim Hotel casinos. Though he is sarcastic and hard bitten, Roth sincerely likes Tanna, and often expresses how much he treasures Tanna's loyalty, and feels he has a father-son relationship with him. Slick Roth made appearances throughout the 3 year run of Vega$. Roth relied on Tanna to help him in a wide variety of cases involving his businesses. Though Roth is a wealthy man, he remembers the stressful and tough times before he was wealthy, and he often exhibits a earthy and self-deprecating sense of humor in his dealings with Dan Tanna, casino guests, showgirls, and the employees on his hotel staff. Lt. David (called George in the pilot) Nelson (Greg Morris) is with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and while he is a no-nonsense officer, he often has Tanna's back in criminal case investigations, and vice versa. While Lt. Nelson is never one to breach police protocol, he sometimes secretly assists Tanna in criminal cases his police force is prohibited from officially working on. In the first season of Vega$, Nelson had a more adversarial relationship with Tanna, but their working friendship grows over the next two seasons. Las Vegas Metro police sergeant Bella Archer, (Naomi Stevens) also assists both Dan Tanna and Lt. Dave Nelson in criminal case research. Bella did file work in the police department, and she was sarcastic, but also adept at giving Tanna inside criminal information whenever possible. Bella appeared only in the first season, 1978-1979. Binzer (Bart Braverman), assists with Tanna's detective leg work and moonlights as a pool assistant at the Desert Inn. In the beginning of the Vega$ series, Binzer is a former petty thief, a man who has fled to Las Vegas to escape his former partners in crime back east. Angie (Judy Landers), is Dan Tanna's secondary office assistant, and Angie is still a part time working showgirl. Unlike the savvy and clever Beatrice, Angie is sweet, but also a bit air-headed, and occasionally gets case work and names mixed up. Angie does not appear in Vega$ after the first season in 1978-1979, with Bea assuming virtually all office-related responsibilities. Native American Harlon Twoleaf (Will Sampson) is Tanna's close friend who served with him in the Vietnam War, and occasionally assists Tanna in some of his cases. Twoleaf, who disappeared after the conclusion of the first season, owns a small working horse ranch, and he enjoys reminiscing with Tanna about their younger days. Twoleaf often is the 'muscle' during Tanna's shakedowns, but his imposing appearance is enough to scare suspects and informants into submission, with little violence actually taking place. Julie (Catherine Hickland) is Tanna's younger sister, who appeared in the Vega$ pilot. She does not appear in any future episodes.

• published: 29 May 2021
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