Gil Hill
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Gilbert R. "Gil" Hill (born November 6, 1931 in Birmingham; died February 29, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan) was a police detective in Detroit, Michigan and president of the Detroit City Council.
Hill joined the U. S. Air Force in 1950.
While he was a detective, Hill appeared on film in all three Beverly Hills Cop films as "Inspector Todd". He was elected to the city council in 1989 and lost in a runoff to Kwame Kilpatrick in Detroit's 2001 mayoral election (held on his 70th birthday).
Hill died in February 2016 of complications from pneumonia. He and his wife Delores had three children and three grandchildren.
References
- Mullen, Ann (October 1, 2009) "the Run: Gil Hill: The cop's toughest role" Detroit Metro Times
External links
- Gil Hill at IMDB.com