Baretta 1975 1978 Tony Baretta Robert Blake is a street smart, maverick undercover cop with the N Y P D , who wont hesitate for a second to toss the rule book out the window if it stands between him and taking some bad guy off the street His unconventional methods often land him in hot water with his boss Lieutenant Shiller Dana Elcar, later Lieutenant Hal Brubaker Edward Grover, but as long as Baretta was getting the job done, there wasnt much they could do Ex cop Billy Truman Tom Ewell and Rooster Michael D Roberts were Barettas main men on the street, and Fred was his pet cockatoo