Where Are They Now
HOT GALLERY: Looking Back at the Stars of St. Elsewhere, Some of the Most Beloved Doctors in TV History
Before ER, before Grey’s Anatomy, before House and Nurse Jackie, came St. Elsewhere, an irreverent, hilarious, controversial series that broke a lot of ground. Over its six seasons, it addressed AIDS, addiction, infidelity, rape—not to mention the deaths of several main characters. Thirty-two years later, it’s clear that one of the most astonishing things about it was its ensemble cast (the show gave some very talented actors their big break). Oh, and we’d be remiss not to mention that memorable—and hummable—theme song. Just don’t even get us started on the series finale—to this day, one of the most talked-about and oft-maligned in TV history: Was St. Eligius hospital all a figment of an autistic boy’s (Chad Allen) imagination? Let’s look back at St. Elsewhere... By Nina Hämmerling Smith
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Denzel Washington as Dr. Philip Chandler on St. Elsewhere in 1985
Laser-focused, serious, accomplished, Dr. Chandler was all business at St. Eligius and frequently called his colleagues out when they were less than professional. Even then, it was clear that the young actor portraying him (in one of his very first roles) was a star. “To this day,” costar Howie Mandel joked of Denzel Washington, “he will call me from the set and go, ‘Howie, how would you play this?’ ”
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