THE VAN DYKE SHOW/CBS/1988
**(Whitman Mayo) Doc Sterling, aging black stage
manager who worked at a small struggling regional theater company in rural
Arley, Pennsylvania co-owned by veteran Broadway star Dick Burgess, and
his son, Matt.
VEGA$/ABC/1978-81
**(Greg Morris) Lt. David Nelson, a black police
detective who worked for the Las Vegas police department and often was at
odds with Dan Tanna, a local white private investigator.
VERITAS: THE QUEST/ABC/2003
**(Cynthia Martells) Maggie, a cool and
sophisticated computer scientist who works for the Veritas Foundation
whose agenda is to seek the truth behind the mysteries of history and
civilization.
VERONICA'S CLOSET/NBC/1997-99
**(Daryl "Chill" Mitchell) Leo, a harried black
marketing executive working for a lingerie mail-order catalog company
owned by white woman called the "Queen of Romance." Actor Daryl Mitchell
was born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island.
VIP/SYN/1998-2002
**(Shaun Baker) Quick Williams, cool streetwise
ex-boxer turned bodyguard for Vallery Irons Protections. A trained martial
arts and weapons expert, Quick protects high profile celebrities in the
Los Angeles area. He prefers to dress in Armani suits and drive fast cars.
Angelle Brooks also appeared as Maxine Maria Selina Teresa India Escobar
Del Puego De La Cruz, the best friend of Vallery Irons.
VIPER/NBC/1994
*(Dorian Harewood/costar) Julian Wilkes, a
brilliant black scientist confined to a wheelchair who designed a
supercharged vehicle named Viper used for the pursuit and capture of
criminals too slippery for traditional police patrols.
