[PAR] [TLE] Louie Provenza [SEP] Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza is a fictional character from TNT's television crime drama franchise "The Closer"/"Major Crimes."  He appeared on all seven seasons of "The Closer" and all six seasonable of "Major Crimes".  The character was created by James Duff, and is portrayed by G. W. Bailey.  Generally referred to as "Provenza", the character's first name was kept secret until his former partner, George Andrews, was heard to use it for the first time in the penultimate episode of the fifth season.  It is said that only captains and above are allowed to address him by his first name and that even his own grandchildren call him "Lieutenant".  He is also the only member of his academy class still on active duty with the rest having retired by the beginning of season 2 of "Major Crimes". [PAR] [TLE] G. W. Bailey [SEP] George William "G.W." Bailey (born August 27, 1944) is an American stage, television and film actor.  Although he appeared in many dramatic roles, he may be best remembered for his "crusty" comedic characters such as Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo in "M*A*S*H" (TV series 1979–1983); Lieutenant—and later, Captain Thaddeus Harris in the "Police Academy" films (1984–1994), Captain Felix Maxwell in "Mannequin" (1987) and as Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza from TNT's television crime drama "The Closer".  He currently stars in the TNT series "Major Crimes", a spinoff of "The Closer", continuing in his role as Lt. Provenza.
[PAR] [TLE] Louie Provenza [ SEP ] Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza is a fictional character from TNT 's television crime drama franchise " The Closer"/"Major Crimes . " He appeared on all seven seasons of " The Closer " and all six seasonable of " Major Crimes " . The character was created by James Duff , and is portrayed by G. W. Bailey . Generally referred to as " Provenza " , the character 's first name was kept secret until his former partner , George Andrews , was heard to use it for the first time in the penultimate episode of the fifth season . It is said that only captains and above are allowed to address him by his first name and that even his own grandchildren call him " Lieutenant " . He is also the only member of his academy class still on active duty with the rest having retired by the beginning of season 2 of " Major Crimes " . [PAR] [TLE] G. W. Bailey [ SEP ] George William " G.W. " Bailey ( born August 27 , 1944 ) is an American stage , television and film actor . Although he appeared in many dramatic roles , he may be best remembered for his " crusty " comedic characters such as Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo in " M*A*S*H " ( TV series 1979–1983 ) ; Lieutenant — and later , Captain Thaddeus Harris in the " Police Academy " films ( 1984–1994 ) , Captain Felix Maxwell in " Mannequin " ( 1987 ) and as Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza from TNT 's television crime drama " The Closer " . He currently stars in the TNT series " Major Crimes " , a spinoff of " The Closer " , continuing in his role as Lt . Provenza .
Who created the character in "The Closer" in which the actor also played in the movie "Mannequin"?
Who created the character in " The Closer " in which the actor also played in the movie " Mannequin " ?
James Duff
James Duff