Actor Michael Cole, best known for his role on the 1968-1973 ABC TV series "The Mod Squad," died Tuesday at 84. Cole is shown at the TV Land Awards March 13, 2005, in Santa Monica, Calif. File Photo ...

Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.

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Dec. 11 (UPI) --Actor Michael Cole, who played Pete Cochran on the TV series "The Mod Squad," died Tuesday at 84. The show was one of the first mainstream TV shows of the era focused on the 1960s ...