Stuart Gharty
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Stuart Gharty
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| First appearance | April 12, 1996 (4x21, "Scene of the Crime") (Guest) October 17, 1997 (6x01, "Blood Ties (1)") (Regular) |
| Last appearance | May 21, 1999 (7x22, "Forgive Us Our Trespasses") (HLOTS) February 13, 2000 Homicide: The Movie |
| Created by | Tom Fontana |
| Portrayed by | Peter Gerety |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Shift Commander of Homicide Unit Homicide Detective (formerly) IID Detective (formerly) Patrolman (formerly) |
| Title | Lieutenant Detective Officer |
| Family | Ellen (daughter), Sarah and Sandra (granddaughters), Joey (brother) |
| Spouse(s) | Flora (divorced) |
Stuart Gharty is a fictional character played by Peter Gerety in the television series Homicide: Life on the Street.
He is introduced in the season four one-shot episode "Scene of the Crime", as a cowardly patrolman who allows two drug dealers to murder each other rather than venture into a housing project to prevent the crime. This exercise in poor judgment, compounded by his failure to call for back-up, and his attempt to later cover up these failings, leads to a hearing in which he is exonerated. At the end of the episode, Detective Megan Russert, the chief witness against Gharty, seems to be successful in her attempt to talk him into resigning and admitting to himself that he is not cut out for police work.
He is a Catholic. His father and grandfather were both butchers. When he was a teenager, he considered becoming a priest but changed his mind after meeting his wife. He had a brother named Joey.
At the time of his introduction, Gharty is 54 years old, with a wife, Flora; a daughter, Ellen; and two granddaughters, Sarah and Sandra. He tells Russert that he is six months away from being able to transfer into a desk job and get off patrol duty, and that concern for his family's welfare was the main reason that he did not go in after the shooters.
He later returns in the two-part season 5 finale, "Partners and Other Strangers" and "Strangers and Other Partners", in which it is revealed that not only did he not resign, he was promoted to Detective and given a senior position in the Internal Investigations Division — one of many unjust promotions featured in the show. He plays a key role in solving the murder of Detective Beau Felton, who, Gharty reveals, had been working for IID regarding possible corruption in the Auto Squad. Russert and Sergeant Kay Howard blame him for Felton's death for sending him undercover. When Lt. Giardello temporarily assigns him (and Auto Squad Det. Falsone) to the Homicide squad, Frank Pembleton originally does not want to work with him. Gharty later tells Pembleton that he suffered a brutal beating during an IID investigation and got over his fear of being hurt on the job. Afterwards, he works well with the homicide detectives and helps clear Felton's murder.
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