Mariska Hargitay's father, Mickey, appeared in a Season 5 episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" titled "Control."
During the installment, detectives Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) search for the person who cut off a man's genitals. Mickey appears as a grandfather in the very beginning of the episode before the opening credits, where he witnesses the victim fall down a flight of subway stairs, per CheatSheet.
"First he's jabbering nonsense," his character says to Benson. "Then his belly was bleeding like a stuck pig. Next thing I know, boom, he falls."
While his "SVU" role was small, Mickey did have starring roles in films like "Wanted Ringo," "Lady Frankenstein," and "The Reincarnation of Isabel," per IMDb. His appearance on "SVU" was his last acting job before he passed away in 2006.
In addition, Mickey was an accomplished bodybuilder, winning the title of Mr. Universe in 1955. "Walter Winchell once said that what [President] Eisenhower did for golf, Mickey Hargitay did for bodybuilding, because he brought it to the forefront," Gene Mozee, a bodybuilding historian, told the Los Angeles Times.
"Back in those days, bodybuilding was thought of as a freakish, unusual activity that wasn't popular with the general public. At that time, athletic coaches discouraged lifting weights, thinking you'd become muscle bound. And along came Mickey Hargitay, a great all-around athlete."
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