Career
Froman appeared on 56 episodes of Matlock from 1986 to 1994 as Lieutenant Bob Brooks. He also appeared on several other television shows of the 1980s and 1990s, such as Hill Street Blues, Trapper John, Doctor of Medicine, 21 Jump Street, Cheers and Diagnosis Murder. In addition, he played Captain K"Nera in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
As Bruno, he first appeared from 1980 to 1981 and assumed Gunther’s identity.
He was murdered on the show a year later. The real Gunther was brought back in the show"s final years from 1982 to 1984.
Gunther was featured until the end of the show acting as Sky Whitney’s chauffeur. He shared a two year flirtation with Mitzi Martin and eventually kissed her for the first time in the show’s final telecast.
In 1986, he appeared in the television film Blind Justice, starring Tim Matheson.
Froman also worked as a drama instructor at Northeastern Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Miami, Oklahoma. He appeared in several productions of the Miami Little Theatre, as recently as November 2, 2009. On February 8, 2010, Froman died of cancer in Miami, Oklahoma, aged 71.
