Police Academy: Where are they now?

Accident-prone cadet Fackler dropped from the series following Police Academy 3: Back in Training and took time off from full-time acting to raise his family and breed champion border terriers. He popped up in a recurring role as a rabbi in Seinfeld but his last two performances, in 2000, were uncredited appearances in Scary Movie and The Perfect Storm.

Despite having roles in Popeye and The Incredible Shrinking Woman already under his belt, Scott was still probably best known before Police Academy as 'Guy getting powdered by Olivia' in the music video for Physical. Since playing the wimpy cadet who eventually kicks ass during a riot, he's specialised in playing Santa Claus and many of his roles from 2007-2017 (including everything from TV movie Matchmaker Santa to an appearance on Days of Our Lives) have been as jolly Saint Nick.

Graf first broke into the movies shortly before his turn as the gun-toting cadet Tackleberry with Four Friends in 1981. A stalwart of the Police Academy films, appearing in all seven outings, he has the distinction of being in both the first and last scenes of the series. Continuing to act throughout his lifetime, he died suddenly of a heart attack at a family wedding in 2001. His funeral was attended by all the main cast members from the Police Academy movies.

A 2010 statement from Goldthwait urged Hollywood to reboot the Police Academy series using a new set of actors, instead of the original cast members, confirming he had no desire to return. Given that he's one of the most active members of the Police Academy team on other projects, that's no surprise. He continued to do stand-up in a number of specials, wrote and directed movies and television series (including pitch-black comedies Sleeping Dogs Lie, World's Greatest Dad and God Bless America, as well as the Bigfoot horror film Willow Creek). His anthology TV series Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters premieres in 2018.

Part of the reason the slapstick, juvenile humour of the Police Academy series worked so well is George William Bailey's turn as uptight Captain Harris, who was the butt of many of the jokes. Falling into TV movies as the comedy franchise wound down, his career eventually found a new lease of life through more law enforcement work as Lieutenant Louie of LAPD's Major Crimes Division on The Closer and its spin-off Major Crimes.

It might be a surprise that Kim Cattrall was in Police Academy but then she did drop out after one movie, so doesn't have the same recall factor of the franchise's other stars. Since her turn as Cadet Karen Thompson she's had notable film roles in Asian fantasy Big Trouble in Little China, Egyptian witchcraft rom-com Mannequin and as a Vulcan in Star Trek VI, showing she doesn't like to be typecast. But it's as Samantha Jones in smash hit HBO series Sex and the City that she became world famous. Since 2010 she's shied away from movies, preferring to appear in TV productions such as Sensitive Skin, Witness for the Prosecution and Modus.

Recently making a bigger comeback in Rob Zombie's horror movies, Easterbrook was an actress before the Police Academy series and continued after. Upcoming thriller Vendetta reunites her with Police Academy co-star Marion Ramsey, but to see a larger get-together, check out low-budget horror Lavalantula, which cleverly casts the familiar faces of Ramsey, Michael Winslow, Steve Guttenberg and Easterbrook.

Talented singer Marion Ramsey turned regular roles on the comedy/variety TV series Keep on Truckin' and Cos into an appearance as quiet-speaking/LOUD-SHOUTING cadet Laverne Hooks. Ramsey continued to act, including a recurring role on the '90s Addams Family TV show and in the low-budget horror Lavalantula.

Also known as the "Man of 10,000 Sound Effects" for his ability to make realistic sounds using only his voice, Winslow was already very familiar to the audience of The Gong Show talent TV series. He became the main star of the Police Academy series after Steve Guttenberg departed, appearing in all seven movies and playing the only recurring role on the 1997 live-action Police Academy TV show (although several others made guest appearances). He was also one of three former Police Academy actors who returned for the Lavalantula sequel 2 Lava 2 Lantula! (the others being Guttenburg and Ramsey). He's continued his voice acting work on video games such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and animated movie The Trumpet of the Swan, while also starring in live action films such as Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! and comedy Killing Hasselhoff.

Bowing out after the fourth Police Academy movie Citizens on Patrol, Guttenberg's role as arch prankster Mahoney was simply rewritten for another actor. Not that he minded. A huge star during the '80s, he followed up Police Academy with the triple whammy of Cocoon, Short Circuit and Three Men and a Baby. The '90s saw him tread the boards in the theatre, appearing in Furthest From the Sun (directed and co-authored by Woody Harrelson, no less), as well as shoot a few disappointing action films and a movie (Tower of Terror) based on a Walt Disney theme park ride. The '00s saw him tackle his first film as director (P.S. Your Cat Is Dead), and outside a few minor roles and a TV remake of The Poseidon Adventure, his biggest screen time came in talent show Dancing with the Stars in 2008. He's one of the stars already championing a new Police Academy movie, which he says he'd be happy to appear in.