A sheriff is a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country. In television fiction, the role of a sheriff appears in nearly every type of genre imaginable. They are most commonly seen in crime dramas, where county officials often have to coordinate their investigations with city, state of Federal offices.
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- Robert McHeady played a Wisconsin town sheriff in Deranged in 1974.