kp]PlayedPlayed by David Dean Bottrell

Lincoln Meyer was the eccentric peeping-tom neighbor of Judge Brian Hooper and his wife, Judge Marcia Hooper, who was found murdered. Meyer provided eyewitness testimony to police about the comings and goings of the late Mrs. Hooper's various lovers. An avid flower gardener, Meyer himself came under suspicion of committing the murder when freshly cut flowers were found near Marcia Hooper's body.

After the hubbub surrounding the trial went away, Meyer sued Jeffrey Coho for slander, perhaps as an attempt to stay in the spotlight. He lost the case, and when Judge Gilbert Potts labelled him "a seriously disturbed man", Meyer hid in the parking lot and killed the judge by hitting him in the head with a shovel. However, he was not picked out by a witness in the police lineup and no murder charges were brought against him.

When he wasn't arrested in the death of Judge Potts, Meyer snapped. First, he assaulted television commentator Gracie Jane by posing as a hotel employee and attacking her, also with a shovel, although she survived the attack. Then, Meyer abducted Shirley Schmidt from her office at Crane, Poole & Schmidt. He took her to a room in the basement of his home and kept her tied up while serenading her with his ukelele. He also rigged up a crossbow to shoot anybody who entered the room. However, his plan failed when he was shot by his own contraption as police broke into the house. He survived and was last seen being taken away on a gurney.

David Dean Bottrell
David Dean Bottrell (who plays Lincoln Meyer) is a Kentucky-born actor/writer whose other TV credits include episodes of Caroline in the City, Dharma & Greg, and Mad About You. He also co-wrote the play Dearly Departed as well as a recently-released short comedy film Available Men (which he also directed).

David Dean Bottrell at the Internet Movie Database.

Episode appearances:
3x02 [New Kids On The Block]
3x03 [Desperately Seeking Shirley]
3x04 [Fine Young Cannibal]
3x05 [Whose God Is It Anyway?]
3x06 [The Verdict]
3x07 [Trick Or Treat]
3x08 [Lincoln]