Sergeant Robert Goodman is an L.A.P.D. detective and colleague to Detectives Andy Parma and Dennis Mulrooney. A close friend of Andy's, Goodman served as his best man at his wedding to model Melissa Alexandra Hayes. When Melissa was subsequently abducted from the bridal suite by deranged stalker Rudy Strassa, Goodman worked alongside Andy, Mulrooney and Andy's uncle, veteran homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo, to rescue her.
Sergeant Goodman appeared in the 1992 Season 10 episode No Time to Die, played by Frasier actor Dan Butler.