Bruce Kirby

Actor: Bruce Kirby

Born: Apr 24, 1928 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor
Active: '70s-'90s
Major Genres: Comedy, Drama

Biography

American actor Bruce Kirby made his Broadway bow at age 40 in the 1965 production Diamond Orchid. More stage work followed, and then movie assignments, commencing with the all-star Catch 22 (1970), and continuing into the 1980s with such productions as Sweet Dreams (1985) and Throw Momma from the Train (1987). Kirby's TV career has embraced both series successes (1989's Anything But Love, as Jamie Lee Curtis' father), ignoble failures (1976's Holmes and Yoyo, as Henry Sedford), and a few projects which never sold (Kirby was in two busted pilots for something called McNamara's Band). In 1984, Kirbyreturned to Broadway to understudy Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman. Bruce Kirby, sometimes billed as Bruce Kirby Sr., was the father of actor Bruno Kirby, who formerly billed himself as B. Kirby Jr. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Bruce Kirby
Born	Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu April 24, 1928 (1928-04-24) (age 81) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	actor
Years active	1950s - present

Bruce Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu; April 24, 1928) is an American character actor.

Though he has been a working actor since the 1950s, Kirby is most familiar to Columbo fans as the gullible Sergeant Kramer. He also appeared in the 1971 movie called How to Frame a Figg with Don Knotts. A notable recent appearance was as Pop Ryan, father of Officer John Ryan (played by Matt Dillon) in the 2004 film Crash.

In 1981-1982, he appeared as San Francisco police officer Schmidt in the 9-episode CBS crime drama Shannon starring Kevin Dobson in the title role.

Kirby's television roles ranged from Goodyear Television Playhouse in the 1950s to I Dream of Jeannie, The Nurses, The Defenders, Car 54, Where Are You?, and The Patty Duke Show in the 1960s to Bonanza, Ironside, Barney Miller,The Rockford Files, and Alice in the 1970s to Remington Steele, Night Court, Matlock, Hill Street Blues, Lou Grant and Punky Brewster in the 1980s to The Golden Girls, L.A. Law, In the Heat of the Night, Murphy Brown, Murder, She Wrote, Chicago Hope, The Sopranos, The Agency and The West Wing in the 1990s.

His late son, Bruno Kirby, was also a character actor in both comedies and dramas.

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Bruce Kirby at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	Kirby, Bruce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 24, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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