Michael Kirby
Acting
Biography
Michael Kirby was born on February 20, 1925 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for The Silent Partner (1978), Summer Holiday (1948) and The Golden Boat (1990). He died on May 25, 2002 in Orange County, California, USA.
Born: February 20, 1925
Place of Birth: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Known For
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
The Silent Partner
Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.
My Secret Identity
My Secret Identity was a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from October 9, 1988 – May 25, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States. The series won the 1989 International Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Programming for Children and Young People.
Another Woman
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.
Shadows and Fog
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
They Were Expendable
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
The Kissing Place
Every night the boy dreams he is someone else. Someone in danger. A crazy woman is after him. A woman who cannot have a son of her own. A story about a kidnapped boy, who finds out that the people he thought were his parents are his kidnappers. The film is about his escape and search for his home.
Agency
A mysterious millionaire buys an ad agency and begins to replace its employees with his own people, who don't appear to be advertising types at all...
Where the Heart Is
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
A Quiet Day in Belfast
Andrew Angus Dalrymple's realistic portrait of a British soldier, his Irish lover and her twin sister amidst the strife of Northern Ireland.
Filmography
as Detective Savage
as Killer
as Cathy’s Father
as Pike
as Lionel's Father
as Psychiatrist
as Dr. Dave Salisman
as Mahoney
as Al Gordon
as Dr. Turley
as Peters (Quinn's Assassin)
as Eddy
as Charles Packard
as Ralph
as George
as Protestant
as Kippie
as Arthur Miller
as Boat Crewman (uncredited)
as John Rand
as Capt. John Darrison