David Birney(1939-2022)

Actor
Producer
Writer

Far across the cosmos from our world lies a planet bathed in perpetual daylight. Soon nightfall will come and bring with it tremendous destruction.

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Nightfall (1988)

David began his career in repertory at the Barter Theatre in Virginia America and the Hartford Stage Company, followed by his New York debut as one of the twins in A Comedy of Errors in Joseph Papps Shakespeare Festival. In 1968, he played the lead in Summertree at New York's: Lincoln Centre, winning the Clarence Derwent Award and the Theatre World Award. Later, he played the lead role of Mark Elliott in the television series Love is a Many Splendored Thing, followed by the part of Bernie in the comedy series Bridget Loves Bernie. Both were top ranking shows, making him a well known name across America and earning numerous awards. He made his film debut in Caravan to Vaccares.

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Known for

Someone's Watching Me!

6.5

TV Movie

Paul Winkless

1978

Seal Morning

7.7

TV Series

Dr. Bernard Lacy

Caravan to Vaccarès

4.6

Bowman

1974

Live Shot

8.3

TV Series

Harry Chandler Moore

Credits

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Actor

Without a Trace
7.0
TV Series
- Leslie Warwick
- 2007
The Comedy of Errors
2.9
- The Duke
- 2000
Poltergeist: The Legacy
6.9
TV Series
- Father Elias
- 1999
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
8.1
TV Series
- Letant
- 1998
Sliders
7.4
TV Series
- Cadmus
- 1998
Love Boat: The Next Wave
4.6
TV Series
- Buddy Pomus
- 1998
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: The Original Radio Drama
8.2
Podcast Series
- Anakin Skywalker (voice)
- 1996
Live Shot
8.3
TV Series
- Harry Chandler Moore
- 1995
Burke's Law
6.6
TV Series
- Jim Deacon
- 1995
Murder, She Wrote
7.3
TV Series
- Lawrence Baker
- Lawrence Erlich
- Franchesco ...
- 1989–1993
FBI: The Untold Stories
7.0
TV Series
- Agent Halle
- 1993
Secrets
7.4
TV Mini Series
- Thomas Strickland
- 1992
The Naked Truth
4.0
- Fed. #2
- 1992
Touch and Die
5.2
TV Movie
- Scanzano
- 1992
The Ray Bradbury Theater
7.3
TV Series
- Captain Williams
- 1992

Producer

Writer

Videos5

Someone's Watching Me!

Personal details

Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Born
- April 23, 1939
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died
- April 27, 2022
- Santa Monica, California, USA(Alzheimer's disease)
Spouses
Children
Parents
Other works
Stage: Appeared in "Amadeus" on Broadway.
Publicity listings
- 1 Article
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

Trivia
Once married to Meredith Baxter (Elyse Keaton on Family Ties (1982)), whom he met while filming their television series Bridget Loves Bernie (1972) in 1972. They have three children: a daughter, Kate, and twins named Mollie and Peter (b. 1984).