November 01, 2019

Hello fans,

Today's featured celebrity is one of the most recognizable character actors to ever grace the big and small screens, respectively. It's Michael J. Pollard! Besides being a character actor with a fantastic list of credits, Pollard has had quite a unique influence on several things in the popular culture or pop culture, as the kids' call it. So, let's see what Mr. Michael J. Pollard has been doing lately. Enjoy!

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Michael J. Pollard

Learn More About Michael J. Pollard, see Then & Now pictures, and find out What He's Been Up To on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: May 30, 1939 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA

BIRTH NAME: Michael John Pollack Jr.

CLAIM TO FAME: Michael J. Pollard is an American character actor. He is best known for playing C.W. Moss in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

FAMILY LIFE: Pollard married actress Beth Howland in November 1961. The two later divorced in 1969; together they have 1 child.

INFO: His parents were both of Polish descent.

Pollard's father supported his wife and Michael, Jr. by working 60 hours a week as a bartender at O'Rourke's Tap Room.

Pollard attended Montclair Academy and Actors Studio in New York.

TRIVIA: Created the non-singing role of Hugo Peabody in the original Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie.

Pollard was brought in as a replacement during the first season of TV's "Dobie Gillis." Co-star Bob Denver, who was stealing the show as Dobie's beatnik buddy Maynard G. Krebs, was going to be drafted into the Army and had to exit the series. When Denver was classified "4-F" due to a longstanding neck injury and returned, Pollard's character of weird cousin Jerome Krebs was quickly written out.

In 1966, at the age of 27, Michael Pollard was hired as a guest star on Star Trek, playing "Jahn" in the episode "Miri". The script called for an actor 14 years of age, but Pollard got the part anyway since his agent convinced the show's producers that he looked like a teenager even though he was close to 30.

In 1967, he played the supporting role of C. W. Moss in Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, alongside Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, and Estelle Parsons, for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor and won a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. The role led to his joke candidacy in 1968 for President of the United States, complete with a campaign song: "Michael J. Pollard for President", recorded by DJ and recording artist Jim Lowe.

Credited by Traffic drummer Jim Capaldi with coining the term "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys".

Before Robert Altman was signed to direct "Brewster McCloud", Michael J. Pollard was considered for the title role. Bud Cort eventually played it.

Actor Michael J. Fox, whose real middle name is Andrew, adopted the middle initial "J." as an homage to Pollard.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW: It appeared as if Pollard had retired from acting after the 2012 movie The Woods. Currently, he's part of a pair of projects: the comedy The Next Cassavetes which is in post-production, and the crime film The Black Caesar, now in pre-production.

CREDITS:

2012 The Woods...Moose

2011 Sunburnt Angels...Cards

2009 Remembering Nigel...Michael J. Pollard

2003 House of 1000 Corpses...Stucky

2001 Backflash (Video)...Don

2001 Out of the Black...Ned

2000 Danny and Max...Berquist

2000 Forever Lulu...Hippie

2000 Jack & Jill (TV Series)...Ice Cream Man
- When You Wish Upon a Car (2000) ... Ice Cream Man

1999 Becker (TV Series)...Elliott
- Santa on Ice (1999) ... Elliott

1999 The Debtors

1999 Tumbleweeds...Mr. Cummings

1998 L.A. Doctors (TV Series)...8294-7
- Fear of Flying (1998) ... 8294-7

1998 The Unknown Cyclist...Gabe Sinclair

1998 Merchants of Venus...The Senator

1997 Stir...Hotel Manager

1997 The Odyssey (TV Mini-Series)...Aeolus
- Part II (1997) ... Aeolus
- Part I (1997) ... Aeolus

1997 Toxic Crusaders: The Movie (Video)...Psycho (voice)

1996 Mad Dog Time...Red Nash

1995 Wings (TV Series)...Benny
- Gone But Not Faygotten (1995) ... Benny

1993 Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)...Ed
- Came the Dawn (1993) ... Ed

1993 Skeeter...Hopper

1993 Blossom (TV Series)...Randy
- Mystery Train (1993) ... Randy

1993 Arizona Dream...Fabian

1992 The Ray Bradbury Theatre (TV Series)...Mr. Benedict
- The Handler (1992) ... Mr. Benedict

1992 Split Second...The Rat Catcher

1992 Eerie, Indiana (TV Series)...Claude
- Marshall's Theory of Believability (1992) ... Claude

1991 Toxic Crusaders (TV Series)...Psycho
All 13 episodes

1991 Motorama...Lou

1991 The Art of Dying...Delbert

1991 Another You...Brad (uncredited)

1991 Joey Takes a Cab...Alan

1991 The Arrival...Lou

1991 Paradise (TV Series)...Lester Barr
- A Study in Fear (1991) ... Lester Barr

1990 Working Tra$h (TV Movie)...Palomar

1990 Dick Tracy...Bug Bailey

1990 Enid Is Sleeping...Motel Manager

1990 Nasty Boys (TV Series)...Moe Taub
- Desert Run (1990) ... Moe Taub

1990 The Young Riders (TV Series)...John Eberly
- Then There Was One (1990) ... John Eberly

1990 Dark Angel...Boner

1990 Why Me?...Ralph

1989 Tango & Cash...Owen

1989 Superboy (TV Series)...Mr. Mxyzptlk
- Mr. and Mrs. Superboy (1989) ... Mr. Mxyzptlk
- Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk (1989) ... Mr. Mxyzptlk

1989 Heartstopper...Dr. Lubbock

1989 Next of Kin...Harold

1989 Stuck with Each Other (TV Movie)...Smitty

1989 Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland...Herman

1989 Night Visitor...Stanley Willard

1989 Fast Food...Bud

1989 Season of Fear...Bob

1988 Scrooged...Herman

1988 Crime Story (TV Series)...Leon Barski
- Brothel Wars (1988) ... Leon Barski

1987 American Gothic...Woody

1987 Roxanne...Andy

1986 America...Bob Jolly

1986 The Patriot...Howard

1986 Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills (TV Series)...Leonard
- Remodeling (1986) ... Leonard
- Chapter Eleven (1986) ... Leonard
- Unaccustomed as I Am to Public Speaking (1986) ... Leonard
- In the Beginning (1986) ... Leonard
- Perfect Days, Sleepless Nights (1986) ... Leonard
- The 'A' List (1986) ... Leonard

1986 The American Way...Tesla

1986 Simon & Simon (TV Series)...Barnaby
- Something for Sarah (1986) ... Barnaby

1985 George Burns Comedy Week (TV Series)
- The Couch (1985)

1985 Heated Vengeance...Snake

1984 The Fall Guy (TV Series)...Billy Hutton
- Dead Bounty (1984) ... Billy Hutton

1983 Candy the Stripper (Video)...Leotis

1980 Melvin and Howard...Little Red

1977 Between the Lines...The Hawker

1975 The Four of the Apocalypse...Clem

1974 Get Christie Love! (TV Series)...Leonard Marvin
- The Longest Fall (1974) ... Leonard Marvin

1974 Sunday in the Country...Leroy

1974 Movin' On (TV Series)...Joe Shannon
- The Time of His Life (1974) ... Joe Shannon

1972 Dirty Little Billy...Billy Bonney

1972 Morbidness...Hombre de la casa

1971 The Legend of Frenchie King...Le Shérif

1970 Little Fauss and Big Halsy...Little Fauss

1969 Hannibal Brooks...Packy

1968 The Smugglers (TV Movie)...Piero

1968 Jigsaw...Dill

1967 Cimarron Strip (TV Series)...Bert
- The Battle of Bloody Stones (1967) ... Bert

1967 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series)...Donna's friend
- The Scene (1967) ... Donna's friend

1967 Bonnie and Clyde...C.W. Moss

1967 Caprice...Barney

1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series)...Herbie
- The U.N.C.L.E. Samurai Affair (1967) ... Herbie

1967 Enter Laughing...Marvin

1966 Star Trek: The Original Series (TV Series)...Jahn
- Miri (1966) ... Jahn

1966 I Spy (TV Series)...Bernie
- Trial by Treehouse (1966) ... Bernie

1966 The Wild Angels...Pigmy

1966 The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!...Stanley (Airplane Mechanic) (uncredited)

1966 The Virginian (TV Series)...Georgie Sam Smith
- The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind (1966) ... Georgie Sam Smith

1966 Lost in Space (TV Series)...The Boy
- The Magic Mirror (1966) ... The Boy

1965 Branded (TV Series)...Digby Popham
- Romany Roundup: Part 2 (1965) ... Digby Popham (uncredited)
- Romany Roundup: Part 1 (1965) ... Digby Popham (uncredited)

1965 Honey West (TV Series)...Jingles
- The Princess and the Paupers (1965) ... Jingles

1965 Mr. Novak (TV Series)...Go-Go Reader
- Honor--and All That (1965) ... Go-Go Reader

1965 The Baileys of Balboa (TV Series)...Chester
- Sam's Nephew (1965) ... Chester
- Sam and the Surfers (1965) ... Chester

1964 Gunsmoke (TV Series)...Cyrus
- Journey for Three (1964) ... Cyrus

1964 Channing (TV Series)...Walter
- Christmas Day Is Breaking Wan (1964) ... Walter

1964 The Lucy Show (TV Series)...Ted Mooney
- Chris Goes Steady (1964) ... Ted Mooney

1963 Route 66 (TV Series)...Vinny
- And Make Thunder His Tribute (1963) ... Vinny

1963 Summer Magic...Digby Popham

1963 The Stripper...Jelly

1963 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series)...Jody Haig
- Night Sounds (1963) ... Jody Haig

1963 Going My Way (TV Series)...Danny Larkin
- Tell Me When You Get to Heaven (1963) ... Danny Larkin

1962 Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man...George (as Michael Pollard)

1962 The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)...Virgil
- Cousin Virgil (1962) ... Virgil (as Michael Pollard)

1962 Window on Main Street (TV Series)...Ziggy
- The Boy Who Got Too Many Laughs (1962) ... Ziggy

1960 Look Up and Live (TV Series)...Sidney Porter
- The Stranger (1960) ... Sidney Porter
- The Ugly One (1960) ... Sidney Porter

1960 World Wide '60 (TV Series)...Shoeshine Boy
- The Secret of Freedom (1960) ... Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)

1960 Sunday Showcase (TV Series)
- The Secret of Freedom (1960)

1960 Startime (TV Series)...Doug
- The Man (1960) ... Doug

1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series)...Jerome Krebs
- The Sweet Singer of Central High (1959) ... Jerome Krebs
- Maynard's Farewell to the Troops (1959) ... Jerome Krebs

1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)...Hansel Eidelpfeiffer / Shoeshine Boy
- Anniversary Gift (1959) ... Hansel Eidelpfeiffer
- Appointment at Eleven (1959) ... Shoeshine Boy

1959 Five Fingers (TV Series)...Davey
- The Unknown Town (1959) ... Davey

1959 Lux Playhouse (TV Series)...Spider
- The Miss and Missiles (1959) ... Spider

1959 It Happened to Jane...Lloyd (uncredited)

1959 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series)
- The Human Comedy (1959)

1958 The Major and the Minor (TV Movie)

1958 Omnibus (TV Series) (segment)
- The So-Called Human Race (1958) ... (segment)

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