Michael Higgins


Michael Higgins

About

Also Known As
Michael Patrick Higgins
Birth Place
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born
January 20, 1920
Died
November 05, 2008
Cause of Death
Heart Failure

Biography

Michael Higgins was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Higgins appeared in such films as the Lee Grant drama "Pie in the Sky" (1964), "The Arrangement" (1969) with Kirk Douglas and the Shirley MacLaine horror movie "Desperate Characters" (1971). He also appeared in "Wanda" (1971), the Gene Hackman mystery "The Conversation" (1974) and the hor...

Biography

Michael Higgins was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Higgins appeared in such films as the Lee Grant drama "Pie in the Sky" (1964), "The Arrangement" (1969) with Kirk Douglas and the Shirley MacLaine horror movie "Desperate Characters" (1971). He also appeared in "Wanda" (1971), the Gene Hackman mystery "The Conversation" (1974) and the horror flick "The Stepford Wives" (1975) with Katharine Ross. He kept working in film throughout the eighties, starring in the drama sequel "Staying Alive" (1983) with John Travolta, the action movie "Rumble Fish" (1983) with Matt Dillon and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1985). He also appeared in the Lucinda Dickey musical "Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo" (1985). Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in "Wind" (1992), the dramatic period piece "School Ties" (1992) with Brendan Fraser and "The Impostors" (1998) with Stanley Tucci. He also appeared in "Just the Ticket" (1999) and the comedic drama "State and Main" (2000) with Alec Baldwin. Higgins was most recently credited in "I Hate My Teenage Daughter" (Fox, 2011-12). Higgins passed away in November 2008 at the age of 88.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

La La Land (2016)
An American Carol (2008)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
The Savages (2007)
Off the Black (2006)
The Favor (2006)
Mrs. Harris (2006)
Clerks II (2006)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Swimfan (2002)
State and Main (2000)
The Impostors (1998)
Just the Ticket (1998)
Confessional Priest
Looking for Lola (1997)
Calm at Sunset (1996)
Wind (1992)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
School Ties (1992)
Perry Mason: Case of the Musical Murder (1989)
New York Stories (1989)
Crusoe (1988)
Dr Martin
Angel Heart (1987)
Barnum (1986)
Seven Minutes In Heaven (1986)
Senator Peterdon
On Valentine's Day (1986)
Nobody's Child (1986)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1985)
Dancer
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
Rumble Fish (1983)
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983)
The Cradle Will Fall (1983)
Staying Alive (1983)
Born Beautiful (1982)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981)
Kent State (1981)
The Seduction Of Joe Tynan (1979)
The Black Stallion (1979)
An Enemy Of The People (1978)
Billing
King Of The Gypsies (1978)
Death Play (1976)
Sam
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Conversation (1974)
Paul
Wanda (1971)
Mr. Dennis
Desperate Characters (1971)
Francis Early
The Arrangement (1969)
Michael
Terror in the City (1966)
Carl
Edge of Fury (1958)
Richard Barrie
Shades of Gray (1948)

Cast (Special)

The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003)
America's Dance Honors (1990)
Performer
Story of a Marriage (1987)
The Firm (1983)
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences (1982)
The Patriots (1963)
The Defender (1957)
Sergeant James Sheeley

Misc. Crew (Special)

America's Dance Honors (1990)
Other

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Conversation, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Union Square One long complex shot (featuring Frederic Forrest and Cindy Williams)on San Francisco's Union Square is the fitting opening for Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, 1974, starring Gene Hackman.
Conversation, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Pioneer Glass We're just meeting Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), as he drops in on colleague Stan (John Cazale), as they monitor Cindy Williams and Frederic Forrest in San Francisco's Union Square, continuing the opening sequence in The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Wanda (1970) -- (Movie Clip) He's Mad 'Cause I'm Here Writer, director, producer and star Barbara Loden places herself all-but in a coal mine, shooting near Carbondale, Pa, in the opening to her independent feature, with relatives who will not appear again, in the very naturalistic and widely acclaimed Wanda, 1970.
Enemy Of The People, An (1978) -- (Movie Clip) So Much Hypocrisy Dinner at the home of Dr. Stockmann (Steve McQueen), Bibi Andersson his wife, Robin Pearson Rose his daughter, Michael Cristofer, Michael Higgins and Richard Bradford his guests, sharing news of trouble with their Norwegian town’s main attraction, in An Enemy Of The People, based on the Henrik Ibsen play.
Wanda (1970) -- (Movie Clip) We're Closed Wandering after her divorce earlier that day Barbara Loden (writer, producer, director and title character) stumbles into a bar she doesn't realize "Mr. Dennis" (Michael Higgins) is robbing, in Wanda, 1970.

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