Michael Fairman
{{short description|American actor and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{For|the entertainment journalist of the same name|Michael Fairman (journalist)}}
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| name = Michael Fairman
| image = Michael Fairman in 2007.jpg
| caption = Fairman in 2007
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|2|25}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
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| occupation = Actor, writer
| years_active = 1965–present
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| spouse = Joy Graysen
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Michael Fairman (born February 25, 1934) is an American actor and writer.
Career
He is best known for his various roles during his long career. This includes the role of Nick Szabo on the daytime drama, Ryan's Hope, his recurring role as Department Inspector Knelman on Cagney & Lacey, and the recurring role of Patrick Murphy on the CBS daytime drama, The Young and the Restless.
Additional television credits include, Charlie's Angels, Eight Is Enough, Barnaby Jones, Taxi, WKRP in Cincinnati, McClain's Law, Knight Rider, The A-Team, Remington Steele, Hill Street Blues, The Dukes of Hazzard, Newhart, 21 Jump Street, Dynasty, Night Court, My Two Dads, Quantum Leap, Cheers, Wings, Murder, She Wrote, Mad About You, Alien Nation, Seinfeld, L.A. Law, ER, Murphy Brown, Brooklyn South, The X-Files, Viper, Providence, Boy Meets World, Sunset Beach, Family Law, Boston Public, The King of Queens, Dharma & Greg, JAG, Firefly, Judging Amy, Just Shoot Me!, 7th Heaven, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Sons of Anarchy, Monk.
He also appeared in the films Thirteen Days as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson II, and Mulholland Drive in a supporting role as Jason, and in Father Stu as a churchgoer named Randall.
He also wrote five episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati.
Personal life
Fairman was a longtime member of the Church of Scientology. He was featured in several promotional Scientology training films and eventually reached the OT VII level. Fairman left the church in January 2011, around the time he was declared a "Suppressive Person".{{cite news |first=Tony |last=Ortega |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/04/michael_fairman.php |title=Michael Fairman, Familiar TV and Film Actor, Makes Public His Expulsion from Scientology |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=April 23, 2011 |access-date=May 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207130337/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/04/michael_fairman.php |archive-date=December 7, 2011}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0265637}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dftaP5eLD0o 1998 Scientology ad featuring Fairman]
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Category:Male actors from New York City
Category:Male actors from Los Angeles
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male soap opera actors
Category:American former Scientologists
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
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