Michael Lombard
{{Short description|American actor (1934–2020)}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Michael Lombard
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birthname = Michael Labombarda
| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1934|8|8}}{{cite web|title=Michael Lombard|work=Hollywood.com|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/michael-lombard-57478407/|accessdate=17 August 2017}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.{{cite web|title=Michael Lombard Biography (1934-)|work=FilmReference|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/1/Michael-Lombard.html|accessdate=17 August 2017}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|8|13|1934|8|8|mf=yes}}
| death_place =
| othername =
| website =
| spouse =
| awards =
}}
Michael Lombard born Michael Labombarda (August 8, 1934 – August 13, 2020){{cite web|url=http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1325752-winter-2021/115?|title=SAG-AFTRA In Memoriam Winter 2020|access-date=11 January 2021}} was an American actor. His parents, both from Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy, emigrated to America and settled in Gravesend, Brooklyn. In 1977, he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Otherwise Engaged.{{cite web|title=Michael Lombard|work=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/michael-lombard-vault-0000093725|accessdate=17 August 2017}} In 1991, he won an Obie Award for his performance in What's Wrong With This Picture?{{cite web|title=Obie Awards 1990s: 1991|work=Obie Awards|url=http://www.obieawards.com/events/1990s/year-91/|accessdate=17 August 2017}} On television, Lombard portrayed Marshall Beck in all 15 episodes of Filthy Rich (1982-1983). Between 1976 and 2005 he had guest roles in such popular American television series as Kojak (a 2-part episode), The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (9 episodes), The Rockford Files (a 2-part episode), Three’s Company, Riptide, Spenser: For Hire, Miami Vice, The Cosby Show, and 4 episodes of Law & Order and its spinoffs. He played a different character on 4 episodes of Barney Miller.
Partial filmography
- Who? (1974) - Dr. Besser
- Network (1976) - Willie Stein
- Fatso (1980) - Charlie
- So Fine (1981) - Jay Augustine
- Garbo Talks (1984) - Mr. Morganelli
- Prizzi's Honor (1985) - Rosario Filargi / Robert Finlay
- Crocodile Dundee (1986) - Sam Charlton
- Pet Sematary (1989) - Irwin Goldman
- Second Sight (1989) - Bishop O'Linn
- Millions (1991) - Tony Steiner
- The Devil's Advocate (1997) - Judge Poe
- Rounders (1998) - District Attorney Shields
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) - Bobby McKinley
- Puppet (1999) - Ulianov
- Dead Canaries (2003) - Mayor
- La Vraie Vie des profs (2013) - Professeur De Dessin (final film role)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0518323}}
- {{IBDB name|50039}}
- {{iobdb name|2380}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lombard, Michael}}
Category:Obie Award recipients
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:American male stage actors