Bruce Kirby

Bruce Kirby was born on Apr 28, 1925 in USA. Bruce Kirby's big-screen debut came with Car 54, Where Are You? - Season 1 directed by Nat Hiken in 1961, strarring Officer Kissel / Officer Kissell / Officer Hamilton / .... Bruce Kirby is known for Slice directed by Carmen Maria Milito, Elena Charbila stars as Paula Leone and Sara Erikson as Tara. The upcoming new movie Bruce Kirby plays is Interlocked: Thrilled to Death which will be released on Dec 17, 2009.

One of those hard-working supporting actors whose face you know but whose name might not ring any bells. Italian-American Bruce Kirby (real name Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu) was steadily employed--primarily on the small screen--to play a gallery of often likeable, mainly unimposing characters in a career that spanned more than 50 years. He began at the Actor's Studio in New York, having studied under Lee Strasberg, debuting on stage in or around 1950. His television work commenced in 1955 with anthology dramas. Kirby had a recurring role as Officer Kissel in Car 54, Where Are You? (1961) and was from then on frequently cast as police officers, notably in Kojak (1973) (Sgt. Al Vine), Columbo (1971) (perhaps best remembered as the ineffectual, perennially-bewildered Sgt. Kramer), Holmes et Yoyo (1976) (Captain Harry Sedford), and in the short-lived crime series Shannon (1981) (Det. George Schmidt). He enjoyed a lengthier run as District Attorney Bruce Rogoff in the multiple Emmy Award-winning legal drama La loi de Los Angeles (1986). Kirby showed up in numerous guest spots on top-rating shows across diverse genres, including Stalag 13 (1965), Bonanza (1959), Docteur Marcus Welby (1969), Les rues de San Francisco (1972), M.A.S.H. (1972), Deux cent dollars plus les frais (1974), À la Maison Blanche (1999) and Les Soprano (1999).Kirby appeared as Alfieri on stage in Los Angeles in A View from the Bridge, using his real name. He made his bow on Broadway in Diamond Orchid (1965) and was understudy to Dustin Hoffman for the role of Willy Loman in a 1984 production of Arthur Miller's Death of A Salesman. He retired from acting in 2009. Kirby died on January 24, 2021 in Los Angeles.