Biography
American actor Bruce Kirby made his Broadway bow at age 40 in the 1965 production Diamond Orchid. More stage work followed, and then movie assignments, commencing with the all-star
Catch 22 (1970), and continuing into the 1980s with such productions as
Sweet Dreams (1985) and
Throw Momma from the Train (1987). Kirby's TV career has embraced both series successes (1989's
Anything But Love, as
Jamie Lee Curtis' father), ignoble failures (1976's Holmes and Yoyo, as Henry Sedford), and a few projects which never sold (Kirby was in two busted pilots for something called
McNamara's Band). In 1984, Kirbyreturned to Broadway to understudy
Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman. Bruce Kirby, sometimes billed as Bruce Kirby Sr., was the father of actor
Bruno Kirby, who formerly billed himself as B. Kirby Jr. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide