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David Birney is a Actor and Director American born on 23 april 1939 at Cleveland (USA)

David Birney

David Birney
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Birth name David Edwin Birney
Nationality USA
Birth 23 april 1939 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 29 april 2022 (at 83 years)

David Edwin Birney (born April 23, 1939) is an American actor/director whose career has performances in both contemporary and classical roles in theatre, film and television.

Biography

Il a été marié à Meredith Baxter de 1974 à 1990.

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Filmography of David Birney (11 films)

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Actor

The Naked Truth
Directed by Nico Mastorakis
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Herb Edelman, Brian Thompson, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Barty, Yvonne De Carlo, Shannon Tweed
Roles Fed. #2
Rating36% 1.8106751.8106751.8106751.8106751.810675
A take-off on "Some Like it Hot"—the film follows two men who witness a murder, dress up like women to escape, and wind up hiding in the house of a drug dealer.
Night of the Fox, 3h20
Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors George Peppard, Michael York, Deborah Raffin, John Mills, Juliet Mills, David Birney
Roles Hugh Kelso
Rating60% 3.0486353.0486353.0486353.0486353.048635
Professor Alan Stacy visits Jersey to complete his biography of his friend and pre-World War II fellow academic Harry Martineau, but arrives on the day of Harry’s funeral. Only one mourner is present, Dr Sarah Drayton. Invited back to her house, he is told by Sarah that the two of them worked for Special Operations Executive during the war. She shows Stacy a photo of them posing with Field-Marshal Rommel, and then tells the story behind the photo.
Always Remember I Love You, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Stephen Dorff, Patty Duke, Joan Van Ark, Richard Masur, David Birney, Sam Wanamaker
Roles Philip Mendham
Rating78% 3.9277153.9277153.9277153.9277153.927715
Shortly after Robert Mendham (played by Stephen Dorff) turns 16, he finds out from his parents (David Birney and Joan Van Ark) that he was not only adopted, but stolen from his childhood home (a fact unknown by his parents until that time).
Nightfall
Nightfall (1988)
, 1h23
Directed by Paul Mayersberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic
Actors David Birney, Sarah Douglas, Alexis Kanner, Chuck Hayward, Larry Hankin
Roles Aton
Rating27% 1.3930551.3930551.3930551.3930551.393055
Sur une planète peu avancée technologiquement et abondamment éclairée par 3 soleils, il ne fait que jour. La découverte archéologique qu'une nouvelle période nocturne reviendra divise la population en deux : ceux qui sombrent dans le mysticisme et ceux qui cherchent des solutions rationnelles pour survivre comme l'usage d'abris.
Oh, God! Book II, 1h34
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney, Louanne Sirota, Howard Duff, Conrad Janis
Roles Don Richards
Rating53% 2.651542.651542.651542.651542.65154
In this sequel, God asks the help of 11-year-old Tracy Richards (Louanne Sirota) to help promote Himself. Tracy creates the slogan "Think God" and soon has her friends spreading the message by posters, graffiti and other ways. But Tracy's parents and psychiatrists think the young girl is just insane. God is the only one that can straighten out the situation. One of the memorable scenes showed God riding a motorcycle, with Tracy riding in the sidecar, where there were scenes that showed nobody on the motorcycle, which baffled the two policemen.
Bye, See You Monday, 1h50
Directed by Maurice Dugowson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Miou-Miou, Carole Laure, Claude Brasseur, David Birney, Gabriel Arcand, Alain Montpetit
Roles Frank
Rating58% 2.9091952.9091952.9091952.9091952.909195
A French film based on a Canadian novel (by Roger Fournier) about two Montreal women (Carole Laure and Miou-Miou) in their late twenties who share an apartment and are involved in separate love affairs with married men. Their few pleasures are diminished by the disappointments they must suffer in these unequal relationships.
Someone's Watching Me!, 1h37
Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Len Lesser, Charles Cyphers, Grainger Hines
Roles Paul Winkless
Rating65% 3.2947553.2947553.2947553.2947553.294755
A woman named Leigh Michaels moves to Los Angeles, and finds a job directing live television. An older man sees her on the balcony of her new apartment, through a telescope. He enters her apartment when she's out, and begins to terrorize her with phone calls and strange gifts from a fictional company, "Excursions Unlimited".
Trial by Combat, 1h28
Directed by Kevin Connor
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors John Mills, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Hershey, David Birney, Margaret Leighton, Peter Cushing
Roles Sir John Gifford
Rating51% 2.575822.575822.575822.575822.57582
An British organization known as the Knights of Avalon is discontent that so many criminals can evade the law. So they decide to, secretly hunt down these criminals, and battle and execute them with medieval weapons.
Caravan to Vaccarès, 1h38
Directed by Geoffrey Reeve
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors David Birney, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale, Marcel Bozzuffi, Michael Bryant, Serge Marquand
Roles Bowman
Rating45% 2.277862.277862.277862.277862.27786
L'Américain Neil Bowman parcourt la France lorsqu'il rencontre la photographe britannique Lila. Ils sont engagés par le propriétaire foncier français Duc de Croyter pour escorter un scientifique hongrois à New York. Mais ils se rendent vite compte que le travail n'est pas un chiffre pépère, et doivent faire face à une bande de ravisseurs qui ne reculeront devant rien pour mettre la main sur le scientifique.

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