Michael Jeffrey Gilden (September 22, 1962 – December 5, 2006) was an American actor with

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Biography

The -tall Gilden had a form of

. He lived and worked in

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. Gilden performed or did stunt work in a variety of television series and films, including ''

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'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' (the page in the Jack Rabbit Slim scene), and had a role as an

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in the film ''

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''. He appeared twice in Season 4 of ''

''. Gilden was also a

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. In August 1997, he met

Meredith Eaton Meredith Hope Eaton Gordon (sometimes credited as Meredith Eaton-Gilden; born August 26, 1974) is an American actress. She is tall, and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress". She is known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on t ...

through mutual friends in

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. Gilden encouraged Eaton to pursue a career in acting, and she became an actress in 1999. The couple married on May 20, 2001. Gilden committed

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on December 5, 2006, hanging himself in his Los Angeles home. He was 44.

Filmography

Film

References

External links

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Michael Gilden
at Find a Grave 1962 births 2006 deaths 2006 suicides 20th-century American male actors American actors with dwarfism American male film actors Burials at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery Male actors from Los Angeles Suicides by hanging in California {{US-film-actor-1960s-stub