Michael J. Pollard (born Michael John Pollack Jr.; May 30, 1939 – November 20, 2019) was an American character actor. With his distinctive bulbous nose, dimpled chin and smirk, he gained a cult following, usually portraying quirky, off-beat, simplistic but likeable supporting characters. He was best known for his role as C. W. Moss, in the film '' Bonnie and Clyde'' (1967), which earned him critical acclaim along with nominations for an

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, a

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, and two

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. Other notable appearances include '' The Wild Angels'' (1966), '' Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), '' Little Fauss and Big Halsy'' (1970), '' Dirty Little Billy'' (1972), '' Roxanne'' (1987), '' American Gothic'' (1988), and '' Tango & Cash'' (1989).

Early life

Pollard was born in

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, and brought up in the nearby

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communities of

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and Clifton. He was the son of Sonia V. (

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Dubanowich) and Michael John Pollack, a bar manager. His parents were both of Polish descent. His mother was born in New York, and his father was born in New Jersey."The Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940"
Passaic City, Passaic County, New Jersey; digital copy of original enumeration page, April 3, 1940. United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. FamilySearch, a genealogical on-line database provided as a public service by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved May 31, 2017. Pollard's father supported his wife and Michael Jr. by working 60 hours a week as a barman at O'Rourke's Tap Room. Pollard attended Montclair Academy (now

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) and

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in New York."Michael J. Pollard"
actor's profile in ''Playbill'' for his role as Hugo Peabody in the original Broadway production ''Bye Bye Birdie'', April 14, 1960. ''Playbill'' archive. Retrieved May 31, 2017.

Career

Early career

Pollard had his earliest screen roles in television, with multiple appearances in programs broadcast during 1959. He had two roles in episodes of ''

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'': "Appointment at Eleven", a minor part as a shoeshine boy and as herpetologist Hansel Eidelpfeiffer in "Anniversary Gift". Pollard also portrayed Homer McCauley, the dramatic lead, in a television adaptation of

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's novel '' The Human Comedy'', narrated by

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, and broadcast as an episode of the '' DuPont Show of the Month''. That same year Pollard appeared in David Hedison's 16-segment

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TV series '' Five Fingers'' in the episode "The Unknown Town". Later that same year, Pollard appeared in episode five of

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's '' The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' as Jerome Krebs, the first cousin of Maynard G. Krebs, played by

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, who in real life had been drafted into the

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. Pollard's character was to have been a replacement for Maynard, but disappeared when Denver was classified 4-F and was able to return to the series. Pollard created the non-singing role of Hugo Peabody in the original Broadway production of ''

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''. In 1962, Pollard appeared in the short-lived Robert Young

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series '' Window on Main Street'' in the episode "The Boy Who Got Too Many Laughs". That same year he was cast in the role of Virgil, Deputy

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's socially awkward but talented cousin, on CBS's ''

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''. In 1963, he appeared on an episode of ABC's '' Channing'', a drama about college life starring Jason Evers and Henry Jones. That same year Pollard played the role of Digby Popham in the

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musical '' Summer Magic'', opposite

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. He was cast as Danny Larkin in the 1963 episode "Tell Me When You Get to Heaven" of the ABC drama, ''

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'', starring

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as a

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priest in

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. Pollard played the role of Cyrus in a 1964 episode of the CBS western series ''

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'', titled "Journey for Three". That year he also appeared as Ted Mooney, son of Mr. Mooney, on ''

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''. In 1965, he played the role of "Jingles" in the episode "The Princess and the Paupers" on the ABC

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, '' Honey West'', starring Anne Francis. In 1966, Pollard starred in the role of Bernie in the popular

espionage series '' I Spy'' (the episode titled "Trial by Treehouse", aired October 19, 1966), alongside series regulars

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and

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, and guest stars

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and Raymond St. Jacques. Also in 1966, Pollard played the (uncredited) role of Stanley, the runny-nosed airplane mechanic, in '' The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming''. Pollard was known for his short stature (five feet and six inches), which facilitated his getting youthful roles into his thirties. One such role was in the original ''

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'' series as the teenage leader of an all-child planet in the episode "

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" (1966):

Michael J. Pollard is smarmily effective as, in essence, a cult leader for the kids, and the kids themselves manage a perfect blend of creepy, scary, and silly. The cry of “bonk-bonk on the head” is amusing right up until twenty kids pile onto Kirk and he emerges with blood seeping down the sides of his head.

He also appeared in a first-season episode of

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's ''

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'' as a nameless Peter Pan-like boy who lives in the dimension behind all mirrors ("The Magic Mirror"). In 1967, he played the supporting role of C. W. Moss in

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's '' Bonnie and Clyde'', alongside

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, and

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, for which he received

and

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nominations for Best Supporting Actor and won a

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for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. The role led to his joke candidacy in 1968 for

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, complete with a campaign song: "Michael J. Pollard for President", recorded by DJ and recording artist Jim Lowe, best known for the 1950s hit " The Green Door". (The record features Pollard, asking, "Hey, man ... president of ''what'' ...?" and a snippet from real candidate Robert F. Kennedy; Kennedy was

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soon after the disc came out, which led many radio stations to refuse to play it.) Also in 1967, Pollard played the lead role in Derek May's short drama, ''Niagara Falls''. Later that year, he was once again singled out for praise in

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's autobiographical comedy '' Enter Laughing''; noted film critic

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wrote:

Michael J. Pollard, an unknown before his fascinating entry in ''Bonnie and Clyde,'' brings his squint and grin to the part of Marvin, our hero's buddy, and steals every scene. There is something about Pollard that is absolutely original and seems to strike audiences as irresistibly funny and deserving of affection. If he works at it and gets a break or two, there will be no stopping him. Really. All he needs is visibility, and people will become addicted.

In 1969, he played the supporting role of an escaped American

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, "Packy", in the British

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-themed comedy, '' Hannibal Brooks'', directed by

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1970s–2019

In 1970, Pollard had a starring role as Little Fauss in the cult motorcycle racing movie '' Little Fauss and Big Halsy'' with

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, Noah Beery Jr., Lucille Benson, and

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. Pollard starred in '' Dirty Little Billy'' (1972), a revisionist western depicting

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at the beginning of his criminal career, set in Coffeyville, Kansas:

This is no typical, Tinseltown western though. It's more like The Making of a Sociopath, with Michael J. Pollard starring as displaced, 17-year-old Billy Bonney, in the days leading up to his evolution into the notorious Billy the Kid ... this is the perfect role for Pollard. And though a little old to play a teenager (he was 33), he hands us a Billy who's perpetually victimized by bad luck, until he finally blows a gasket at the very end and sparks his future.

In 1974, he played the role of a young man dying of cancer, in the season one opening episode, "The Time of His Life", of the trucking TV series '' Movin' On''. He later had a key supporting role in the 1980 cult film ''

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'' about the

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Mormon Will controversy. Pollard also starred in 6 episodes of the failed

comedy series '' Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills'' (1986) with

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and

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. In 1987, Pollard played the role of an inquisitive volunteer firefighter, Andy, in the film '' Roxanne'', starring

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. The following year Pollard played the role of Herman, a homeless man whose death strongly affects

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's character in the Christmas movie '' Scrooged''. Also in 1988, Pollard played a villain in the horror film '' American Gothic''. In 1989, Pollard had a minor role in '' Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland'' and a larger role (as the inventor of super weapons and a super car) in '' Tango & Cash'', which also starred

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and

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. Also in 1989, he had a two-episode role as the fifth-dimensional imp-villain Mr. Mxyzptlk in the ''

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'' TV series. Pollard played Bug Bailey in the popular 1990 film '' Dick Tracy''. In 1992, he starred in a sixth-season episode of Ray Bradbury Theater, ''The Handler'', in which he portrayed a mortician who tried to give his clients a little extra treatment that he thought they should have. In 1993, he appeared in the horror film '' Skeeter''. In 1997, he played the role of

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in ''

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'' starring Armand Assante. Pollard continued to work in film and television into the 21st century, including his appearance as "Stucky" in the 2003

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-directed cult classic '' House of 1000 Corpses.

Personal life

Pollard was married to actress Beth Howland, with whom he had one daughter, Holly Howland. He also had a son, Axel Emmett Pollard, from a second marriage to Annie Tolstoy.

Death

Michael J. Pollard died on November 20, 2019, from cardiac arrest in

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. He was 80.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1959) (Season 5 Episode 3: "Appointment at Eleven") as Shoeshine Boy * ''

'' (1959) (Season 5 Episode 6: "Anniversary Gift") as Hansel Eidelpfeiffer * '' It Happened to Jane'' (1959) as Lloyd (uncredited) * '' Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man'' (1962) as George * ''

'' (1962) as Cousin Virgil * '' The Stripper'' (1963) as Jelly * '' Summer Magic'' (1963) as Digby Popham * ''

'' (1964) as Cyrus * '' The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' (1966) as Stanley (airplane mechanic) (uncredited) * '' The Wild Angels'' (1966) as Pigmy * '' The Magic Mirror: Irwin Allen's Lost in Space'' as the Boy behind the mirror * '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' (1966) (Season 1 Episode 8: "

" – Jahn * '' Enter Laughing'' (1967) as Marvin * '' Caprice'' (1967) as Barney * '' Bonnie and Clyde'' (1967) as C.W. Moss * ''Niagara Falls'' (1967) * '' Jigsaw'' (1968) as Dill * '' Hannibal Brooks'' (1969) as Packy * '' Little Fauss and Big Halsy'' (1970) as Little Fauss * '' The Legend of Frenchie King'' (1971) as The Sheriff * ''Morbo'' (1972) as Hombre de la casa * '' Dirty Little Billy'' (1972) as Billy Bonney * ''

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'' (1974) as Leroy * '' Four of the Apocalypse'' (1975) as Clem * '' Between the Lines'' (1977) as The Hawker * ''

'' (1980) as Little Red * ''Heated Vengeance'' (1985) as Snake * '' Riders of the Storm'' (1986) as Tesla * '' The Patriot'' (1986) as Howard * ''America'' (1986) as Bob Jolly * '' Roxanne'' (1987) as Andy * '' American Gothic'' (1988) as Woody * '' Scrooged'' (1988) as Herman * '' Season of Fear'' (1989) as Bob * ''

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'' (1989) as Bud * '' Night Visitor'' (1989) as Stanley Willard * '' Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland'' (1989) as Herman Miranda * ''

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'' (1989) as Harold * ''Heartstopper'' (1989) as Dr. Lubbock * '' Tango & Cash'' (1989) as Owen * '' Why Me?'' (1990) as Ralph * ''

I Come in Peace ''I Come in Peace'' (released under the alternative title ''Dark Angel'') is a 1990 American science fiction action film directed by Craig R. Baxley, and starring Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley and Matthias Hues. The film was re ...

'' (1990) as Boner * '' Dick Tracy'' (1990) as Bug Bailey * '' The Arrival'' (1991) as Lou * ''Joey Takes a Cab'' (1991) as Alan * '' Another You'' (1991) as Brad (uncredited) * ''The Art of Dying'' (1991) as Delbert * ''

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'' (1991) as Lou * '' Split Second'' (1992) as The Rat Catcher * '' Arizona Dream'' (1993) as Fabian * '' Skeeter'' (1993) as Hopper * '' Mad Dog Time'' (1996) as Red Mash * ''

'' (1997) as Aeolus * '' Stir'' (1997) as Hotel Manager * '' Merchants of Venus'' (1998) as The Senator * ''The Unknown Cyclist'' (1998) as Gabe Sinclair * ''

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'' (1999) as Mr. Cummings * '' The Debtors'' (1999) * '' Forever Lulu'' (2000) as Hippie * ''Danny and Max'' (2000) as Berquist * ''Out of the Black'' (2001) as Ned * '' House of 1000 Corpses'' (2003) as Stucky * ''Sunburnt Angels'' (2011) as Cards * ''The Woods'' (2012) as Moose

In popular culture

* In 1968, DJ-turned-singer Jim Lowe (who hit the top of the charts in 1956 with "The Green Door") recorded "Michael J. Pollard for President" on the

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label. * Pollard suggested the title for the

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song " The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys". * AMT released a model kit of the Michael J. Pollard "Flower Power 1936 Ford" Item # T218-200. * Actor

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, whose real middle name is Andrew, adopted the middle initial "J." as a homage to Pollard.'' Inside the Actors Studio''. October 30, 2005. No. 4, season 12.

References

External links

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Michael J. Pollard
at Internet off-Broadway Database * *
In Praise of Michael J. Pollard
contains excellent retrospective of his career, movie-stills, posters, publicity photos, etc.
Overview for Michael J. Pollard at ''Turner Classic Movies'' (TCM)

Michael J. Pollards Obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pollard, Michael J. 1939 births 2019 deaths Male actors from New Jersey American male film actors American male television actors American people of Polish descent Montclair Kimberley Academy alumni Entertainers from Clifton, New Jersey People from Garfield, New Jersey Actors from Passaic, New Jersey Actors from Bergen County, New Jersey