Bruce Kirby

Bruce Kirby Actor - Born April 28, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA

Died January 24, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA (complications related to leukemia)

Birth Name Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu Sr.

Mini Bio (1) 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 fifty 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 and 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 L.A. Law (1986). Kirby showed up in numerous guest spots on top-rating shows across diverse genres, including Hogan's Heroes (1965), Bonanza (1959), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), The Streets of San Francisco (1972), M*A*S*H (1972), The Rockford Files (1974), The West Wing (1999) and The Sopranos (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.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis

Rosalyn Heischuber (7 November 1976 - 24 January 2021) his death

Lucille Margaret Garibaldi (29 March 1948 - 1973) divorced 2 children M1. Bruno Kirby (28 April 1949 - 14 August 2006) M2. John Kirby ()

Trivia (3) 1. Father of Bruno Kirby, John Kirby, and step-father of Brad Sullivan. 2. In Stand by Me (1986), he played a character named Mr. Quidaciolu, which is his real surname. 3. Bruce and his oldest son, Bruno Kirby, were both born on April 28th.

Bruce Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu; April 28, 1925 – January 24, 2021) was an American character actor.

Personal Kirby had two sons, Bruno Kirby (1949–2006) who was also an actor, his other son John Kirby, is an acting coach.

Kirby died at age 95 in Los Angeles on January 24, 2021.