David Birney
For the American Civil War general, see David B. Birney.David Birney is a veteran
television and
movie star. He was born on April
23rd 1939 in
Washington, D.C..
He was married to
Meredith Baxter from
1974 to
1989. The two had played the husband and wife characters of Bernie and Bridget Steinberg in the series
Bridget Loves Bernie.
Other shows in which Birney was a main cast member include
Love is a Many Splendored Thing,
A World Apart,
Serpico,
St. Elsewhere,
Glitter, and
Live Shot.
He voiced
Anakin Skywalker in the
Star Wars radio adaptation of
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
He has guest-starred in many classic television series from the
1970s and
1980s including
The F.B.I.,
The Streets of San Francisco,
Hawaii Five-O and
Matlock. In the
1990s, he guest starred in a wide variety of shows -
Murder She Wrote,
Burke's Law,
The Love Boat: The Next Wave,
Sliders and the
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "
Tears of the Prophets".
Motion pictures
*
Caravan to Vaccares (1974)
*
Trial by Combat (1976)
*
Au revoir à lundi (1979)
*
Oh, God! Book II (1980)
*
Prettykill (1987)
*
Nightfall (1988)
*
Touch and Die (1991)
*
The Comedy of Errors (2000)
Television movies
* Murder or Mystery (1974)
* Only with Married Men (1974)
* Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
* High Midnight (1979)
* OHMS (1980)
* Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980)
* I Think I'm Having a Baby (1981)
* The Five of Me (1981)
* Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981)
* Power's Play (1986)
* The Long Journey Home (1987)
* The Diaries of Adam and Eve (1988)
* 15 and Getting Straight (1989)
* Love and Betrayal (1989)
* Night of the Fox (1990)
* Always Remember I Love You (1990)
* Keeping Secrets (1991)
* The Naked Truth (1992)
*
The Adams Chronicles (1976)
*
Testimony of Two Men (1977)
*
Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978)
*
Master of the Game (1984)
* Secrets (1992)
*
David Birney's official website
