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name: "Michael Higgins"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 January 1920"
died: "5 November 2008"
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# Michael Higgins

Actor. Born 20 January 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 5 November 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 January 1920, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 5 November 2008
- **Active:** 1974–1983
- **Also known as:** Michael Patrick Higgins Jr.
- **Works often with:** Dean Tavoularis, Francis Ford Coppola

## Biography

Michael Higgins was an American actor who appeared in film, television and on stage. Born Michael Patrick Higgins Jr. in Brooklyn, New York, he made his Broadway debut in 1946 in a production of Antigone and later performed in the original Broadway run of Equus.

He received two Obie Awards for Off-Broadway work, including his performance as John Proctor in The Crucible. Higgins appeared in more than fifty films, among them The Conversation (1974), in which he played Paul, as well as Wanda (1970), The Stepford Wives (1975), Rumble Fish (1983), Angel Heart (1987) and Synecdoche, New York (2008).

He was married to Elizabeth Lee Goodwin from 1946 until his death in Manhattan on 5 November 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Rumble Fish* (1983), Fi1m 77, as Mr. Harrigan — [page](https://film.one/film/rumble-fish.md)
- *The Conversation* (1974), Fi1m 92, as Paul — [page](https://film.one/film/the-conversation.md)

## Also known for

- *Angel Heart* (1987), Doctor Fowler
- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), Actor Playing Man with Nose Bleed — [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Thad Messimer, Darryl Grady
- *A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy* (1982), Reynolds
- *School Ties* (1992), Mr. Gierasch
- *New York Stories* (1989), Robber
- *The Stepford Wives* (1975), Mr. Cornell
- *The Black Stallion* (1979), Neville

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