Celebrity Biographies
Michael J Pollard
He earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Role for “Bonnie and Clyde.” Michael J. Pollard passed away on November 20, 2019, at the age of 80, at a Los Angeles hospital. The news was revealed by Rob Zombie, who directed him in “The House of 1000 Corpses” in 2003. “We have lost another member of our family,” Zombie says in his message. “I’ve always loved his work and his extraordinary screen presence. He was one of the first actors I knew I had to work with as soon as my first movie got off the ground. He will be missed.”
Born on May 30, 1939, in Passaic, New Jersey, Michael John Pollack belonged to a family of Polish descent. He studied acting at the Actor’s Studio, where he had Marilyn Monroe herself as a classmate .
After several theatrical roles, he began his journey in the television field, where he played adolescents for a long time, thanks to his short stature. In fact, he was 27 years old when he gave life to the fifteen-year-old leader of a planet inhabited only by children in “Miri”, one of the most famous episodes of Star Trek, the original series , and a boy who did not grow up, in the style of Peter Pan. , in the other great cult series of the time for fans of science fiction, Lost in space . Interestingly, a performer who experienced the same thing, Michael J. Fox , considers her his main inspiration, adding the “J.” to his name, as a tribute, even though his real name is Michael Andrew Fox.
In Arthur Penn ‘s Bonnie & Clyde , he played CW Moss, a gas station attendant who joined the leads’ criminal gang. In the category of supporting actor at the Academy Awards, he had a competitor, Gene Hackman , as a competitor , but finally the statuette went to George Kennedy , for the prisoner he played in Cool Hand .
He married fellow actress Beth Howland ( $500,000 Booty ) in 1969. Although they had a daughter, Holly, they divorced in 1969.
From that moment on, Michael J. Pollard was showered with papers, despite the fact that he never became a star. He highlights his work as the leader of a group of partisans in The Last Stand , and as criminal Henry McCarty in Shoot, Billy, Shoot , debuting Nick Nolte . After a season in dry dock, as a result of drug problems, he was relegated to minor roles from the 80s, in titles such as Dick Tracy , Ghosts Attack the Boss , or in B-series productions such as cited The House of 1000 Corpses .