Michael Pollack
| Michael J. Pollard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael John Pollack Jr. May 30, 1939 Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Spouse(s) | Beth Howland (1961-1969; divorced); 1 child |
Michael John Pollard (born Michael John Pollack Jr.; May 30, 1939) is an American actor best known for playing the character C. W. Moss in the 1967 crime film Bonnie and Clyde.
Pollard was born in Passaic, New Jersey. He is the son of Sonia V. (née Dubanowich) and Michael John Pollack. His parents were both of Polish descent, although the federal census of 1940 cites the birthplace of his mother and father being respectively New York and New Jersey. That 1940 census also documents that Pollard's father, who was 31-years-old at the time, supported his wife and 10-month-old Michael, Jr., by working 60 hours a week as a bartender at O'Rourke's Tap Room. With regard to Pollard's later education and his training as an actor, he attended the Montclair Academy and as a young man gained stage experience and extensive performance instruction under Herbert Berghof, Lee Strasberg, and Lee Grant at the legendary Actors Studio in New York.
In 1959, Pollard had a tiny role as a shoeshine boy in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "Appointment at Eleven" (Season 5 Episode 3). Pollard also portrayed Homer McCauley, the dramatic lead, in a television adaptation of William Saroyan's novel The Human Comedy, narrated by Burgess Meredith. That same year Pollard appeared in the episode "The Unknown Town" of David Hedison's 16-segment NBC espionage TV series Five Fingers.
Later that same year, Pollard appeared in episode five of CBS's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Jerome Krebs, the first cousin of Maynard G. Krebs, played by Bob Denver, who in real life had been drafted into the United States Army. 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.
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