Michael Higgins

Career timeline

1. 1920 · Born

   Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

2. 1947 · Screen debut

   Kraft Television Theatre (TV)

3. 1974 · Breakthrough

   The Conversation (Movie)

4. 2008 · Died

   November 5, 2008

5. 2010 · Latest release

   Ice Castles (Movie)

Career in numbers

3 1940s

8 1950s

6 1960s

8 1970s

22 1980s

7 1990s

8 2000s

1 2010s

• Drama49
• Tv Movie13
• Crime10
• Comedy8
• Romance7
• Mystery6

Highest-rated title The Outer Limits 1963 7.8 Most popular title Law & Order 1990 7.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Michael Higgins in our catalogue.

Daniel Petrie

5 titles together

Fielder Cook

4 titles together

Buzz Kulik

4 titles together

Abner Biberman

3 titles together

Ted Post

3 titles together

John Erman

3 titles together

Francis Ford Coppola

3 titles together

Dick Wolf

2 titles together

Delbert Mann

2 titles together

Michael Dinner

2 titles together

1. 2010 Ice Castles as Fan 6.3 Movie
2. 2008 Synecdoche, New York as Actor Playing Man with Nose Bleed 7.5 Movie
3. 2008 An American Carol as Parent 4.2 Movie
4. 2007 The Favor as Mr. Ritter Movie
5. 2006 Off the Black as Al Cook Movie
6. 2005 Goodnight Bill as Terry Movie
7. 2004 Messengers as Poor Old Man from Room 410 Movie
8. 2002 Swimfan as Mr. Tillman 5.3 Movie
9. 2000 State and Main as Doc Wilson 6.3 Movie
10. 1998 The Impostors as Older Man who Drops Dead 6.0 Movie
11. 1998 Just the Ticket as Confessional Priest 5.6 Movie
12. 1996 Calm at Sunset as Grandpa Movie
13. 1992 School Ties as Mr. Gierasch 6.5 Movie
14. 1992 Wind as Artemus 6.2 Movie
15. 1990 Law & Order as Thad Messimer 7.3 TV
16. 1990 The Local Stigmatic as Drunk Man 5.1 Movie
17. 1989 Forced March as Andras Bereg Movie
18. 1989 Crusoe as Dr Martin Movie
19. 1989 Dead Bang 6.4 Movie
20. 1989 New York Stories as Robber 6.2 Movie
21. 1987 Angel Heart as Doctor Fowler 7.1 Movie
22. 1986 Barnum as Phineas Taylor Movie
23. 1986 Seven Minutes in Heaven as Senator Peterson 6.1 Movie
24. 1986 On Valentine's Day as Mr. Vaughn Movie
25. 1985 The Equalizer as Marvin Stahl 7.2 TV
26. 1985 1918 as Mr. Vaughn Movie
27. 1984 Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter as William Spear Movie
28. 1983 The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story as Hanibal Movie
29. 1983 Rumble Fish as Mr. Harrigan 7.0 Movie
30. 1983 Scarecrow and Mrs. King 6.6 TV
31. 1983 The Cradle Will Fall as Dr. Emmet Salem Movie
32. 1982 Born Beautiful as Walter Forrest Movie
33. 1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Reynolds 6.5 Movie
34. 1982 Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences as Father / Hobo Movie
35. 1982 American Playhouse as Father / Hobo TV
36. 1981 Fort Apache, the Bronx as Heffernan 6.6 Movie
37. 1980 A Time for Miracles Movie
38. 1980 Paul's Case as Paul's Father Movie
39. 1979 The Black Stallion as Neville 7.1 Movie
40. 1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Senator Pardew 5.9 Movie
41. 1978 King of the Gypsies as Traffic Court Judge 5.8 Movie
42. 1976 Death Play as Sam Movie
43. 1975 The Stepford Wives as Mr. Cornell 6.7 Movie
44. 1974 The Conversation as Paul 7.5 Movie
45. 1971 Desperate Characters as Francis Early Movie
46. 1970 Wanda as Mr. Dennis 6.8 Movie
47. 1969 The Arrangement as Michael Anderson 6.6 Movie
48. 1964 Pie in the Sky as Carl Movie
49. 1963 The Outer Limits as Dr. Thomas Kellander 7.8 TV
50. 1961 Ben Casey TV
51. 1961 The Defenders as Dr. Fowler TV
52. 1960 Play of the Week: Rashomon as Preist Movie
53. 1959 One Step Beyond as Anthony March TV
54. 1959 New York Confidential TV
55. 1958 Edge of Fury as Richard Barrie Movie
56. 1957 The Fabulous Irishman as Jamie Farrow Movie
57. 1957 The Lark as Brother Ladvenu Movie
58. 1955 Gunsmoke as Finnegan 6.7 TV
59. 1953 Keep Our Honor Bright as Matt Mathewson Movie
60. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV
61. 1948 Studio One as James Sheeley TV
62. 1948 Shades of Gray as U.S. Army Soldier Movie
63. 1947 Kraft Television Theatre as Matt Mathewson TV

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