Michael Higgins
Date of birth: 1920-01-20
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Michael Patrick Higgins Jr.
Biography
Michael Higgins was born on January 20, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA as Michael Patrick Higgins Jr. He was an actor, known for State and Main (2000), Springfield Story (1952) and Der Dialog (1974). He was married to Elizabeth Lee Goodwin. He died on November 5, 2008 in Manhattan, New York City.
Movie Credits
Rumble Fish
1983-10-09
Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputati
Angel Heart
1987-03-06
A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him t
Keep Our Honor Bright
1953-10-14
A college student faces embarrassment and expulsion for having cheated on an exam. Her fiance is a m
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981-02-06
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. I
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982-07-16
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy docto
Just the Ticket
1998-02-01
Gary Starke is one of the best ticket scalpers in New York City. His girlfriend, Linda, doesn't appr
Ice Castles
2010-02-09
Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. B
Edge of Fury
1958-05-01
A psychopathic young beachcomber pretends to befriend a mother and two daughters living at their sum
A Time for Miracles
1980-12-21
Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story
1983-12-20
After experiencing several stressful situations within a short time — including the failure of the f
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979-08-17
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointmen
The Black Stallion
1979-10-13
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that
The Arrangement
1969-11-18
An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
New York Stories
1989-03-10
Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons"
The Lark
1957-02-10
Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1952 play about Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the French to victo
An American Carol
2008-10-03
A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday
On Valentine's Day
1986-04-11
In 1917, Elizabeth defies her wealthy parents by running off and marrying Horace Robedaux, a young m
Forced March
1989-11-03
Ben Kline is an American television star and a bankable name, who is cast to portray the Hungarian w
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984-05-14
TV movie biopic depicting the life, career, and family of comedian Ernie Kovacs.
Synecdoche, New York
2008-10-24
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a li
Desperate Characters
1971-09-22
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped
The Favor
2007-10-19
A troubled teenager, left alone after his mother's sudden death, is befriended and offered a home by
King of the Gypsies
1978-12-20
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandso
Calm at Sunset
1996-12-01
Drama about a young man who defies his parents by dropping out of college to pursue his dream of own
The Conversation
1974-04-12
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the coupl
Shades of Gray
1948-05-20
After the suppression of "Let There Be Light" (a documentary about combat-induced post-traumatic str
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
1982-03-02
Perry Miller Adato's first attempt to combine documentary techniques with dramatic re-enactment. The
Wanda
1970-09-01
After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company o
Play of the Week: Rashomon
1960-12-12
Several different accounts of the same incident tell quite different stories about what happened.
Barnum
1986-11-30
The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum.
1918
1985-04-26
It's 1918, the height of United States involvement in World War I - Liberty Bonds are sold, German i
Seven Minutes in Heaven
1986-05-09
Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who has run away from home, to stay at her place while her father
Crusoe
1989-03-30
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools
Swimfan
2002-09-06
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fa
Paul's Case
1980-02-11
Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of f
Messengers
2004-06-27
Dr. Sarah Chapel returns to the small town of Brighton Mills when her father Dr. Robert Chapel unexp
Off the Black
2006-12-08
An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school
The Stepford Wives
1975-02-12
Joanna Eberhart comes to the town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there
Wind
1992-09-11
In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defe
Pie in the Sky
1964-01-01
Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.
The Cradle Will Fall
1983-05-24
Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and thinks she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a ca
State and Main
2000-08-26
The residents of a small Vermont town don't know what hit them when a beleaguered Hollywood film cre
The Impostors
1998-10-02
Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find the
Dead Bang
1989-03-24
Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on C
Born Beautiful
1982-11-01
This is the story of Betsy a model who is nearly 30. Now in the world of modeling that is considered
The Local Stigmatic
1990-03-01
Two symbiotic sociopaths play obscurely deviant mind games with each other while engaging in pervers
The Fabulous Irishman
1957-06-27
Romanticized life story of Robert Briscoe, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin.