{"id":111854,"date":"2022-05-04T11:05:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111854"},"modified":"2022-05-04T11:52:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:52:02","slug":"actor-david-birney-dies-at-83-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111854","title":{"rendered":"Actor David Birney Dies at 83 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111854\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111854\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111855 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/David-Birney-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/David-Birney-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/David-Birney.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Veteran stage, film and television actor David Birney, known for his roles on the series ST. ELSEWHERE and BRIDGET LOVES BERNIE, passed away April 29, 2022 at his home in Santa Monica from Alzheimer\u2019s disease. He was 83.<\/p>\n<p>Although Birney was primarily known for his television roles, he also found success on the stage, appearing in Broadway productions including \u201cAmadeus\u201d, \u201cBenefactors\u201d and \u201cMan and Superman\u201d. His additional stage credits include \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d, \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing\u201d, \u201cTo Kill a Mockingbird\u201d, \u201cCamelot\u201d, among many others. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Aside from ST. ELSEWHERE (1982-1988) and BRIDGET LOVES BERNIE (1972-1973), Birney appeared frequently in television series, TV movies and films including THE EDGE OF NIGHT (1956-1984), MURDER OR MERCY (1974), CANNON (1971-1976), THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO (1972-1977), POLICE STORY (1973-1987), SERPICO (1976-1977), HAWAII FIVE-O (1968-1980), FAMILY (1976-1980), THE LOVE BOAT (1977-1987), THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1985-1989), MURDER, SHE WROTE (1984-1996), and WITHOUT A TRACE (2002-2009).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to David Birney\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Veteran stage, film and television actor David Birney, known for his roles on the series ST. ELSEWHERE and BRIDGET LOVES BERNIE, passed away April 29, 2022 at his home in Santa Monica from Alzheimer\u2019s disease. He was 83. Although Birney was primarily known for his television roles, he also found success on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[28733],"class_list":["post-111854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-actor-david-birney-dies-at-83-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111854"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}