David Birney, who starred with his future wife Meredith Baxter on the CBS sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie, a ratings hit that nonetheless was canceled after one season, has died. He was 83. Birney died on ...

David Birney, an actor who found early success on Broadway before landing the co-starring role on "Bridget Loves Bernie," a 1972 sitcom that would be one of the most controversial TV shows of its era, ...

David Birney, a television and Broadway actor known for roles in "St. Elsewhere" and "Bridget Loves Bernie" died Friday in his Santa Monica, Calif. home at the age of 83, according to the New York ...

David Birney, an actor, and director who was best known for playing a Jewish cab driver married to an Irish Catholic teacher in the one-season long 1972 sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie and as a doctor of ...

David Birney, who starred on the first season of the buzzy medical drama “St. Elsewhere,” as well as the short-lived, controversial sitcom “Bridget Loves Bernie” — about a Catholic woman marrying a ...

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David Birney, an actor who found early success on Broadway before landing the co-starring role on Bridget Loves Bernie, a 1972 sitcom that would be one of the most controversial TV shows of its era, ...

Birney was born in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 1939, and eventually graduated from West High School in Cleveland, where he lettered in basketball, football and track. studied English literature at ...

When she landed the part of Elyse Keaton on the 1980s NBC comedy Family Ties, actor Meredith Baxter Birney (she’s dropped the Birney since then) was elated. The show had buzz and its creator Gary ...