Bruce Kirby, Veteran Character Actor and ‘Columbo’ Cop, Dies at 95
The father of the late Bruno Kirby, he also portrayed District Attorney Bruce Rogoff on ‘L.A. Law.’
Bruce Kirby, the veteran character actor perhaps best known for portraying the gullible Sgt. George Kramer on the long-running NBC series Columbo, has died. He was 95.
Kirby, who excelled at playing authority figures during his more than five decades in show business, died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son, John, reported.
His older son, actor Bruno Kirby (The Godfather: Part II, When Harry Met Sally …, City Slickers), died in August 2006 from leukemia at age 57.
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Bruce Kirby
The father of the late Bruno Kirby, he also portrayed District Attorney Bruce Rogoff on L.A. Law.
Bruce Kirby, the veteran character actor perhaps best known for portraying the gullible Sgt. George Kramer on the long-running NBC series
Columbo, has died. He was 95.
Kirby, who excelled at playing authority figures during his more than five decades in show business, died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son, John, reported.
His older son, actor Bruno Kirby (
The Godfather: Part II,
When Harry Met Sally …,
City Slickers), died in August 2006 from leukemia at age 57.
The elder Kirby also portrayed District Attorney Bruce Rogoff on NBC s
Bruce Kirby, ‘Columbo’ and ‘Crash’ Actor, Dies at 95
Veteran character actor was also the father of “When Harry Met Sally…” and “The Godfather Part II” actor Bruno KirbyReid Nakamura | January 26, 2021 @ 10:45 AM Last Updated: January 26, 2021 @ 10:48 AM
Bruce Kirby, the prolific character actor known for playing Sgt. George Kramer on NBC’s “Columbo” and the father of Matt Dillon’s cop in the 2005 Oscar winner “Crash,” has died at the age of 95.
Kirby’s son, acting coach John Kirby, announced the news of his father’s death on Facebook on Monday. “My dear brilliant dad Bruce Kirby passed away peacefully last night at Cedars in Los Angeles at the age of 95,” he wrote. “My heart is heavy but grateful for all the extra blessed years together.”