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.
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