Birney appeared frequently on television, building a career in
movies, series and miniseries for television. He has starred in such
series as
Live Shot,
St. Elsewhere,
The Adams Chronicles,
Glitter,
Serpico,
Fantasy Island,
McMillan and Wife,
Murder She Wrote, and
Bridget Loves Bernie, and he starred in the episode "The Nomads" from the 1977 series
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (known in the
United Kingdom as
Twist in the Tale).
[3] Miniseries credits include starring roles in:
Testimony of Two Men,
The Bible,
Valley of the Dolls,
Night of the Fox,
Master of the Game and
Seal Morning.
He has also appeared in leading roles in many television films, among them
Love and Betrayal,
Long Journey Home,
The Five of Me,
Ohms,
The Deadly Game, and
High Midnight. He was also in the soap
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing.
[4]
Writing and directing
Birney has edited and adapted for the stage a two-character play
based on some of Mark Twain’s shorter works and letters. The piece,
Mark Twain's The Diaries of Adam and Eve, was presented on the
PBS series
American Playhouse.
[5]
Developing the play subsequently for the stage, he has directed and
starred in productions for regional theatres such as the Hartford Stage
Company (opening the Mark Twain Festival in Hartford), the
Capital Repertory Theatre, and on tour in performing arts centers across the country. A second play,
A Christmas Pudding, a Christmas Collage of song, story and poetry of the season has been published by the dramatist publisher,
Samuel French Inc.
Professional associations
Birney has served on the Large Theatre Panel of the
National Endowment for the Arts and is a current board member of the
Foundation for Bio-Medical Research.
He has also served on the Theatre and Dance Panel of the Jacob Javits
Fellowship Foundation. For Dartmouth College he has served as a member
of the Board of Overseers for the
Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts.
He initiated and chaired the Class of '61 Legacy: The American
Tradition in Performance, helping to create a substantial endowment
dedicated to live performance at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth
College.
For five years, Birney co-chaired the
American Diabetes Association,
speaking and fund raising for the Association. He is an advisor for the
Children’s Rights Council, a national nonprofit advocating access to
both parents after divorce or separation. His contribution to classical
theatre has been recognized with Washington's Shakespeare Theatre's
Millennium Award.
Filmography
Feature films
Films for television
Mini-series
References
Profile filmreference.com; accessed December 18, 2015.
External links
Hischak, Thomas S. (2001). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000. Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780195123470 – via Google books.
Classic Television Archive: Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (1977)
Newcomb, Horace (2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Routledge. p. 2121. ISBN 9781135194727 – via Google Books.
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