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Michael Moriarty
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April 5, 1941 in Detroit, MI
Biography:Detroit-born "Michael Moriarty" was still in his teens when he received a Fulbright Fellowship to study acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. At 22, Moriarty played Octavius Caesar in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Antony and Cleopatra", the first of many Shakespearean assignments. He made his Broadway bow in "Trial of the Catonsville 9" and his film debut in 1972's "Hickey and Boggs". In 1973 and 1974, no one was a likelier candidate for big-time stardom than "Michael Moriarty". He starred as ingratiatingly egotistical ballplayer Henry Wiggen in theatrical feature "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973), earned an Emmy for his portrayal of the Gentleman Caller in a TV adaptation of "The Glass Menagerie", and won the Tony award for his work in the Broadway play "Find Your Way Home". While his stage career flourished (he'd later star in well-received revivals of "The Caine... Full Biography
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