Michael J. Pollard

About Michael J. Pollard

Pollard was born Michael John Pollack, Jr. in Passaic, New Jersey, the son of Sonia (née Dubanowich) and Michael John Pollack. He attended the Montclair Academy and the Actors Studio.

Pollard played the character C. W. Moss in the film Bonnie and Clyde, for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor and won a British Academy Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles.

Pollard also created the non-singing role of Hugo Peabody in the Original Broadway cast of the 1960 smash hit musical comedy Bye Bye Birdie (lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse), the 1961 Tony Award winner for Best Musical among others, which ran for over 10,500 performances on Broadway.