Michael Lombard

Michael Lombard (August 8, 1934 – August 13, 2020) was an American actor. Born as Michael Labombarda, Lombard's parents emigrated from Giovinazzo, Bari, Italy, and settled in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Lombard gained recognition for his stage performances, earning a Drama Desk Award nomination for Otherwise Engaged in 1977 and winning an Obie Award for What's Wrong With This Picture? in 1991. On television, he portrayed Marshall Beck in all 15 episodes of Filthy Rich (1982-1983). Lombard made guest appearances on popular American TV series such as Kojak, The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, The Rockford Files, Three's Company, Riptide, Spenser: For Hire, Miami Vice, The Cosby Show, and Law & Order and its spinoffs. He also appeared in films including Who?, Network, Fatso, So Fine, and Garbo Talks.