# RIP Michael J. Pollard **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [November 23, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852 "2019-11-23T01:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/1 "2019-11-23T01:53:39Z")
[Michael J. Pollard dies at 80](https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/michael-j-pollard-dead-dies-bonnie-and-clyde-house-of-1000-corpses-1203413369/) Sorry, it’s not a foolie. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/2 "2019-11-23T02:33:43Z")
Bonnie and Clyde, The Russians are Coming, one of my favorite actors from the 60s. I first saw him on an episode of Mr. Novak, the NBC drama, and knew I wanted to see him again. Another clod washed away by the sea. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/3 "2019-11-23T02:57:47Z")
damn, an underrated [and from all accounts a nice] guy. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/4 "2019-11-23T03:03:07Z")
I remember him on episodes of, “Lost in Space,” and, “Star Trek.” Isn’t there some story about him being responsible for the title of a Lou Reed album? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/5 "2019-11-23T03:08:06Z")
That sad scene in Scrooged. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/6 "2019-11-23T03:22:57Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Isn’t there some story about him being responsible for the title of a Lou Reed album? Traffic, not Lou Reed. [The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Low_Spark_of_High_Heeled_Boys_(song)) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/7 "2019-11-23T03:31:03Z")
His _Lost in Space_ episode was one of the best of the series. I know that’s faint praise, but it was a great bit of television for any show. Fine actor. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/8 "2019-11-23T03:33:45Z")
He was great in Enter Laughing (Carl Reiner’s autobiographical film.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/9 "2019-11-23T03:50:16Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Traffic, not Lou Reed. [The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Low_Spark_of_High_Heeled_Boys_(song)) I never knew that. He was also responsible for the “J” in Michael J. Fox, whose real middle name is Andrew. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/10 "2019-11-23T04:15:20Z")
He was also in the Steve Martin film “Roxanne” as one of the hapless fire crew. A goofy looking guy who carved out an acting niche for himself and made himself memorable. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/11 "2019-11-23T05:07:20Z")
I most recently saw him in _House Of 1000 corpses_. His “Little Dick Wick” song he uses to call out one of the robbers was low brow but it made me laugh anyway. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/12 "2019-11-23T06:15:11Z")
I cannot wrap my brain around the fact that he was 80. He always had such a baby face. Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/13 "2019-11-23T07:20:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Michael J. Pollard dies at 80](https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/michael-j-pollard-dead-dies-bonnie-and-clyde-house-of-1000-corpses-1203413369/) > > Sorry, it’s not a foolie. ☹ Miri. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/14 "2019-11-23T10:37:51Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I remember him on episodes of, “Lost in Space,” and, “Star Trek.” And also from that time period there was the “Honey West” episode “The Princess and the Paupers” in which his character, Jingles, was a member of a rock and roll band. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/15 "2019-11-23T14:21:44Z")
Obligatory IMDb [link](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689488/). Hasn’t been in anything released in a few years. One gig listed in post-production for a while. Geez, you guys. Almost all my favorite things with Pollard have been mentioned already. _Bonnie and Clyde_, _Roxanne_, _The Russians are Coming_2\*, etc. That last one shows how remarkable he was. A tiny role as the guy at the airport. But really memorable. The snot alone … One not mentioned is _Little Fauss and Big Halsy_ where he is the little guy and Robert Redford is the big guy. Motorcycle racers. Fun movie with some good quotable stuff. Lucille Benson is perfect as Mama Fauss. One of the all time great actors, never mind “character” actor. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/16 "2019-11-23T14:30:36Z")
Too late to edit. How did I forget to mention _Split Second_ for maybe the third time this week??? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/17 "2019-11-23T14:40:06Z")
Bonk, bonk, bonk! ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/18 "2019-11-23T16:00:48Z")
A fine actor. RIP. I didn’t know he married Vera from _Alice_. Who woulda thought? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/19 "2019-11-23T16:33:17Z")
Maybe he would still be alive if he stayed at Claire’s. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852/20 "2019-11-23T16:44:24Z")
And he was Barney’s doofus cousin Virgil in an episode of Andy Griffith! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-j-pollard/843852.md?page=2)