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Keir Dullea

Keir Dullea
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Dullea (left) with Denver Pyle in Kraft Mystery Theatre's "Cry Ruin" (1962)
Born (1936-05-30) May 30, 1936 (age 80)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1960–present
Spouse(s) Margot Bennett (m. 1960; div. 1968)
Susan Lessons (m. 1969; div. 1970)
Susie Fuller (m. 1972; d. 1998)
Mia Dillon (m. 1999)

Keir Dullea (/ˈkɪər dʊˈl/; born May 30, 1936) is an American actor best known for the character of astronaut David Bowman, whom he portrayed in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and in 1984's 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Other film roles include Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) and Black Christmas (1974).

Dullea was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Margaret (née Ruttan) and Robert Dullea. Dullea was raised in the Greenwich Village section of New York City where his parents ran a bookstore. He graduated from George School in Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school he attended both Rutgers University in New Jersey and San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California, before he decided to pursue acting.

Dullea has been married four times. His first marriage was to stage and film actress Margot Bennett from 1960 until their divorce in 1968. He was married from 1969 to 1970 to Susan Lessons. In 1972, Dullea married a third time to Susie Fuller, who had two daughters from a previous relationship. The couple had met during the London run of Butterflies Are Free. After their wedding, Dullea, Fuller and her children lived in London for several years. She died in 1998 after 26 years of marriage. In 1999, Dullea married actress Mia Dillon. They divide their time between an apartment in Manhattan and a house in Connecticut.


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