Michael Higgins (actor)
| Michael Higgins | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Patrick Higgins, Jr. January 20, 1920 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | November 5, 2008 (aged 88) Manhattan, New York |
| Years active | 1949–2008 |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Lee (Betty) Goodwin (1946–2008) (his death) 3 children |
Michael Patrick Higgins, Jr. (January 20, 1920 – November 5, 2008) was an American actor who appeared in film and on stage, and was best known for his role in the original Broadway production of Equus.
Higgins was born in Brooklyn on January 20, 1920, the son of Mary Katherine (née McGowan) and Michael Peter Higgins, a poet and grocer who worked in the insurance business. He made efforts as a teenager to rid himself of his Brooklyn accent, hoping for a future career in theater. His father gave him an early a love of Shakespeare. He served in the United States Army in Italy during World War II, where he earned a Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart.
After returning from military service, Higgins made his Broadway debut on February 18, 1946 in a production of Antigone (1946), starring Katharine Cornell and Sir Cedric Hardwicke in a modern-dress adaptation of the Sophocles play based on Jean Anouilh's French version. Higgins played the role of the Third Guard.
Higgins appeared in the original Broadway production of Peter Shaffer's Equus in the role of Frank Strang, the father of a youth who blinds horses, alongside Peter Firth as the youth, Frances Sternhagen as Alan’s mother and Anthony Hopkins as his psychiatrist. As part of cast that Clive Barnes called "exemplary", Walter Kerr found Higgins "excellent as a father turned ashen when caught out at a skin flick".
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