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British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
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Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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Academy Award
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Michael J. Pollard (born Michael John Pollack Jr.; May 30, 1939 – November 20, 2019) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as C.W. Moss in the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967), which earned him critical acclaim along with nominations for an Academy Award , a British Academy Film Award , and two Golden Globe Awards .
Michael J. Pollard. Jump to. 6 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1968 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Bonnie and Clyde. BAFTA Awards. 1968 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. Bonnie and Clyde. Golden Globes, USA. 1968 Nominee Golden Globe. Best Supporting Actor. Bonnie and Clyde.
- May 30, 1939
- November 20, 2019
Michael J. Pollard. Actor: Bonnie and Clyde. Cherubic, wispy-haired looks made his typecasting as impish or eccentric characters somehow inevitable. The pint-sized Michael J. Pollard was born the son of a bar manager of Polish ancestry in Passaic (New Jersey). He studied drama at the Actor's Studio (with a young Marilyn Monroe in the same class ...
- January 1, 1
- Passaic, New Jersey, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Pollard's big break (and his critically most acclaimed role) was as the loyal, but inarticulate and child-like garage mechanic turned get-away driver C.W. Moss in Arthur Penn's gangster epic Bonnie and Clyde (1967). On the heels of his Oscar-nomination for Best Supporting Actor came offers for other high-profile off-beat character roles, though ...
- May 30, 1939
- November 20, 2019
Nov 20, 2019 · Pollard is most widely known for his role as C.W. Moss, the child-like garage mechanic turned get-away driver in the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Nov 22, 2019 · But his performance in “Bonnie and Clyde,” which earned him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor, raised his profile — and changed the way Hollywood saw him.
Nov 22, 2019 · For his performance in Bonnie and Clyde as C.W. Moss, a composite character of real gang members W.D. Jones and Henry Methvin, Pollard received a supporting actor Oscar nomination. He lost to ...
