Michael O'Hare(1952-2012)
- Actor
Michael O'Hare was born on 6 May 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Babylon 5 (1993), C.H.U.D. (1984) and The Ambulance (1990). He was married to Ruth Ivy Ballam. He died on 28 September 2012 in the USA.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Actor
- 1997–2000
- 1993–1996
- 1995
- 1991
- By a Thread
- Quentin Springer
- 1990
- 1990
- 1985–1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- Height
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Born
- Died
- September 28, 2012
- USA(heart attack)
- Spouse
- Ruth Ivy BallamApril 4, 1998 - September 28, 2012 (his death)
- Other worksHe had lead roles on Broadway three times: as "Lt. Col. Nathan Roy Jessup" in "A Few Good Men", (Jack Nicholson played "Jessup" in the film), as "Geoff" opposite Fred Gwynne in David Williamson's "Players", (Williamson also wrote the feature film, Gallipoli (1981)), and as "Hector" with George Grizzard and Philip Bosco in George Bernard Shaw's "Man and Superman". Off-Broadway credits include Bertolt Brecht's "Galileo", chosen by Time Magazine as one of the ten best productions in New York that year. Film and television credits include the lead in the feature By a Thread (1990), currently playing in Europe, The Promise (1979) and The Ambulance (1990). For television, he has co-starred with Richard Crenna in A Case of Deadly Force (1986), with Angela Lansbury in Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986), and with William Conrad in Keefer (1978). He also co-starred in Stirling Silliphant's Fly Away Home (1981) and has guest-starred on numerous television series, among them T.J. Hooker (1982). His most recent television appearance has been as a bookie named "The Duke" on The Cosby Mysteries (1994).
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- TriviaBy the time O'Hare passed away in September 2012, he hadn't had a role in over a decade, nor had he been seen out in public for years, fueling speculation he was gravely ill for the last several years of his life. Only upon O'Hare's death (and at his request) did close friend and Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski confirm that he had, in fact, been battling an increasing debilitating case of schizophrenia. Straczynski also confirmed that O'Hare's difficulty with the illness was the primary reason he was forced to leave Babylon 5 at the end of the first season, a decision which was mutual and very amicable. JMS even went so far as to delay the filming of the series several months to try and accommodate his condition, but O'Hare declined, citing that the delay would adversely affect the rest of the cast & crew, and insisted that they should continue without him. O'Hare would eventually return for a brief cameo in the second season, as well as a guest role in the third season that concluded his character's story in the series.
- QuotesWhen asked if he regretted leaving Babylon 5 (1993): No. I regret not seeing my old friends, particularly Mira Furlan and Bill Mumy, but that's the nature of our line of work. You come together, you work close and hard, and the time comes when it's time for you to leave.
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- Nickname
- Mike
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