From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Michael Peter Moran February 8 1944 February 4 2004 was an American actor and playwright Moran was born in Yuba City California but his family moved frequently because his father was a US Army officer He gained some of his first experience under Gilbert Rathbun in the theater program at Seton Hall University in South Orange NJ though he was not a student there and at the Theater on the Mall in Paramus He moved to New York City in 1966 and was educated at New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts He became a member of the theatre groups the Manhattan Project and the CooperKeaton Group Both groups produced plays written by Moran including Call Me Charlie starring Danny DeVito He also appeared in several productions for the New York Shakespeare Festival Moran died at the age of 59 in a New York hospital from GuillainBarre Syndrome He was four days short of his 60th birthday Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael P Moran licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia