- Father of stuntman/actor Matt Birman.
- Served as guest lecturer and/or instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada, Manitoba School of Theatre and Allied Arts, The Okanagan Summer Arts Festival and The Hub of Hollywood.
- Canadian character actor, born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of millinery designer Maurice Lieb Birman and his wife Anna.
- Best known for his roles as Harry Herman, the father in Lies My Father Told Me (1975), and FBI Chief Donaldson in Silver Streak.
- On stage from 1955 to 1995, his roles including Macbeth, Brutus in Julius Caesar, Thomas Cromwell in Anne of the Thousand Days and Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar named Desire.
- Also an accomplished multi-medium artist who loved working in everything from watercolor and oil to clay and bronze.
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