David Birney Autographs
David Edwin Birney (April 23, 1939 – April 27, 2022) was an American actor and director whose career included performances in both contemporary and classical roles in theatre, film, and television. He is noted for having played the title role in the television series Serpico. He also starred in Bridget Loves Bernie, an early 1970s TV series about an interfaith marriage that also starred Meredith Baxter, whom he married after the series ended. He also portrayed Dr. Ben Samuels in St. Elsewhere from 1982 until 1983.
Birney was born to an Irish Catholic family in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 1939. His father, Edwin, worked as a special agent for the FBI; his mother, Jeanne (née McGee), was a housewife before becoming a real estate agent. Birney attended schools in Brooklyn, Ohio, and graduated from West High School in Cleveland. Named to the National Honor Society, he lettered in basketball, football, and track. He held a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College with "High Distinction" in English literature, English Honors. At the University of California, Los Angeles, Birney earned an M.A. in theatre arts, acting and directing, studying with Ralph Freud and William Melnitz. He held a teaching assistant fellowship and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. in Humanities from Southern Utah University.
While in the U.S. Army, Birney won an All Army Entertainment contest and received the "Barter Theatre Award" in 1965. Since the award was an equity contract with the Company for an entire season, he consequently spent the next season with the Barter Theatre, the State Theatre of Virginia, starring or appearing in fifteen shows, directing two others. In the following two years he went on to perform with a range of companies and productions, off-Broadway and in several regional repertory theatres. His New York debut was with Joe Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival as Antipholus of Syracuse in William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors.
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Traded items with a signature of David Birney
The most expensive item with a signature of David Birney (DAVID BIRNEY Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed - Signed Best Wishes - RARE!) was sold in May 2026 for $69.95 while the cheapest item (DAVID BIRNEY Authentic Hand Signed Autograph ON THE BACK OF 4X6 Photo) found a new owner for $0.50 in June 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was May 2022 with an average selling price of $9.99 for an autographed item of David Birney. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2025 with $34.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.50 was June 2019. In average, an autographed item from David Birney is worth $10.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of David Birney were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | DAVID BIRNEY (+2022) - Actor / Serpico / Star Trek DS9 - Autograph Photo | $14.99 |  |
| David Birney (d. 2022) Signed Autograph 8x10 Photo Still from Serpico Movie! | $18.00 | |
| David Birney (d. 2022) Signed Autograph 8x10 Photo Still from Serpico Movie! | $18.00 | |
| David Birney (Dirty Knight's Work star) Signed photo | $5.00 | |
| David Birney - St. Elsewhere - Someone's Watching Me- Matlock - Autographed 1971 | $9.99 | |
| DAVID BIRNEY Actor: Hand Signed Celebrity Photo 8 x 10” / KSK | $40.25 | |
| David Birney Signed - Autographed 3x5 inch Card with Certificate - Actor | $18.99 | |
| DAVID BIRNEY Signed 3x5 Index Card AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH ~ SERPICO | $9.99 | |
| David Birney Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed Actor St. Elsewhere | $34.50 | |
| David Birney Signed 8x10 Photo Beckett COA Actor St. Elsewhere Bridget Loves | $35.00 | |
| DAVID BIRNEY signed AUTOGRAPH 3235 | $3.99 | |
| David Birney St. Elsewhere Bridget Loves Bernie Star Trek DS9 Signed Autograph | $11.99 | |
| DAVID BIRNEY-ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO-ST ELSEWHERE | $7.99 | |
| Hand Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed by John Mills & David Birney | $16.95 | |
| Handwritten Note Signed ACTOR David Birney to Mrs. Bonet on Personal Stationery | $59.99 | |
