Born Michael J. Pollack in Passaic, NJ. This homuncular, elfin (5'6") character actor studied at New York City's Actors' Studio and appeared as a semi-regular on the "Dobie Gillis" TV series in 1959 before making his feature debut in HEMINGWAY'S ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN (1962). He worked in THE STRIPPER (1963), THE WILD ANGELS (1966), and ENTER LAUGHING (1967) before being cast as filling-station attendant turned outlaw C. W. Moss in BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967), a role for which he was Oscar-nominated. Inexplicably popular, though he never seemed to be playing anyone other than himself, Pollard subsequently appeared in several movies, including HANNIBAL BROOKS (1969), LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY (1970), DIRTY LITTLE BILLY (1972, the lead), BETWEEN THE LINES (1977), MELVIN AND HOWARD (1980), and AMERICA (1982), but took long vacations from the screen. By the late 1980s, though, he began working more frequently, playing virtually the same offbeat, imbecilic character in both A pictures (1987's ROXANNE, 1988's SCROOGED) and B's (1989's NIGHT VISITOR 1991's THE ART OF DYING 1992's SPLIT SECOND. He reunited with Warren Beatty in DICK TRACY (1990) playing phone tapper Bug Bailey, and appeared in ENID IS SLEEPING, I COME IN PEACE (both 1990), and ARIZONA DREAM (1993, filmed in 1991). Subsequent credits include MAD DOG TIME (1996), THE ODYSSEY (1997, TV), THE UNKNOWN CYCLIST and STIR (both 1997), MERCHANTS OF VENUS (1998), TUMBLEWEEDS and THE DEBTORS (both 1999), FOREVER LULU and DANNY AND MAX (both 2000), OUT OF THE BLACK (2001) and HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003).  Nominated for Supporting Actor 1967: BONNIE AND CLYDE 1 nomination