
John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, eloquent delivery and often pompous demeanor in film and television, born on November 5, 1913, in Manhattan, New York City. He was one of ten children in an Irish-American family and was educated at the Jesuit-run Regis High School in New York. He later earned a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and a master’s in English from Columbia University.
