David Birney thinks ex-wife Meredith Baxter's new memoir belongs in the fiction section. Claims that he abused her during their 15-year marriage are "an appalling abuse of the truth," Birney said ...

Here's what former 'Family Ties' star Meredith Baxter had to say about her ex-husband's futile try to get hired on the NBC comedy.

David Birney, who starred with his future wife Meredith Baxter on the CBS sitcom 'Bridget Loves Bernie,' a ratings hit that nonetheless was canceled after one season, has died. He was xx.

The sitcom also introduced Birney to his co-star Meredith Baxter, who he was married to from 1974 until 1989 and shared three children.

Meredith Baxter Sipped Wine As She Drove Home During David Birney Marriage Actress Meredith Baxter was so terrified of going home to ex-husband David Birney during their allegedly abusive marriage ...

But the connection was made: Birney would wind up dating and marrying his co-star Meredith Baxter, who was known as Meredith Baxter-Birney by the time she played Elyse Keaton on “Family Ties.” ...

David Birney found his signature role in the short-lived "Bridget Loves Bernie," a CBS situation comedy about the marriage of Jewish cab driver and a Catholic schoolteacher.

Birney met future wife Meredith Baxter Birney on the 1972 CBS sitcom American actress Meredith Baxter Birney and her husband, American actor David Birney, in New York City, New York, circa 1985.

David Birney, the actor on ‘St. Elsewhere’ and ‘Bridget Loves Bernie’ died Friday in his Santa Monica home at the age of 83, according to the New York Times.