Michael J.R. Kirby (February 20, 1925 – May 25, 2002 in Laguna Niguel, CA) was a Canadian figure skater who competed in men's singles, and was also an actor.

He appeared in several movies including Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) with Lana Turner, and Summer Holiday (filmed in 1946, released in 1948) as Mickey Rooney's older brother.

Kirby relocated to Chicago in the 1948 from Newport Beach[3] and established a chain of instructional ice skating rinks.

[5] Kirby left Chicago about 1972 to help Ice Capades build up to 40 rinks around the world, including one in Saudi Arabia.

[6] They had eight children (five sons: Terry, David, Michael, Christopher and Thomas; and three daughters: Tricia Shafer, Ann Forster and Catherine Tanner)[1][5] and the union lasted 57 years, until his death in 2002 of renal failure, in his home at Orange County, Calif.[1] (with McCarthy, Wilson, and Gilchrist)