Sheldon Leonard

Sheldon Leonard

Acting 1907-02-22 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sheldon Leonard Bershad (February 22, 1907 – January 11, 1997) was an American film and television actor, producer, director, and writer. Sheldon Leonard Bershad was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of middle class Jewish parents Anna Levit and Frank Bershad. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1929. As an actor, Leonard specialized in playing supporting characters, especially gangsters or "heavies", in films such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946; as bartender Nick), To Have and Have Not (1944), Guys and Dolls (1955), and Open Secret (1948). His trademark was his especially thick New York accent, usually delivered from the side of his mouth. In Decoy (1946), Leonard uses his "heavy" persona to create the hard-boiled police detective Joe Portugal. On radio from 1945 to 1955, Leonard played an eccentric racetrack tout on The Jack Benny Program and later in the TV series of the same name. His role was to salute Benny out of the blue in railroad stations, on street corners, or in department stores ("Hey Bud. C'mere a minute."), ask Benny what he was about to do, and then proceed to try to argue him out of his course of action by resorting to inane and irrelevant racing logic. As "The Tout," he never gave out information on horse racing, unless Jack demanded it. One excuse the tout gave was, "Who knows about horses?" Leonard was part of the cast of voice actors on the Damon Runyon Theatre radio show (1948-1949). He was part of the ensemble cast of the Martin and Lewis radio show. He also appeared frequently on The Adventures of the Saint, often playing gangsters and heavies, but also sometimes in more positive roles. Leonard was also a regular on the radio comedy series The Adventures of Maisie in the 1940s. During the 1950s, Leonard provided the voice of lazy fat cat Dodsworth in two Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoons directed by Robert McKimson. In the adventure movie The Iroquois Trail (1950), Leonard played against type in the significant role of Chief Ogane, a Native American warrior, who pursues and fights the frontiersman Nat "Hawkeye" Cutler (George Montgomery) in a climactic duel to the death with knives. Later in the 1950s and 1960s, he established a reputation as a producer of successful television series, including The Danny Thomas Show (aka Make Room For Daddy) (1953–64), The Andy Griffith Show (1960–68), Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (1964–69), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66), and I Spy (1965–68). He also directed several TV series episodes, including four of the first eight episodes of the TV series Lassie (Season 1, 1954). Leonard also provided the voice of Linus the Lionhearted in a series of Post Crispy Critters cereal TV commercials in 1963-64, which led to a Linus cartoon series that aired on Saturday (and later, Sunday) mornings on CBS (1964–66) and ABC (1967–69). He also was briefly the star of his own television show Big Eddie (1975), where he played the owner of a large sports arena. The show lasted for only ten episodes.

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2020 Self (archive footage)
1992 Self
1990 Don Monteleoni
1987 Self (archive footage)
1986 Casino Tipster
1986 Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
1984 Sgt. Bulldog Kowalski
1984 Dr. Wexler
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1982 Sid Nelson
1978 J. Edgar Hoover
1978 Carl Vitale
1978 Paul Lazaro
1978 Executive Producer
1975
1974 Self
1972 Producer
1972 Executive Producer
1970 Producer
1970 Director
1970 Creator
1969 Director
1969 Executive Producer
1969 Producer
1968 Self (uncredited)
1967 Producer
1967 Director
1967 Producer
1967 Director
1967 Executive Producer
1965 Disc Jockey
1965 Director
1965 Producer
1964 Norman Miles
1964 Linus (voice)
1964 Director
1963 Ronald 'Touchy' Touchstone
1963 'Chicasaw Pete' Wickowski
1963 Director
1963 Director
1963 Producer
1962 Sheldon Leonard
1961 Steve Darcey
1961 Big Max Calvada
1961 Self
1961 Director
1961 Producer
1960 Director
1960 Executive Producer
1960 Creator
1957 Director
1955 Harry the Horse
1954 Sam Marco
1954 Director
1953 Dodsworth (voice)
1953 Mogul
1953 Jumbo Schneider
1953 Gus
1953 Director
1953 Director
1953 Teleplay
1952 Lefty
1952 Kid Banty (voice) (uncredited)
1952 Rodwell 'Brick' Davis
1952 Dodsworth (voice) (uncredited)
1952 Nick Sampson
1952 Duke
1952 Hardwick Harris
1952 Writer
1952 Teleplay
1951 Boots Morgan
1951 Shortwave Bert
1951 Lennie Garr
1951 Harry Martin (uncredited)
1951 Director
1950 Chief Ogane
1950 Self
1950 Elevator Tout
1950 Racetrack Tout
1950 Tombstone Harry
1950 Bobby Darin's Agent (uncredited)
1949 Detective Pacciano
1949 Grimes
1949 Dalton Kraik
1948 Detective Sgt. Mike Frontelli
1948 Lippy Harris
1948 Steve Garland
1948 Harry Bealer
1948 Nick Julian
1948 'Swifty' Lewis
1947 Cornell
1947 Fred Stalk
1947 Auctioneer
1947 Louie
1946 Nick
1946 Sergeant Joe Portugal
1946 Felix Bender
1946 Ed 'Wires' MacGuire
1946 Ace Deuce Baker
1946 Kirby Haynes
1946 Sam
1946 Trigger Stazzi
1945 Ace Miller
1945 Lt. Coyo
1945 Capt. Ferrone
1945 'Blackie' Shoulders
1945 Chris Williams
1945 Lucky Maddox
1945 Cyprian Boyle
1945 Peg Leg
1945 Story
1944 Louie Buchanan
1944 Mickey Jones
1944 Chappie Wilson
1944 Smacksie Golden
1944 Henri Duval
1943 Harry 'Silky' Fellowsby
1943 Johnny Booth
1943 Gangster Louis Glorio / The Frisco Ghost
1943 Monk LaRue
1943 'Sometime' Smith
1943 Chuck
1942 Joe Marruci
1942 Tito Ralph
1942 Pete Detroit
1942 Slip Moran
1942 Clairou
1941 Boris
1941 Menace
1941 Pretty Willie Williams
1941 Johnny Brannigan
1941 John Winton
1941 Chink Moran
1939 Phil Church
1935 LeStrange, the Overseer
1934 Pasha
1934 Abdullah