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Sheldon Leonard
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Sheldon Leonard
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1907-02-22,Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Pocketful of Miracles

7.323

Pocketful of Miracles
1961-12-18

It's a Wonderful Life

8.282

It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20

5.875

Decoy
1946-09-14

6.538

Guys and Dolls
1955-12-23

Zombies on Broadway

5.13

Zombies on Broadway
1945-05-01

Take One False Step

5.389

Take One False Step
1949-08-14

My Dream Is Yours

6.457

My Dream Is Yours
1949-04-15

To Have and Have Not

7.453

To Have and Have Not
1945-01-20

The Brink's Job

6.2

The Brink's Job
1978-12-08

5.211

The Gangster
1947-11-25

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

6.3

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951-03-14

6

Hit the Ice
1943-06-02

4.833

Crime, Inc.
1945-04-15

Another Thin Man

7.134

Another Thin Man
1939-11-17

Street of Chance

5.405

Street of Chance
1942-10-03

5.5

Violence
1947-05-09

Sinbad the Sailor

6

Sinbad the Sailor
1947-01-13

The Falcon in Hollywood

6.154

The Falcon in Hollywood
1944-12-08

Week-End in Havana

7

Week-End in Havana
1941-10-17

Her Kind of Man

6.25

Her Kind of Man
1946-05-11

7.333

Rise and Shine
1941-11-21

6.857

Open Secret
1948-02-14

The Last Crooked Mile

5.5

The Last Crooked Mile
1946-08-09

5.6

Jinx Money
1948-06-27

Tall, Dark and Handsome

6.091

Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941-01-24

Stop, You're Killing Me

7.667

Stop, You're Killing Me
1952-12-10

5.8

Tortilla Flat
1942-05-21

5.4

Born to Sing
1942-02-18

Bowery Bombshell

6.5

Bowery Bombshell
1946-07-20

Sock a Doodle Do

6.5

Sock a Doodle Do
1952-05-09

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life

10

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
2011-01-01

The Gem of the Ocean

7

The Gem of the Ocean
1934-11-19

Passport to Suez

6.286

Passport to Suez
1943-08-19

Rainbow Over Texas

7.333

Rainbow Over Texas
1946-05-09

Young Man with Ideas

5.167

Young Man with Ideas
1952-05-02

Kiddin' the Kitten

6.538

Kiddin' the Kitten
1952-04-05

7.5

Breakdown
1952-07-16

7.4

Lucky Jordan
1942-11-16

5.333

Frontier Gal
1945-12-14

A Peck o' Trouble

5.846

A Peck o' Trouble
1953-03-27

4.167

Taxi, Mister
1943-04-16

The Diamond Queen

7

The Diamond Queen
1953-11-28

Behave Yourself!

6.235

Behave Yourself!
1951-09-22

Why Girls Leave Home

5.667

Why Girls Leave Home
1945-10-09

Here Come the Nelsons

7

Here Come the Nelsons
1952-02-23

Somewhere in the Night

6.743

Somewhere in the Night
1946-06-12

5.143

Trocadero
1944-04-24

Married Bachelor

6.375

Married Bachelor
1941-10-16

10

Top Secret
1978-06-04

Gambler's Choice

6.2

Gambler's Choice
1944-04-27

Radio Stars on Parade

9

Radio Stars on Parade
1945-08-01

If You Knew Susie

7.333

If You Knew Susie
1948-02-07

My Mummy's Arms

8.5

My Mummy's Arms
1934-06-28

6

Timber Queen
1944-01-13

Daughter of the Jungle

5

Daughter of the Jungle
1949-02-08

Alias a Gentleman

6.8

Alias a Gentleman
1948-02-03

Money from Home

6

Money from Home
1953-12-31

7

The Islander
1978-09-16

7

Private Nurse
1941-08-22

City Without Men

5.667

City Without Men
1943-01-14

The Iroquois Trail

6.6

The Iroquois Trail
1950-06-15

5.6

Ouanga
1935-12-03

Uncertain Glory

6.731

Uncertain Glory
1944-04-07

Madonna of the Desert

8

Madonna of the Desert
1948-02-23

5.5

Klondike Kate
1943-12-16

Pierre of the Plains

4.667

Pierre of the Plains
1942-07-29

Buy Me That Town

6.333

Buy Me That Town
1941-10-03

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

8

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
2020-01-01

Come Fill the Cup

7

Come Fill the Cup
1951-10-24

6.5

Harvest Melody
1943-11-22

6.333

Captain Kidd
1945-11-22

Color Adjustment

6.923

Color Adjustment
1992-01-29

9

River Gang
1945-09-21

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

7.5

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948-09-19

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987-03-13

The Gentleman Misbehaves

8

The Gentleman Misbehaves
1946-02-28

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

6.333

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990-10-18

The Fabulous Joe

5.5

The Fabulous Joe
1947-08-28

Shep Comes Home

6.5

Shep Comes Home
1948-12-03

Murder, She Wrote

7.534

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7.566

Cheers
1982-09-30

6.25

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

My World and Welcome to It

6.333

My World and Welcome to It
1969-09-15

The Colgate Comedy Hour

6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10

The Facts of Life

7.097

The Facts of Life
1979-08-24

6.982

The Cosby Show
1984-09-20

The Dick Van Dyke Show

7.6

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961-10-03

7.11

The Lucy Show
1962-10-01

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

7.106

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964-09-25

7.926

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

Sanford and Son

7.5

Sanford and Son
1972-01-14

The David Susskind Show

7

The David Susskind Show
1959-01-18

Linus the Lionhearted

7.4

Linus the Lionhearted
1964-09-26

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

6.5

I Spy
1965-09-15

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

6.714

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968-01-22

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

7.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957-07-29

9

Big Eddie
1975-08-23

Screen Director's Playhouse

7

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955-10-05

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

5.4

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973-09-14

7

The Duke
1954-07-02

The Bob Hope Show

7

The Bob Hope Show
1950-04-09

The Jack Benny Program

7.824

The Jack Benny Program
1950-10-28

6.25

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

7.135

Matlock
1986-03-03

The Danny Thomas Show

6.237

The Danny Thomas Show
1953-09-29

The Jack Benny Program

7.824

The Jack Benny Program
1950-10-28

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

6.967

Dream On
1990-07-08

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.533

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

7.105

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950-10-12

7

Dinah!
1974-10-21

The Jack Benny Program

7.824

The Jack Benny Program
1950-10-28

The Jack Benny Program

7.824

The Jack Benny Program
1950-10-28

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

7.105

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950-10-12

American Masters

7.25

American Masters
1986-06-23

Your Jeweler's Showcase

7

Your Jeweler's Showcase
1952-11-11

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

6.714

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968-01-22

The Danny Thomas Show

6.237

The Danny Thomas Show
1953-09-29