Leonard Sheldon Bershad
Sign | Pisces |
Born | Feb 22, 1907 New York City, NY |
Died | Jan 10, 1997 Beverly Hills, CA |
Age | Died at 89 |
Sheldon Leonard | |
Job | Actor, writer, producer, director |
Years active | 1934-96 |
Known for | Brooklynesque gangsters (comic or serious) |
Top Roles | Harry the Horse, Nick, Grimes, Lennie Garr, Lt. Coyo |
Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Crime, Romance, Musical, Mystery |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Screwball Comedy, Gangsters |
Top Collaborators | Gordon Douglas (Director), Frank Capra (Director), Frank McDonald (Director), Hal Roach (Producer) |
Shares birthday with | Robert Young, George Haight, Fannie Ward see more.. |
Sheldon Leonard Overview:
Character actor, Sheldon Leonard, was born Leonard Sheldon Bershad on Feb 22, 1907 in New York City, NY. Leonard died at the age of 89 on Jan 10, 1997 in Beverly Hills, CA .
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Sheldon Leonard was an American actor of vaguely shifty looks, a 'Macdonald Carey from the other side of the tracks' and one of film's shadiest characters. Rarely seen without a trilby, his Brooklynesque gangsters were equally divided between the comic and the serious. He left acting all too soon to turn to production, but was seen in the late 1970s in a few cameo roles.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).
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Leonard was inducted into the TV Hall of Fame .
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Sheldon Leonard Quotes:
Harry the Horse:
So, my sin is that when Sky was rolling us, I wished that I could've won the thousand bucks instead of having to come here. But, now that I'm here - I still wish it!
Nick: [ringing the cash register repeatedly] Get me. I'm givin' out wings!
Gus: I got an idea, boss.
Ace Miller: Brother, I need an idea to get out of this jam.
Gus: The cops find these two guys' bodies with a note pinned on 'em sayin' they committed suicide on account of they were so ashamed because they couldn't deliver a real zombie.
Ace Miller: Hey, that's a possibility!
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Nick: [ringing the cash register repeatedly] Get me. I'm givin' out wings!
Gus: I got an idea, boss.
Ace Miller: Brother, I need an idea to get out of this jam.
Gus: The cops find these two guys' bodies with a note pinned on 'em sayin' they committed suicide on account of they were so ashamed because they couldn't deliver a real zombie.
Ace Miller: Hey, that's a possibility!
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