Sheldon Leonard
Acting
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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…
Filmography
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The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
2020
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
2011
Color Adjustment
1992
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
Dream On
1990
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
American Masters
1986
Matlock
1986
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Cosby Show
1984
Cheers
1982
The Facts of Life
1979
The Brink's Job
1978
The Islander
1978
Top Secret
1978
Big Eddie
Big Eddie
1975
Dinah!
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
Sanford and Son
1972
My World and Welcome to It
1969
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
I Spy
1965
Linus the Lionhearted
1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Burke's Law
1963
The Lucy Show
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
The David Susskind Show
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Guys and Dolls
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The Duke
The Duke
1954
Money from Home
1953
The Diamond Queen
1953
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
A Peck o' Trouble
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952
Your Jeweler's Showcase
1952
Breakdown
1952
Sock a Doodle Do
1952
Young Man with Ideas
1952
Kiddin' the Kitten
1952
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
Come Fill the Cup
1951
I Love Lucy
1951
Behave Yourself!
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Iroquois Trail
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Take One False Step
1949
My Dream Is Yours
1949
Daughter of the Jungle
1949
Shep Comes Home
1948
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948
Jinx Money
1948
Madonna of the Desert
1948
Open Secret
1948
If You Knew Susie
1948
Alias a Gentleman
1948
The Gangster
1947
The Fabulous Joe
1947
Violence
1947
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Decoy
1946
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
Bowery Bombshell
1946
Somewhere in the Night
1946
Her Kind of Man
1946
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
The Gentleman Misbehaves
1946
Frontier Gal
1945