From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSheldon 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 Its 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. Cmere 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.

Filmy nedostupný z Sheldon Leonard

Zombies on Broadway

Ace Miller

Film 1945

The Gangster

Cornell

Film 1947

Crime, Inc.

Capt. Ferrone

Film 1945

Street of Chance

Joe Marruci

Film 1942

Violence

Fred Stalk

Film 1947

Sinbad the Sailor

Auctioneer

Film 1947

Week-End in Havana

Boris

Film 1941

Her Kind of Man

Felix Bender

Film 1946

Open Secret

Detective Sgt. Mike Frontelli

Film 1948

The Last Crooked Mile

Ed 'Wires' MacGuire

Film 1946

Jinx Money

Lippy Harris

Film 1948

Born to Sing

Pete Detroit

Film 1942

Bowery Bombshell

Ace Deuce Baker

Film 1946

Sock a Doodle Do

Kid Banty (voice) (uncredited)

Film 1952

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life

Self

Film 2011

The Gem of the Ocean

Pasha

Film 1934

Rainbow Over Texas

Kirby Haynes

Film 1946

Young Man with Ideas

Rodwell 'Brick' Davis

Film 1952

Kiddin' the Kitten

Dodsworth (voice) (uncredited)

Film 1952

Breakdown

Nick Sampson

Film 1952

Taxi, Mister

Gangster Louis Glorio / The Frisco Ghost

Film 1943

The Diamond Queen

Mogul

Film 1953

Why Girls Leave Home

Chris Williams

Film 1945

Trocadero

Mickey Jones

Film 1944

Married Bachelor

Johnny Brannigan

Film 1941

Top Secret

Carl Vitale

Film 1978

Gambler's Choice

Chappie Wilson

Film 1944

Radio Stars on Parade

Lucky Maddox

Film 1945

My Mummy's Arms

Abdullah

Film 1934

Timber Queen

Smacksie Golden

Film 1944

Daughter of the Jungle

Dalton Kraik

Film 1949

Alias a Gentleman

Harry Bealer

Film 1948

The Islander

Paul Lazaro

Film 1978

Private Nurse

John Winton

Film 1941

City Without Men

Monk LaRue

Film 1943

Ouanga

LeStrange, the Overseer

Film 1935

Uncertain Glory

Henri Duval

Film 1944

Madonna of the Desert

Nick Julian

Film 1948

Klondike Kate

'Sometime' Smith

Film 1943

Pierre of the Plains

Clairou

Film 1942

Buy Me That Town

Chink Moran

Film 1941

It's Always Sunday

George

Film

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

Self (archive footage)

Film 2020

Harvest Melody

Chuck

Film 1943

Captain Kidd

Cyprian Boyle

Film 1945

Color Adjustment

Self

Film 1992

River Gang

Peg Leg

Film 1945

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Hermon

Film 1948

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

Film 1988

The Gentleman Misbehaves

Trigger Stazzi

Film 1946

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

Self (archival footage)

Film 1990

The Fabulous Joe

Louie

Film 1947

Shep Comes Home

'Swifty' Lewis

Film 1948

televizní seriál nedostupný z Sheldon Leonard

My World and Welcome to It

Tv 1969

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

The Facts of Life

Tv 1979

The Cosby Show

Dr. Wexler

Tv 1984

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Norman Miles

Tv 1964

I Love Lucy

Harry Martin (uncredited)

Tv 1951

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Tv 1962

Sanford and Son

Tv 1972

The David Susskind Show

Self

Tv 1959

Linus the Lionhearted

Linus (voice)

Tv 1964

General Electric Theater

Tv 1953

I Spy

Disc Jockey

Tv 1965

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self

Tv 1967

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Self

Tv 1957

Big Eddie

Tv 1975

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Self

Tv 1973

The Duke

Sam Marco

Tv 1954

The Bob Hope Show

Self

Tv 1950

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Tv 1961

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Tv 1962

Dinah!

Self

Tv 1974