Sheldon Leonard
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-02-22 (90 years old)
Deathday
1997-01-10
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
S.L. Bershad
S. L. Bershad
Sheldon Leonard Bershad
Sheldon Leonard
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 a...
Acting
1961
as Steve Darcey
1946
as Nick
1946
as Sergeant Joe Portugal
1955
as Harry the Horse
1945
as Ace Miller
1949
as Detective Pacciano
1949
as Grimes
1945
as Lt. Coyo
1978
as J. Edgar Hoover
1947
as Cornell
1951
as Boots Morgan
1943
as Harry 'Silky' Fellowsby
1945
as Capt. Ferrone
1939
as Phil Church
1942
as Joe Marruci
1947
as Fred Stalk
1947
as Auctioneer
1944
as Louie Buchanan
1941
as Boris
1946
as Felix Bender
1941
as Menace
1948
as Detective Sgt. Mike Frontelli
1946
as Ed 'Wires' MacGuire
1948
as Lippy Harris
1941
as Pretty Willie Williams
1952
as Lefty
1942
as Tito Ralph
1942
as Pete Detroit
1946
as Ace Deuce Baker
1952
as Kid Banty (voice) (uncredited)
2011
1934
as Pasha
1943
as Johnny Booth
1946
as Kirby Haynes
1952
as Rodwell 'Brick' Davis
1952
as Dodsworth (voice) (uncredited)
1952
as Nick Sampson
1942
as Slip Moran
1945
as 'Blackie' Shoulders
1953
as Dodsworth (voice)
1943
as Gangster Louis Glorio / The Frisco Ghost
1953
as Mogul
1951
as Shortwave Bert
1945
as Chris Williams
1952
as Duke
1946
as Sam
1944
as Mickey Jones
1941
as Johnny Brannigan
1978
as Carl Vitale
1944
as Chappie Wilson
1945
as Lucky Maddox
1948
as Steve Garland
1934
as Abdullah
1944
as Smacksie Golden
1949
as Dalton Kraik
1948
as Harry Bealer
1953
as Jumbo Schneider
1978
as Paul Lazaro
1941
as John Winton
1943
as Monk LaRue
1950
as Chief Ogane
1935
as LeStrange, the Overseer
1944
as Henri Duval
1948
as Nick Julian
1943
as 'Sometime' Smith
1942
as Clairou
1941
as Chink Moran
-
as George
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1951
as Lennie Garr
1943
as Chuck
1945
as Cyprian Boyle
1992
as Self
1945
as Peg Leg
1948
as Hermon
1987
as Self (archive footage)
1946
as Trigger Stazzi
1990
1947
as Louie
1948
as 'Swifty' Lewis
Production
1978
as Executive Producer
1945
as Story
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