David Sheiner
David Sheiner (born January 13, 1928 in New York City ) is an American former actor .
life and career
David Sheiner began his acting career in the 1950s, including an appearance in the Broadway comedy Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? between 1955 and 1956. As early as 1952, he made his first appearance on the then young US television with a guest appearance in the Tom Corbett series , Space Cadet . But it wasn't until the beginning of the 1960s that his career took off here, in the following decades he played guest roles as well as recurring supporting roles in numerous popular series such as The Twilight Zone , Kobra, Take Over , Bonanza , Hawaii Five-Zero , Columbo , Quincy and Murder is her hobby . Often he embodied serious-looking figures such as lawyers, officers, civil servants or doctors.
From the end of the 1950s, Sheiner also appeared in some movies as a supporting actor, for example in the Bible film The Greatest Story of All Time (1965) as the Apostle James the Elder and alongside Jackie Chan in the action film The Big Brawl (1980). Probably his most famous film role was played as card player Roy in the comedy A Strange Couple (1968) opposite Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau . Of the six cast of the card round in this film, Sheiner is the only survivor today.
David Sheiner withdrew from the film and television business in the late 1980s. He has been married to screenwriter Mary-David Sheiner since 1968 and has two children with her.
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1958: The Mugger
- 1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told (The Greatest Story Ever Told)
- 1968: The Odd Couple (The Odd Couple)
- 1968: His name was Gannon (A Man Called Gannon)
- 1969: Indianapolis (Winning)
- 1970: Ten hours for Virgil Tibbs (They Call Me Mister Tibbs!)
- 1973: A man walks over corpses (The Stone Killer)
- 1980: The Gong Show Movie
- 1980: The Big Brawl (The Big Brawl)
- 1983: The Flying Eye (Blue Thunder)
watch TV
- 1952: Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1 episode)
- 1959: Perry Mason (1 episode)
- 1962: Preston & Preston ( The Defenders ; 1 episode)
- 1963: The Twilight Zone (1 episode)
- 1964: Crooks versus crooks ( The Rogues ; 1 episode)
- 1964–1966: On the run ( The Fugitive ; 4 episodes)
- 1965/1966: The Seaview - On a secret mission ( Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ; 2 episodes)
- 1965–1966: Solo for UNCLE ( Solo for UNCLE ; 5 episodes)
- 1966–1967: Big Valley (4 episodes)
- 1967–1971: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible ; 6 episodes)
- 1968: The Boss ( Ironside ; 2 episodes)
- 1969: Hawaii Five-Zero ( Hawaii Five-O ; 2 episodes)
- 1970: The People at Shiloh Ranch ( The Virginian ; 1 episode)
- 1970/1971: Mannix (2 episodes)
- 1971: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke ; 2 episodes)
- 1971: Bonanza (episode The Rattlesnake Brigade )
- 1972: Cannon (episode The Predators )
- 1973: Diana (7 episodes)
- 1974: Columbo - Snapshot for Eternity ( Negative Reaction ; TV film)
- 1974: Planet of the Apes ( Planet of the Apes ; episode The Cure )
- 1976: The two with the turn ( Switch ; 1 episode)
- 1976: Baretta (1 episode)
- 1976: Entebbe Company ( Victory at Entebbe ; TV film)
- 1977-1978: The Six Million Dollar Man ( The Six Million Dollar Man ; 3 episodes)
- 1978: The Amazing Spider-Man (1 episode)
- 1979–1981: Vegas (3 episodes)
- 1979–1983: Quincy (3 episodes)
- 1982–1985: A Colt for All Cases ( The Fall Guy ; 3 episodes)
- 1984: Matt Houston (1 episode)
- 1985/1988: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote ; 2 episodes)
- 1987: The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (TV movie)
Web links
- David Sheiner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Sheiner - Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB. Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ David Sheiner (IMDb Bio). Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sheiner, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |