Spoiler : Leonard, Sheldon (birth name was Sheldon Leonard Bershad) Born in New York City 2/22/1907; died 1/11/1997 of natural causes at his Beverly Hills, California home. Leonard began his career as a theater manager, then became a New York stage actor for ten years. Moved to Hollywood in the 1930's, appearing on screen in Ouanga (1936); Another Thin Man (1939); The Brink's Job (1978).

Spoiler : Regular performer on radio programs including The Jack Benny Program for NBC during the 1940's; Meet Me At Parky's for NBC (1945-1947); The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show for NBC (1946-1954); syndicated series, The Damon Runyon Theater (1948); syndicated MGM series, Maisie (1949-1953); The Martin And Lewis Show for NBC (1949-1953); Broadway Is My Beat for CBS (1949-1954); Presenting Charles Boyer for NBC (1950); The Lineup for CBS (1950-1953); The Halls Of Ivy on NBC (1950-1952); Mr. And Mrs. Blandings for NBC (1951); On Stage for CBS (1953-1954).

Spoiler : Milton Mulligan on the radio audition program, Mulligan's Travels (1947). Sam on Johnny Fletcher for ABC-Radio (1948). Joe Cruchmiller the taxi-driver on Judy Canova's Show for NBC- Radio (1949-1953). Taxi driver on Daisy Discovers America for NBC-Radio (1950). Sergeant Koska on The McCoy for NBC-Radio (1950-1951).

Spoiler : Last regular appearence as an actor, was as Eddie Smith on Big Eddie for CBS-TV (1975). Emmy Awards in 1957 and 1961 for directing The Danny Thomas Show, 1970 for producing My World And Welcome To It.

Spoiler : Always a favorite of mine. Very talented on many levels

Spoiler : Sheldon Leonard

Spoiler : Sheldon Leonard is a remarkable and talented

Spoiler : Sam Marco on The Duke for NBC-TV (1954). In association with Danny Thomas was a producer, director and sometimes writer for television series including episodes of The Danny Thomas Show (recurring role as Danny's Agent Phil Brokaw) on ABC and CBS (1953-1964); The Andy Griffith Show on CBS (1960-1968); The Dick Van Dyke Show on CBS (1961-1966); Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. for CBS (1964-1970); I Spy on NBC (1965-1968); Good Morning World on CBS (1967-1968); My World and Welcome To It on NBC (1969-1970); Shirley's World on ABC (1971-1972); The Don Rickles Show on CBS (1972). Leonard provided the voice for King Linus on the CBS-TV animated series, Linis the Lionhearted (1964-1966). Creatorand executive producer of My Friend Tony on NBC-TV (1969).

Spoiler : I have a few Shadow programs in the late 30s with Orson Welles and one of the character actors sounds just like Sheldon. Can anyone verify that? MARK