Lionel Stander

Biography

Appreciated for his figure roles in such 1930s motion pictures as Match Nero Wolfe, A Star EXISTS, and Mr. Deeds Would go to Town, he’s also significant for his radio performing work, which include performances in the Lux Radio Movie theater show as well as the Eddie Cantor Present. After briefly participating in the School of NEW YORK at Chapel Hill, he made an appearance within a 1928 theatrical creation on the Provincetown Playhouse and continued to create his cinematic debut in the 1932 Fatty Arbuckle film In the Dough. A staunch liberal and labor unionist, he helped create the Screen Stars Guild and was afterwards investigated and eventually blacklisted with the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The son of Russian Jews, he spent his youth in The Bronx, NEW YORK. During the period of his six marriages — to Lucy Dietz, Alice Twitchell, Vehanne Monteagle, Diana Kadlec, Maria Penn, and Stephanie Van Hennick — he previously six children. He appeared with Harold Lang in 1952-1953 Broadway production from the musical Pal Joey.

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#	Fact
1	Played "Spider" in both "The Milky Way" (1936) and its remake, "The Kid From Brooklyn" (1946).
2	Stander's name is mentioned along with Sterling Hayden's in the movie Guilty by Suspicion (1991), from a script by the blacklisted Communist Abraham Polonsky, when the protagonist is grilled by an inquisitorial committee bearing a resemblance to HUAC.
3	Tried to recruit Melvyn Douglas, a prominent liberal, to the Communist Party.
4	Was blacklisted during the 1950s when he was exposed as a Communist Party member during the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. Marc Lawrence had testified that Stander told him that joining the Party would make him more attractive to women. In his own HUAC testimony, Stander denounced Lawrence as a psychopath and presented a letter that gave Lawrence's mental history and revealed that he had been hospitalized after a mental breakdown just prior to his HUAC testimony.



Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart	1995	TV Movie	Max
The Last Good Time	1994		Howard Singer
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die	1994	TV Movie	Max
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart	1994	TV Movie	Max
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is	1994	TV Movie	Max
Hart to Hart Returns	1993	TV Movie	Max
Dream On	1991	TV Series	Uncle Pat
Joey Takes a Cab	1991		Joey
The Boys	1988-1989	TV Series	Gene
Cookie	1989		Enzo Della Testa
Wicked Stepmother	1989		Sam
Bellifreschi	1987		Frank Santamaria
CBS Summer Playhouse	1987	TV Series	Sully Carson
Moonlighting	1986	TV Series	Max
The Transformers: The Movie	1986		Kup (voice)
Hart to Hart	1979-1984	TV Series	Max
1941	1979		Angelo Scioli
The Squeeze	1978		Sam
Cyclone	1978		Taylor
Matilda	1978		Pinky Schwab
New York, New York	1977		Tony Harwell
The Sunshine Boys	1977	TV Movie	Al Lewis
The Cassandra Crossing	1976		Max, the Train Conductor
San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne	1976		Don Gervasio
The Black Bird	1975		Gordon Immerman
La novizia	1975		Don Nini
Mark of Zorro	1975		Padre Donato
Red Coat	1975		Doctor Higgins
Di mamma non ce n'è una sola	1974		Elia
La via dei babbuini	1974
Innocenza e turbamento	1974		Salvatore Niscemi
The Sensuous Sicilian	1973		Baron Castorini
Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene	1973
Il tuo piacere è il mio	1973		Il marchese Cavalcanti / Il cardinale di Ragusa
La mano nera	1973		Lieutenant Giuseppe Petrosino
Crescete e moltiplicatevi	1973
Dirty Weekend	1973		General
Halleluja to Vera Cruz	1973		Sam 'Tonaca"' Thompson
Le avventure di Pinocchio	1972	TV Mini-Series	Mangiafoco
Father Jackleg	1972		Stinky Manure
Treasure Island	1972		Billy Bones
Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi	1972		Peppone
All the Brothers of the West Support Their Father	1972
Pulp	1972		Ben Dinuccio
The Senator Likes Women	1972		Cardinal Maravidi
Caliber 9	1972		Americano
Piazza pulita	1972		Pete's Old Gangster Friend
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte	1971		Katanga
Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria	1971		Lawyer Bartoli
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight	1971		Baccala
Between Miracles	1971		Oreste Micheli
Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo	1970
Mir hat es immer Spaß gemacht	1970		The Admiral
Boot Hill	1969		Mamy
Zenabel	1969		Pancrazio
It Takes a Thief	1969	TV Series	Max
Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano	1969		Don Tosello
H2S	1969
Armchair Theatre	1969	TV Series	Patrick E. Pendergast
Once Upon a Time in the West	1968		Barman
Gates to Paradise	1968		Monk
Al di là della legge	1968		Preacher
A Dandy in Aspic	1968		Sobakevich
Seven Times Seven	1968		Sam
Cul-De-Sac	1966		Richard
Promise Her Anything	1966		Sam
The Loved One	1965		The Guru Brahmin
The Wednesday Play	1965	TV Series	General Burroughs
The Moving Finger	1963		Anatole
Blast of Silence	1961		Narrator (voice, uncredited)
St. Benny the Dip	1951		Monk Williams
Two Gals and a Guy	1951		Mr. Seymour
Big Town	1951	TV Series
Nash Airflyte Theatre	1951	TV Series
The Billy Rose Show	1950	TV Series
Drooler's Delight	1949	Short	Buzz Buzzard (voice, uncredited)
Wild and Woody!	1948	Short	Buzz Buzzard (voice, uncredited)
Trouble Makers	1948		'Hatchet' Moran
Unfaithfully Yours	1948		Hugo Standoff
Wet Blanket Policy	1948	Short	Buzz Buzzard (voice, uncredited)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven	1948		Bellhop
Call Northside 777	1948		Corrigan - Wiecek's Cellmate (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock	1947		Max
Fair Weather Fiends	1946	Short	Wolfie Wolf (voice, uncredited)
Gentleman Joe Palooka	1946		Harry Mitchell
Specter of the Rose	1946		Lionel Gans
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog	1946		Jim
Who's Cookin Who?	1946	Short	Wolfie Wolf (voice, uncredited)
In Old Sacramento	1946		Eddie Dodge
Apple Andy	1946	Short	The Devil (voice, uncredited)
The Kid from Brooklyn	1946		Spider Schultz
The Loose Nut	1945	Short	Construction Worker (voice, uncredited)
The Big Show-Off	1945		Joe Bagley
Fish Fry	1944	Short	Cat (voice, uncredited)
Guadalcanal Diary	1943		Sgt. Butch
Tahiti Honey	1943		Pinkie
Hangmen Also Die!	1943		Banya
Hit Parade of 1941	1940	uncredited
The Bride Wore Crutches	1940		'Flannel-Mouth' Moroni
What a Life	1939		Ferguson
The Ice Follies of 1939	1939		Mort Hodges
The Crowd Roars	1938		'Happy' Lane
Professor Beware	1938		Jerry
No Time to Marry	1938		Al Vogel
The Last Gangster	1937		'Curly'
The League of Frightened Men	1937		Archie Goodwin
A Star Is Born	1937		Matt Libby
I Loved a Soldier	1936
More Than a Secretary	1936		Ernest
They Met in a Taxi	1936		Fingers Garrison
Meet Nero Wolfe	1936		Archie Goodwin
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	1936		Cornelius Cobb
The Music Goes 'Round	1936		O'Casey
The Milky Way	1936		Spider Schultz
Soak the Rich	1936		Muglia (kidnapper)
If You Could Only Cook	1935		Flash
I Live My Life	1935		Yaffitz, Bridge Player
The Gay Deception	1935		Gettel
Page Miss Glory	1935		Nick Papadopolis
We're in the Money	1935		Leonidus Giovanni 'Butch' Gonzola
Hooray for Love	1935		Chowsky
The Scoundrel	1935		Rothenstien
The Old Grey Mayor	1935	Short	Alderman Tom Mulligan
Guess Stars	1935	Short
Smoked Hams	1934	Short	Mr. Ivanitch
I Scream	1934	Short	Micky Moran
Pugs and Kisses	1934	Short	Slug Mosconi
Mushrooms	1934	Short	Bertram
Howd' Ya Like That?	1934	Short	Customs Officer
Salt Water Daffy	1933	Short	Chief Petty Officer Lambert
In the Dough	1932	Short	Toots (uncredited)
Where Men Are Men	1931	Short	Nancy's boyfriend (uncredited)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Two Gals and a Guy	1951	dialogue director

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time	1995	TV Movie in memory of
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart	1995	TV Movie this program is dedicated to the memory of - as Lionel Stander 1908-1994

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Vicki!	1994	TV Series	Himself
American Masters	1989	TV Series documentary	Himself
It's Garry Shandling's Show.	1989	TV Series	Himself
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	1987	TV Special documentary	Himself
The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards	1987	TV Special	Himself
The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards	1986	TV Special	Himself
The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1983	TV Special	Himself - Co-Presenter: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards	1983	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Today	1982	TV Series	Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra	1982	TV Special documentary	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1978	TV Series	Himself - Actor
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1976	TV Series	Himself
The Eamonn Andrews Show	1965-1966	TV Series	Himself
The Inheritance	1964	Documentary short	Voice (uncredited)
Watchtower Over Tomorrow	1945	Documentary short uncredited
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga	1939	Short	Himself (uncredited)

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Requiem for a Killer: The Making of 'Blast of Silence'	2007	Video documentary	Narrator
Intimate Portrait	1999	TV Series documentary	Max
The 67th Annual Academy Awards	1995	TV Special	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years	1969	TV Movie documentary	Actor 'A Star Is Born' (uncredited)
Destination Meat Ball	1951	Short	Buzz Buzzard's vocal effects (uncredited)
Slingshot 6 7/8	1951	Short	Buzz Buzzard (uncredited)
Puny Express	1951	Short	Buzz Buzzard's vocal effects (uncredited)
The Greatest Event in Television History	2013	TV Series	Max
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2011	TV Series	Mamy
Making the Boys	2011	Documentary	Max

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1983	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Hart to Hart (1979)



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#	Quote
1	[After being Blacklisted] I was an angry old man and now I'm a furious old one.
2	[Asking the House Un-American Activities Committee to turn off the television cameras and the lighting needed for them to function] "I am a professional performer and I only appear on TV for entertainment or for philanthropic organizations, and I consider this a very serious matter that doesn't fit into either category."
3	[on his appearing as a regular in the television series Hart to Hart (1979)] "I'm in a television program that is always among the top 20, that's shown in 67 countries in the world, helping lobotomize the entire world".
4	[In testimony before HUAC] "I am not a dupe, a dope, or a moe, or a schmoe."



#	Trademark
1	Highly recognizable gruff voice.



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