Lionel Stander
American actor in films, radio, theater and television (1908-1994)
Biography
Lionel Jay Stander was an American actor, activist, and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. He had an extensive career in theatre, film, radio, and television that spanned nearly 70 years, from 1928 until 1994. He was known for his distinctive raspy voice and tough-guy demeanor, as well as for his vocal left-wing political stances. One of the first Hollywood actors to be subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he was blacklisted from the late 1940s until the mid-1960s.
Occupation
Lionel Stander is recorded as a film actor, a television actor, a stage actor and a actor, born in New York (1908–1994).
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