Sandy Baron 5174766 225246648 2008-07-12T17:54:11Z 195.227.78.208 {{Infobox actor | image = | caption = | birthname = Sanford Beresofky | birthdate = {{birth date|1937|5|5|mf=y}} | birthplace = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]] | deathdate = {{death date and age|2001|1|21|1937|5|5|mf=y}} | deathplace = [[Van Nuys, California]] | occupation = [[Film]], [[theatre|stage]], [[television]] [[actor]] }} '''Sandy Baron''' ([[May 5]], [[1937]]—[[January 21]], [[2001]]) was an American [[comedian]] who acted on stage, in [[film]]s, and on [[television]]. Baron was born '''Sanford Beresofsky''' in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. He cut his teeth working in the [[Catskill Mountains]] resorts. The Catskills were, and still are, synonymous with the "[[Borscht Belt]]" brand of [[Jewish]] humor on which Baron made his mark. He then moved on to the Compass Players Improv Comedy group in the late 1950s. He made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''Tchin-Tchin'' in 1962. He also appeared in many other Broadway plays, hits as well as flops, including ''Generations'' and ''Lenny'' (Los Angeles production); he later replaced Cliff Gorman in the lead role of [[Lenny Bruce]] in ''Lenny'' on Broadway. In the 1966-1967 season, Baron costarred with [[Will Hutchins]] in the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Hey, Landlord]]'' about an [[apartment]] complex in [[Manhattan, New York|Manhattan]]. He appeared in countless television programs, including a notable role in ''[[Seinfeld]]'' as Jack Klompus. He also starred in ''[[Law & Order]]'' and as Grandpa in a 1996 TV-movie revival of ''[[The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas]]''. He also starred in the short-lived television sitcom, "Hey Landlord!" (1967). Along with several other of his contemporaries, Baron played himself in the opening scene of Woody Allen's ''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]''; he also narrated the film. Baron died of [[emphysema]] in [[Van Nuys]], in the [[San Fernando Valley]] of southern [[California]]. His interment was located at [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Culver City, California]]. ==External links== *{{imdb|0056310}} *{{amg name|2:4087}} {{lifetime|1937|2001|Baron, Sandy}} [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American Jews]] [[Category:American comedians]] [[Category:Deaths from emphysema]] [[Category:New York actors]] [[Category:People from Brooklyn]] {{US-screen-actor-1930s-stub}} {{US-theat-actor-stub}} [[de:Sandy Baron]] [[fr:Sandy Baron]]