Sheldon Leonard Bershad was an American film and television actor, producer, director, and writer. His trademark was his especially thick New York accent, usually delivered from the side of his mouth. On the radio from 1945 to 1955, Leonard played an eccentric racetrack tout on The Jack Benny Program. Later in the 1950s and 1960s, he established a reputation as a producer of successful television series, including The Danny Thomas Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle U. S. C. and I Spy.
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Sheldon Leonard Bershad was an American film and television actor, producer, director, and writer. His trademark was his especially thick New York accent, usually delivered from the side of his mouth. On the radio from 1945 to 1955, Leonard played an eccentric racetrack tout on The Jack Benny Program and later in the TV series of the same name. Later in the 1950s and 1960s, he established a reputation as a producer of successful television series, including The Danny Thomas Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle U.
S. M. C. and I Spy. He also directed several TV series episodes, including four of the first eight episodes of the TV show Lassie. Leonard died on January 11, 1997, 6 weeks before his 90th birthday. He was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California, where he was a longtime member of the New York City YMCA. He is buried next to his son Ennis, who was also an actor.
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