Acting

Lionel Stander

Born January 11, 1908 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died November 30, 1994 · aged 86

Lionel Stander was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor.

Known For

The Transformers: The Movie · 1986

The Transformers: The Movie

★ 7.21986

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

Once Upon a Time in the West · 1968

Once Upon a Time in the West

★ 8.31968

MovieDramaWestern

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

The Cassandra Crossing · 1976

The Cassandra Crossing

★ 6.21976

MovieActionThriller

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

New York, New York · 1977

New York, New York

★ 6.51977

MovieRomanceDrama

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

★ 7.51936

MovieComedyDrama

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

A Star Is Born · 1937

A Star Is Born

★ 7.21937

MovieDramaRomance

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

Senator Pupis feels a strong and uncontrollable urge to grab women's bottoms, a habit than can lead to embarrassment, especially if the woman in question is head of another state and the occasion a state visit. In his desperation Pupis turns to the clergy for spiritual and psychological help.

Filmography

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The Transformers: The Movie · 1986

The Transformers: The Movie

★ 7.21986

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

Kup (voice)

Once Upon a Time in the West · 1968

Once Upon a Time in the West

★ 8.31968

MovieDramaWestern

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Innkeeper

The Cassandra Crossing · 1976

The Cassandra Crossing

★ 6.21976

MovieActionThriller

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.

Max, the Train Conductor

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

Angelo Scioli

New York, New York · 1977

New York, New York

★ 6.51977

MovieRomanceDrama

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.

Tony Harwell

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

★ 7.51936

MovieComedyDrama

Cornelius Cobb

A Star Is Born · 1937

Matt Libby

Cardinal Maravigli

Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers

Zirkusdirektor Mimi

The suicide of his expatriate uncle draws Englishman and poet Dennis Barlow into California's booming funeral industry.

The Guru Brahmin ("Hump")

Treasure Island · 1972

Treasure Island

★ 5.91972

MovieAdventureFamily

Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer's treasure, in this short adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.

Billy Bones

Call Northside 777 · 1948

Call Northside 777

★ 6.71948

MovieCrimeDrama

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.

Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)

On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

Richard

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

L'Americano / The Mikado

The Adventures of Pinocchio · 1972

The Adventures of Pinocchio

★ 7.51972

MovieFantasyDrama

Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.

Mangiafoco

Innocence and Desire · 1974

Innocence and Desire

★ 4.81974

MovieComedyRomance

A young man is temporarily home from a Seminary, but eventually falls in love with his father's young new wife.

Salvatore Niscemi

Hangmen Also Die! · 1943

Hangmen Also Die!

★ 6.91943

MovieDramaThriller

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.

Banya

A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.

Ben Dinuccio

A Dandy in Aspic · 1968

A Dandy in Aspic

★ 6.91968

MovieThrillerDrama

Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually discovers his secret as Eberlin tries to maneuver himself out of a desperate situation.

Sobakevich

Beyond the Law · 1968

Beyond the Law

★ 5.81968

MovieWestern

A thief takes the job as a town sheriff in order to rob a silver shipment before his ex-partner can grab it.

Preacher

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police surrounding them and the robbers threatening to kill everybody.

General

An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.

Taylor

Unfaithfully Yours · 1948

Unfaithfully Yours

★ 7.21948

MovieComedyRomance

Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his absence. August has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her. But when the private eye's report suggests Daphne might have been canoodling with his secretary, Sir Alfred begins to imagine how he might take his revenge.

Hugo Standoff

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight · 1971

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

★ 5.21971

MovieComedyCrime

A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.

Baccala

The Wednesday Play · 1964

The Wednesday Play

★ 5.21964

SeriesDrama

An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

General Burroughs

Hart to Hart · 1979

Hart to Hart

★ 6.91979

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.

Max

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.

Max

The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.

Uncle Pat

CBS Summer Playhouse · 1987

CBS Summer Playhouse

★ 7.01987

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

CBS anthology series airing unsold television pilots during the summer season.

Sully Carson

The Adventures of Pinocchio · 1972

The Adventures of Pinocchio

★ 7.31972

SeriesComedyFamily

Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastero Cherry, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.

Mangiafoco

Armchair Theatre · 1956

Armchair Theatre

★ 6.01956

SeriesDrama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Patrick E. Pendergast