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Phil Leeds

 
Actor: Phil Leeds
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  • Born: Apr 16, 1916 in Bronx, New York
  • Died: Aug 16, 1998 in Los Angeles, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '80s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Comedy
  • Career Highlights: All in the Family: End in Sight, The Dick Van Dyke Show: Hustling the Hustler, I Love Lucy: Lucy and Bob Hope
  • First Major Screen Credit: I Love Lucy: Lucy and Bob Hope (1956)

Biography

Diminutive American actor Phil Leeds has been trafficking in comedy character roles for well over 50 years. When not showing up on Broadway or on tour, Leeds has been a regular visitor to television. He was seen on a weekly basis as an ensemble player on the DuMont Network's 1950 variety series Front Row Center; as Moscow apartment dweller Vladimir in Ivan the Terrible (1976); as delicatessen habitue Lou Gold in Singer and Sons (1990); and as "The Kid," a 75-year-old con man, in Double Rush (1995). A relative latecomer to films, Phil Leeds has made up for lost time with a steady stream of select character roles; notably his poignantly amusing cameo as the long-dead husband in the hospital emergency room in Ghost (1990), eagerly anticipating a reunion with his about-to-die widow. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Phil Leeds
Born April 6, 1916
New York City, New York
Died August 16, 1998 (aged 82)
Los Angeles, California

Phil Leeds (April 6, 1916 – August 16, 1998) was a Hollywood character actor.[1]

He was born in 1916 in New York City, the son of a post office clerk.[2] He started his career as a stand up comedian and then went on to appear in several movies and sitcoms including Rosemary's Baby, Night Court, Wings, Ally McBeal, Everybody Loves Raymond and The Larry Sanders Show, as well as guest appearances in The Patty Duke Show, The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Friends, Mad About You, The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Golden Girls. Leeds died of pneumonia on August 16, 1998 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.[1] He was 82 years old. The November 9, 1998 episode of Ally McBeal, "Happy Trails," featured footage of his prior appearances on the show, eulogizing his character.

References

  1. ^ a b "Phil Leeds, 82, Comic on Stage and Screen.". New York Times. August 21, 1998. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907EED6133DF932A1575BC0A96E958260. Retrieved 2007-09-25. "Phil Leeds, a durable funnyman who began his pursuit of laughs as a stand-up comic in the 1930's and went on to work in theater, films and television, died on Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 82." 
  2. ^ Phil Leeds Biography ((?)-)

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