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.jpg) Sand in the Off-Broadway revueWet Paint | |
| Born | Pablo Sanchez (1932-03-05)March 5, 1932 (age 93) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Known for | Friends and Lovers |
Paul Sand (born March 5, 1932) is an American actor and comedian.
Sand was born Pablo Sanchez inSanta Monica, California, in 1932, the son of Ernest Rivera Sanchez, anaerospace tool designer, and Sonia Borodiansky (aka Sonia Stone), a writer.[1][2] He is ofRussian Jewish andMexican American ancestry.[3]
At the age of 11, he started atViola Spolin's Children's Theatre Company. From here, he attendedLos Angeles State College before moving to Paris when he was 18. In Paris, Sand metMarcel Marceau, who was so impressed by his talents that he asked Sand to join his touring mime troupe.[4]
In 1960, along withAlan Arkin and others, Sand was a cast member ofThe Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Chicago, which had just been established the previous year. In 1966, he co-starred withLinda Lavin andJo Anne Worley in the off-Broadway productionThe Mad Show, inspired byMad Magazine.
In 1971, Sand received aTony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his work on Broadway inPaul Sills' Story Theatre and twoDrama Desk Awards for Outstanding Performances on Broadway inStory Theatre andMetamorphosis.[5] One of Sand's fellow cast members inStory Theatre was actressValerie Harper, who, in 1970, had been signed to play Rhoda Morgenstern on theCBS-TV situation comedyThe Mary Tyler Moore Show. During that show's first season, Sand was cast as Robert C. Brand, a tax auditor, who falls in love with Mary Richards (Moore) in the 11th episode "1040 or Fight".MTM Enterprises producedFriends and Lovers, in which Sand portrayed Robert Dreyfuss, a double bass player in theBoston Symphony Orchestra who falls in love easily but has little success with women. It premiered in the fall of 1974. Despite some favorable reviews and decent ratings, it was considered a disappointment and was cancelled in January 1975 after fifteen episodes had been filmed.[6]
Sand also appeared in such motion pictures asThe Hot Rock withZero Mostel,The Second Coming of Suzanne alongsideSondra Locke, andThe Main Event starringBarbra Streisand andRyan O'Neal.
In the fall of 1986, Sand, along with comedianRosie O'Donnell, joined the cast of theNBC sitcomGimme A Break starringNell Carter, then approaching its sixth year on prime-time television.
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