David Sheiner

David Sheiner
David Sheiner
Born	January 13, 1928; New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–1988
Spouse(s)	Mary-David Sheiner (m. 1968)
Children	2

David S. Sheiner (born January 13, 1928) is a retired American actor. He appeared on Broadway, but is best known for his supporting roles in several films and television series. He started his career in television in 1952, but he was most successful from the 1960s through the 1980s.

Film and television roles

Sheiner appeared in several films including The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as James the Elder, and in The Big Brawl (1980) and Blue Thunder (1983), however was probably best known for his supporting role as Roy, Oscar's accountant and poker playing crony opposite Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the film adaptation of The Odd Couple in 1968.

He also guest-starred in many television programs. He appeared on two episodes of Combat!, as Captain Ridell in the third season episode "The Steeple" (1965) and as SS Major Krieghoffen in the fifth season episode "Gadjo" (1967). He also played roles on other popular shows such as Columbo, The Big Valley, The Twilight Zone, The Invaders, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Hawaii Five-O, Blue Light, S.W.A.T., Quincy, M.E., Mission: Impossible, The Fall Guy, Blind Ambition, Bonanza, and The Fugitive. He retired from acting in 1988.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	The Mugger	Sidney	Uncredited
1965	Combat!	Captain Ridell	"The Steeple"
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	James the Elder
1966	One Spy Too Many	Parviz
1967	Combat!	SS Major Krieghoffen	"Gadjo"
1967	Scalplock	Johnny Carson
1968	A Man Called Gannon	Sheriff Polaski
1968	The Odd Couple	Roy
1969	Winning	Crawford
1970	Halls of Anger	Mr. Perkins	Uncredited
1970	Mannix	Sam	episode One for the Lady
1970	They Call Me Mister Tibbs!	Lieutenant Kenner
1973	The Stone Killer	Guido Lorenz
1976	Victory at Entebbe	Aaron Olav	TV movie
1980	The Gong Show Movie	Dr. Jerry Queasley
1980	The Big Brawl	Morgan
1983	Blue Thunder	Fletcher

References

External links

David Sheiner at IMDb
David Sheiner at the Internet Broadway Database

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