Alan Mandell (born Albert Mandell on December 27, 1927) is a Canadian-American actor known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the Coen Brothers' 2009 film A Serious Man. With several decades of experience as a stage actor, he is especially acclaimed as an interpreter of the works of Samuel Beckett.[1]
Alan Mandell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Albert Mandell December 27, 1927 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian/American |
| Occupation | actor |
Life
editAlbert Mandell was born to a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario in 1927.[2] He acted on stage in both Canada and the United States, building a reputation in San Francisco's theater scene in the 1950s.[3] In 1968 he legally changed his given name to Alan to avoid being confused with noted mobster Albert Anastasia.[2]
Mandell's association with Beckett began in 1957, with a production of Waiting for Godot at the San Francisco Actor's Workshop. He subsequently played Lucky in a production of Godot directed by Beckett himself.[4]
Outside of Beckett, Mandell has acted in productions of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Arthur Miller's The Price.[3] In 2007 he appeared as Juror #9 in a Los Angeles production of Twelve Angry Men, directed by Scott Ellis and costarring Richard Thomas and George Wendt.[5]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Illegally Yours | Juror #8 | |
| 1991 | The Marrying Man | Murch | |
| 1993 | Midnight Witness | Shaw | |
| 2001 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Patron at Bar | Uncredited role |
| 2006 | Shortbus | Tobias, the Mayor | |
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Rabbi Marshak | |
| 2013 | Herblock: The Black & the White | Herbert Block | documentary |
| 2015 | Addicted to Fresno | Arthur Lupka | |
| 2019 | Velvet Buzzsaw | Ventril Dease |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Great Performances | District Police Inspector | Episode: "Enemies" |
| 1975 | The Invisible Man | Senator Baldwyn | Episode: "Man of Influence" |
| 1975 | Cannon | Billings | Episode: "Fall Guy" |
| 1976 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Technician | Episode: "The Secret of Bigfoot: Part 2 " |
| 1976 | Baretta | Assistant DA Merriman | Episode: "The Left Hand of the Devil" |
| 1976 | Baretta | Richmond | Episode: "Runway Cowboy" |
| 1977 | Man from Atlantis | Grant Stockwood | Episode: "The Death Scouts" |
| 1978 | 79 Park Avenue | Dr. George Waldheim | TV miniseries |
| 1978 | Eight is Enough | unknown | Episode: "Cinderella's Understudy" |
| 1980 | Breaking Away | Pinball player | Episode: "Grand Illusion" |
| 1991 | Sisters | Owen Glendower | Episode: "One to Grow On" |
| 2010 | Grey's Anatomy | Henry Stamm | Episode: "Shiny Happy People" |
References
edit- ^ Byrd, Craig (20 April 2016). "Alan Mandell Will Finish His Stage Career the Way He Started It: with a Performance of Endgame". Los Angeles. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Alan Mandell papers, 1950-2012". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ a b McNulty, Charles (13 February 2015). "Theater pulses in Alan Mandell's veins". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ Rampell, Ed (11 April 2012). "Q&A: Actor Alan Mandell on Samuel Beckett". The Forward. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ Verini, Bob (30 March 2007). "Twelve Angry Men". Variety. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
External links
edit- Alan Mandell at IMDb
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