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Alan Mandell

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
17

Gender
Male

Birthday
December 27, 1927 (98 years old)

Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alan Mandell

Biography

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.

Albert Mandell was born to a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario in 1927. He acted on stage in both Canada and the United States, building a reputation in San Francisco's theater scene in the 1950s. In 1968 he legally changed his given name to Alan to avoid being confused with noted mobster Albert Anastasia.

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.

Outside of Beckett, Mandell has acted in productions of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Arthur Miller's The Price. 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.

Known For

Acting

2019Velvet Buzzsawas Vetril Dease
2009A Serious Manas Rabbi Marshak
2006Shortbusas Tobias, the Mayor
2005Grey's Anatomyas Henry Stamm
2001Hedwig and the Angry Inchas Patron at restaurant (uncredited)
1996The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydiceas The Captain
1993Midnight Witnessas Shaw
1991Sistersas
1988Illegally Yoursas Juror #8
1981Macbethas Scottish Doctor
1978Loose Changeas Svenson
197779 Park Avenueas Dr George Waldheim
1977Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scoutsas Grant Stockwood
1975Barettaas
1974Enemiesas District Police Inspector
1974The Six Million Dollar Manas Technician
1971Cannonas

Production

1978Goin' South...Screenplay
1978House Calls...Screenplay
1977Smokey and the Bandit...Screenplay