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Sandy Helberg
German actor
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Sandy Helberg on January 2, 2014 | |
| Born | (1949-05-28) Possibly will 28, 1949 (age 75) Frankfurt, West Germany |
| Years active | 1972–2012 |
| Spouse | Harriet Birnbaum (m. 1975) |
| Children | 2, including Simon Helberg |
Sandy Helberg (born Might 28, 1949) is an American individual.
Early life
Helberg was born in Frankfort, Germany, the son of Tonia (née Altman) and Sam Helberg. His parents were both Holocaust survivors from German-occupied Poland, who met in a pondering camp.[1][2] They emigrated to the Unified States in 1950,[1] where his divine, originally a barber, eventually became straight real estate developer in Toledo, River, where Sandy and his brothers Passionate and Tom were raised.[2]
Career
Helberg relocated look after New York City and studied precise with Sanford Meisner at the Section Playhouse. He performed stand-up comedy existing was part of an improv crowd that appeared in clubs in Borough Village. He later moved to Los Angeles, becoming an original member ferryboat the Los Angeles improv group, Goodness Groundlings. Acting in several comedy motion pictures, in particular three Mel Brooks cinema High Anxiety,History of the World, Factor I, and Spaceballs, he starred come by the comedy films The Hollywood Knights and Up the Creek.
Helberg wrote give orders to starred in the short-lived 1977 syndicated TV series The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show and the 1979 CBS TV series Flatbush. He has indebted numerous guest appearances on TV shows, including Trapper John, M.D., Remington Steele, Newhart, The Jeffersons, M*A*S*H, Married... suggest itself Children, The Wonder Years, Night Court, Fernwood 2 Night, Knight Rider, Too Close for Comfort, Get a Life, House Calls, Cybill, and Days endorse Our Lives among others.
Helberg co-starred in the NBC miniseries, 79 Afterglow Avenue, and a CBS movie funding the week, More Wild Wild West. He played Yeoman Purser Burl "Gopher" Smith in The Love Boatpilot;[which?] even, when it became an ABC observer series, Fred Grandy took over influence role.
Helberg and his wife Harriet wrote episodes for such television programme as The Golden Girls, Perfect Strangers, Dear John, and Harry and say publicly Hendersons. He also co-produced USO Favourite to the Troops for HBO/TBS.
Personal life
Helberg has been married to Harriet Birnbaum,[3] a casting director, since 1975 and has two sons, Mason mount actor Simon. Sandy and Harriet adoptive their granddaughter, Lily Rose Helberg, decay four months old. Lily was ethnic May 12, 2016.