Paul Sand

Paul Sand (born March 5, 1932) is an American actor and comedian.
Background
Sand was born Pablo Sanchez in Santa Monica, California, in 1932, the son of Ernest Rivera Sanchez, an aerospace tool designer, and Sonia Borodiansky (aka Sonia Stone), a writer. He is of Russian Jewish and Mexican American ancestry.
Career
At the age of 11, he started at Viola Spolin's Children's Theatre Company. From here, he attended Los Angeles State College before moving to Paris when he was 18. In Paris, Sand met Marcel Marceau, who was so impressed by his talents that he asked Sand to join his touring mime troupe.
In 1960, along with Alan Arkin and others, Sand was a cast member of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Chicago. In 1966, he co-starred with Linda Lavin and Jo Anne Worley in the off-Broadway production The Mad Show, inspired by Mad Magazine.
In 1971, Sand received a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his work on Broadway in Paul Sills' Story Theatre and two Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Performances on Broadway in Story Theatre and Metamorphosis. One of Sand's fellow cast members in Story Theatre was actress Valerie Harper, who, in 1970, had been signed to play Rhoda Morgenstern on the CBS-TV situation comedy The 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 produced Friends and Lovers, in which Sand portrayed Robert Dreyfuss, a double bass player in the Boston 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.
Sand also appeared in such motion pictures as The Hot Rock with Zero Mostel, The Second Coming of Suzanne alongside Sondra Locke, and The Main Event starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal.
In the fall of 1986, Sand, along with comedian Rosie O'Donnell, joined the cast of the NBC sitcom Gimme A Break starring Nell Carter, then approaching its sixth year on prime-time television.
Filmography
Film
A Great Big Thing (1968) - Morrie
Viva Max! (1969) - Moreno
The Hot Rock (1972) - Greenberg
Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972) - Benny Napkins
The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974) - Artist
The Great Bank Hoax (1978) - Richard Smedley
The Main Event (1979) - David
Wholly Moses! (1980) - Angel Of The Lord
Can't Stop the Music (1980) - Steve Waits
Teen Wolf Too (1987) - Coach Finstock
The Last Fling (1987) ABC Monday Night Movie - Jack
Frozen Assets (1992) - McTaggert
Layin' Low (1996) - Augie
Camp Stories (1997) - Moishe
Brittle Glory (1997)
The Volunteers (1997) - Goldberg
Zoo (1999) - Harold Ratsess
Chuck & Buck (2000) - Barry
Adam & Steve (2005) - Norm
Queer Eye For The Homeless Guy (2005, Short) - Harry the Homeless Guy
Sweet Land (2005) - Old Frandsen
Queen of the Lot (2010) - Ernesto / Dependency Buster
Simple Being (2014) - Teacher
Loren & Rose (2022) - Phil
Television
Shower of Stars (1955) - Himself - dancer (uncredited)
That Was the Week That Was (1964)
Mr. Broadway (1964) - Photographer
Occasional Wife (1966) - Harvey
Bewitched (1966) - Bill Whalen
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) - Robert C. Brand
The Governor & J.J. (1970) - Lionel Newton
The Carol Burnett Show (1972–1974) - Himself / Himself - Guest
Paul Sand in Friends & Lovers (1974–1975) - Robert Dreyfuss
Wonder Woman (1978) - Del Franklin
Fantasy Island (1978) - Duke Manducci
Supertrain (1979)
Taxi (1981) - Craig Eagen
Laverne & Shirley (1981) - David
Gloria (1982) - Boffo the Clown
Alice (1983) - Alan
The Love Boat (1983) - Wally Denton
St. Elsewhere (1983–1984) - Dr. Michael Ridley
Domestic Life (1984) - Dr. Carl Pate
Cagney & Lacey (1985) - Robert Wolitzer
Murder, She Wrote (1985) - Horace Lynchfield
Trapper John, M.D. (1985) - Philip Devonshire
Who's the Boss? (1985–1987) - Packard / Wally
It's a Living (1986) - Brian Phipps
Magnum, P.I. (1986) - Denny Prine
Gimme a Break! (1986–1987) - Marty
The Twilight Zone (1987) - Bluestone (segment "Time and Teresa Golowitz")
thirtysomething (1987) - Andy Aronson / Jim / Rex
Empty Nest (1989-1991) - Avery / Poko
Quantum Leap (1989) - Charlie
True Colors (1990–1991) - Leonard Davis
Baby Talk (1991) - Paul
Night Court (1991) - Prof. Jarvis Crowley
Eerie, Indiana (1992) - Charles Furnell / Simon Holmes
Danger Theatre (1993) - Jimmy Jakes (segment "Move My Lips")
L.A. Law (1994) - Headmaster Ted Waldron
The X Files (1994) - Gird Thomas
The Secret World of Alex Mack (1997) - Charles 'Chappy' Furnell
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997) - Dr. Rafkin
Dharma & Greg (1998) - Salazar
Maggie Winters (1998) - Brad
Sliders (1999) - Dr. Malcolm White ("Map of the Mind" episode 5/12)
E! True Hollywood Story (2001, documentary) - Himself
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002) - Guy Bernier
Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005) - Rabbi Polonski
References
External links
1932 births
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male actors of Mexican descent
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
Drama Desk Award winners
Living people
Los Angeles State College alumni
Male actors from Santa Monica, California
Tony Award winners