Sandy Helberg

Sandy Helberg
Sandy Helberg
	Sandy Helberg on January 2, 2014
Born	May 28, 1949 (age 74); Frankfurt, West Germany
Years active	1972–2012
Spouse	Harriet Birnbaum (m. 1975)
Children	2, including Simon Helberg

Sandy Helberg (born May 28, 1949) is a German-born American actor.

Early life

Helberg was born in

concentration camp.^[1]^[2] They emigrated to the United States in 1950,^[1] where his father, originally a barber, eventually became a real estate developer in Toledo, Ohio, where Sandy and his brothers Ted and Tom were raised.^[2]

Career

Helberg relocated to New York City and studied acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He performed stand-up comedy and was part of an improv group that appeared in clubs in Greenwich Village. He later moved to Los Angeles, becoming an original member of the Los Angeles improv group, The Groundlings. Acting in several comedy films, in particular three Mel Brooks films High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, and Spaceballs, he starred in the comedy films The Hollywood Knights and Up the Creek.

Helberg wrote and starred in the short-lived 1977 syndicated TV series The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show and the 1979 CBS TV series Flatbush. He has made numerous guest appearances on TV shows, including Trapper John, M.D., Remington Steele, Newhart, The Jeffersons, M*A*S*H, Married... with Children, The Wonder Years, Night Court, Fernwood 2 Night, Knight Rider, Too Close for Comfort, Get a Life, House Calls, Cybill, and Days of Our Lives among others.

Helberg co-starred in the NBC miniseries,

which?] however, when it became an ABC television series, Fred Grandy

took over the role.

Helberg and his wife Harriet wrote episodes for such television series as

Dear John, and Harry and the Hendersons

. He also co-produced USO Salute to the Troops for HBO/TBS.

Personal life

Helberg has been married to Harriet Birnbaum,

casting director, since 1975 and has two sons, Mason and actor Simon

. Sandy and Harriet adopted their granddaughter, Lily Rose Helberg, at four months old. Lily was born May 12, 2016.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Terror in the Wax Museum	Newsboy	Uncredited
1975	Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York	Artist
1976	A Star Is Born	Kevin	Uncredited
1977	High Anxiety	Airport Attendant
1977	American Raspberry	Mailman
1978	Loose Shoes	Biker Eulogist
1980	The Hollywood Knights	Officer Clark
1980	The Jazz Singer	Sound Engineer
1981	History of the World: Part 1	Disciple	(The Roman Empire)
1981	Modern Problems	Pete
1984	This Is Spinal Tap	Angelo DiMentibelio
1984	Up the Creek	Irwin
1987	Spaceballs	Dr. Schlotkin
1994	I'll Do Anything	Theater Critic	Uncredited
1995	The Granny	Albert
1995	Mortal Kombat	Director
1997	Meet Wally Sparks	Commercial Director
2006	School for Scoundrels	Rabbi

References

^

Toledo Blade

. April 11, 2007.

^ ^a ^b "Holocaust survivor developed real estate". Toledo Blade. September 9, 2003.
^ "Birnbaum, et al v. G.D. Searle Company, et al". Maryland District Court Case No. 1:90-cv-01715-WEB. June 26, 1990. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013.

External links

Sandy Helberg at
IMDb

[active-1] 
Toledo Blade
. April 11, 2007.

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