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name: "Mordecai Lawner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mordecai-lawner"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 June 1928"
died: "27 November 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:16.597596+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mordecai Lawner

Actor. Born 9 June 1928. Died 27 November 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 June 1928
- **Died:** 27 November 2014

## Biography

Mordecai Lawner (9 June 1928 – 27 November 2014) was an American actor in film, television and theatre. He is known for his role as Alvy's father in Woody Allen's *Annie Hall* (1977), appearing in a flashback sequence set beneath the Coney Island Cyclone. His other film credits include the Process Server in *Claudine* (1974), a Waiter in *Hester Street* (1975), Marcellino in *Raw Deal* (1986) and the Man with a Ticket in *Ghostbusters II* (1989).

Lawner maintained a stage career that included a Broadway appearance as Stanley in the 1995 Circle in the Square production of *Death of a Salesman*. He taught theatre at the High School of Performing Arts, the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and Carnegie Mellon University. A graduate of City College of New York and a US Army veteran, he lived primarily in Manhattan and was married to actress Eugenia Thornton until her death in 2005.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Annie Hall* (1977), Fi1m 86, as Alvy's Dad — [page](https://film.one/film/annie-hall.md)

## Also known for

- *Ghostbusters II* (1989), Man with a Ticket
- *Raw Deal* (1986), Marcellino
- *Claudine* (1974), Process Server
- *Hester Street* (1975), Waiter

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