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name: "Sandy Baron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sandy-baron"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 May 1937"
died: "21 January 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:14:36.289861+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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# Sandy Baron

Actor. Born 5 May 1937 in Brooklyn, New York. Died 21 January 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 May 1937, Brooklyn, New York
- **Died:** 21 January 2001

## Biography

Sandy Baron was an American actor and comedian who worked in theatre, film and television. Born Sanford Irving Beresofsky in Brooklyn, New York, he began performing in the Borscht Belt resorts and with the Compass Players improv group before making his Broadway debut in Tchin-Tchin (1962). He appeared in further stage productions including Arturo Ui, Generation and the title role in Lenny.

Baron played Jack Klompus in recurring episodes of the sitcom Seinfeld and appeared in films such as Targets (1968), Birdy (1984), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), Sid and Nancy (1986) and The Grifters (1990), in which he played a doctor. He also featured in Law & Order and other television series. He died in Los Angeles in 2001.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Grifters* (1990), Fi1m 84, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grifters.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order* (1990), Mike Lucia
- *Birdy* (1984), Mr. Columbato
- *Sid and Nancy* (1986), Hotelier USA
- *Broadway Danny Rose* (1984), Sandy Baron
- *Leprechaun 2* (1994), Morty
- *Targets* (1968), Kip Larkin
- *Straight Time* (1978), Manny
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975)

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