David Lander
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David Leonard Lander (born June 22, 1947) is an American actor, singer, composer, and baseball scout.
He has also served as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Goodwill Ambassador.
He is best known for his portrayal of Squiggy on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley.
He is Natalie Lander's father.
Early life
David Leonard Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest son of two Jewish schoolteacher parents, Stella (Goldman) and Saul Landau.
When Lander was ten years old, he decided to become an actor. He trained at the High School for the Performing Arts and then attended Carnegie Tech and New York University to continue as an actor. Since a classmate "borrowed" his real name to register with an actors' union, he took the stage name of David Lander, which he would later legally adopt.
Career
He was best known for his appearance as Andrew Helmut "Squigg" Squiggman on the situation comedy Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1982, as well as Michael McKean's sitcom sidekick Lenny.
Lander's relationship with McKean began in their acting classes at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where they created Lenny and Squiggy's characters. Lander's character underwent a name change because producers felt that there were already too many Italian characters in the cast of "Laverne & Shirley." So, Anthony Squiggliano became Andrew Helmut "Squigg" Squiggman.
They teamed up in the Los Angeles-based comedy troupe The Credibility Gap after Pittsburgh. In 1979, the pair formed Lenny and the Squigtones, with Christopher Guest on guitar as Nigel Tufnel, a name Guest would later use in the spoof rock band Spinal Tap. Lander and McKean appeared together in the 1979 Steven Spielberg film Used Cars, as well as the 1980 Kurt Russell film Used Cars. Lander and McKean lent their vocal talents to the animated TV series Oswald, which ran from 2001 to 2003. Henry and Louie, respectively, were portrayed by Lander and McKean as the penguin cousins.
Lander has appeared in several other television shows and films, including The Bob Newhart Show, Barney Miller's Good Days, On the Air, The Weird Al Show, Mad About You, Pacific Blue, and The Drew Carey Show. His film roles were less prominent but still memorable; they included the part of a minor league baseball radio announcer in the film, A League of Their Own, and a small part of the minister officiating the marriage reception in Say It Wasn't So. With the Kranks, he appeared on "Tanning Intruder" in Christmas. In the cult film Funland, directed by Michael A. Simpson, Lander created the starring role of the demented fast-food franchise clown Bruce Burger.
Lander's voice acting duties included the "dramatic recreation" of Elvis Presley's remarks for the Pop Chronicles music documentary as well as Jerry Lewis' appearance in the film "Mega Jerry Lewis" series. In most animated adaptations of the Garfield franchise, he sang "Doc Boy" Arbuckle, Jon Arbuckle's farm-boy brother. The Big Bang, A Bug's Life, Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills, Oswald, Titan A.E., Tom and Jerry were among the six-armed Milo de Venus in later voice roles. He reprised his role as Squiggy in the animated sitcom The Simpsons in 2002. In the 1988 Disney film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Lander was the voice of Smart Ass, Judge Doom's chief weasel. On the related ride, Lander reprised his role as Smart Ass, but Wise renamed him. Stephen Lander was credited with Boo, Zino, and the Snurks. Ch'p was one of his later appearances in the DC Comics animated film Green Lantern: First Flight.
In the video "Why Does Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?" He played the psychiatrist. The Bloodhound Gang is a group of people who have gathered in Dublin, Ireland.
Multiple sclerosis in the lander. Diagnosed on May 15, 1984 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, he went public in 1999 and regularly spoke at related conventions. Fall Down Laughing: How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis and Didn't Tell Nobody (ISBN 1-58542-0522) was published in 2002, written with Lee Montgomery.
Lander, a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, had a minor interest in the Portland Beavers. He began working as a baseball talent scout in 1997, first for the Anaheim Angels and then for the Seattle Mariners. For many years, he was a member of the Society of American Baseball Research, the baseball sabermetrics group.