David L. Lander
Biography
David L. Lander was an American actor and comedian who also worked as a musician and a baseball scout. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, he decided at age 10 to become an actor and studied acting at Carnegie Tech and New York University. He became best known for playing Squiggy on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1982. With Michael McKean, whom he met in acting classes at Carnegie Mellon University, he developed the Lenny and Squiggy characters, performed in the comedy ensemble The Credibility Gap and released a 1979 album as Lenny and the Squigtones. His films included Used Cars (1980) and Say It Isn't So (2001). He voiced Henry the penguin in Oswald from 2001 to 2003 and Smart Ass in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and he played Ch'p in Green Lantern: First Flight (2009). He also scouted baseball talent for the Anaheim Angels and the Seattle Mariners. He died in 2020.
73years old at death
- Born Brooklyn
- Died Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as David Leonard Landau
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 32 years1977 to 2009
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About the name
In high school, Lander adopted the stage name David Lander because a classmate had used his real name to sign up with an actors' union. He made the change legal later on.
Early training
Lander's partnership with McKean started in acting classes at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where the pair created the characters of Lenny and Squiggy.
Beyond film
In 1979, Lander's duo put out an album under the name Lenny and the Squigtones. Christopher Guest played guitar on it, billed as Nigel Tufnel, a name he would use again in the spoof rock band Spinal Tap.
A change of course
Lander took a job as a baseball talent scout in 1997, working first for the Anaheim Angels and afterward for the Seattle Mariners. For many years he belonged to the Society for American Baseball Research, a sabermetrics organization.
David L. Lander movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius2001 Action, Adventure, Animationas Yokian Guard / Gusvoice
IMDb rating 6.141K votes
Most often with
Phil Roman directed two of these films. Michael McKean appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michael McKean's page
Rob Paulsen's page
Gerrit Graham's page
Marc McClure's page
Richard McGonagle's page
Charlotte Rae's page
Phil RomanDirector, 2 films, 1987 to 1992
All films by Phil Roman
Also two films together3 more actors
- Georg Stanford BrownAva's Magical Adventure (1994) and Imps* (1983)
- Tino InsanaTom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) and Cracking Up (1977)
- Deborah HarmonImps* (1983) and Used Cars (1980)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What David L. Lander's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$144 million
7 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 7 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$81M56.3% of the total
- 2$14M9.8% of the total
- 3$13M8.7% of the total
- 4$12M8.6% of the total
- 5$12M8.1% of the total
- 6$8.6M6.0% of the total
- 7$3.6M2.5% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.