Steve Sandor
{{Short description|American actor (1937–2017)}}
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{{Infobox person
|image =Steve Sandor_resize.jpeg
|birth_date={{Birth date|1937|10|27}}
|birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2017|04|05|1937|10|27}}
|death_place=Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
|occupation=Actor
|yearsactive=1960–2017
}}
Steve Sandor (October 27, 1937 – April 5, 2017) was an American actor who made his first television appearance on Star Trek, playing Lars in the second season episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion".{{cite web|archivedate=February 18, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218054816/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1152929/Steve-Sandor|title=Steve Sandor|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1152929/Steve-Sandor|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2016|accessdate=2012-01-15}}
Formative years
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 27, 1937, Sandor grew up in that city's Greenfield neighborhood. Employed as a steel worker before his acting career, he also trained sentry dogs while serving as an air police officer in the U.S. Air Force.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}}
Career
Having appeared in many television shows such as Gunsmoke, Ironside, The Streets of San Francisco, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Three's Company, The A-Team, Knight Rider, The Fall Guy, and Hardcastle and McCormick, Sandor is perhaps best known for his role as the ill-fated biker gang leader Stanley in the 1980 cult film The Ninth Configuration, and as the voice of the heroic Darkwolf in the 1983 animated fantasy film Fire and Ice.
Sandor also had supporting roles in the 1967 western Rough Night in Jericho, the 1968 crime drama If He Hollers, Let Him Go!, the 1969 World War II classic The Bridge at Remagen, the 1969 outlaw biker film Hell's Angels '69, the 1971 western One More Train to Rob, the 1973 crime drama Bonnie's Kids, the 1973 Vietnam film The No Mercy Man, a semi-regular role on the short-lived TV series The Yellow Rose, and the title role in the 1983 science fiction film Stryker.
Sandor was also part of the extensive cast of the 1978 miniseries Centennial, and was cast in the 1988 IMAX film Alamo: The Price of Freedom as James Bowie.
Death
Sandor died in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 5, 2017.
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Rough Night in Jericho | Simms | |
| 1968 | If He Hollers, Let Him Go! | Harry | |
| 1969 | The Bridge at Remagen | Pvt. Slavek | |
| 1969 | Hell's Angels '69 | Apache | |
| 1970 | The Virginian | Billy White, Van Miley | 2 episodes |
| 1971 | One More Train to Rob | Jim Gant | |
| 1972 | Bonnie's Kids | Larry | |
| 1972 | The Only Way Home | Billy Joe | |
| 1973 | The No Mercy Man | Olie Hand | |
| 1980 | The Ninth Configuration | 1st Cyclist (Stanley) | |
| 1983 | Fire and Ice | Darkwolf (voice) | {{cite web |title=Steve Sandor (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Steve-Sandor/ |access-date=December 11, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. |
| 1983 | Stryker | Stryker | |
| 1990 | The Platinum Triangle | Joshua Pierce | |
| 1998
|Superman: The Animated Series |Orion (voice) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0762080}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors