Sheldon Leonard Net Worth

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Sheldon Leonard net worth is
$1.1 Million

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Sheldon Leonard (born Sheldon Leonard Bershad; February 22, 1907 – January 11, 1997) was a pioneering American film and television producer, director, writer, and actor. 
Full NameSheldon Leonard
Net Worth$1.1 Million
Date Of BirthFebruary 22, 1907
DiedJanuary 11, 1997, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Height1.82 m
OccupationActor, writer, producer, director
ProfessionActor, Film producer, Television producer, Screenwriter, Television Director
EducationStuyvesant High School, Syracuse University
NationalityAmerican
SpouseFrances Bober
ChildrenAndrea Bershad, Stephen W Bershad
ParentsFrank Bershad, Anna Bershad
NicknamesSheldon Leonard, Leonard, Sheldon
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0502766
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, DGA Honorary Life Member Award, American Society of Cinematographers Board of the Governors Award, DGA Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Direction ...
NominationsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Director - Film Series
MoviesIt's a Wonderful Life, Guys and Dolls, To Have and Have Not, Pocketful of Miracles, The Iroquois Trail, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Captain Kidd, The Brink's Job, Frontier Gal, Zombies on Broadway, Somewhere in the Night, Money from Home, Uncertain Glory, Lucky Jordan, Week-End in Ha...
TV ShowsBig Eddie, From a Bird's Eye View, Linus the Lionhearted, I Spy, The Andy Griffith Show, Good Morning, World
Star SignPisces
#Trademark
1His deep gruff voice and strong New York accent
2Often co-produced and/or collaborated with Danny Thomas
#Fact
1He once did a guest appearance in his own show I Spy in the episode "Three Hours on a Sunday Night" where he played "Mr. Sorge" The main villein of this episode, as well as cameo's in a few other episodes of the show (like Alfred Hitchcock used to do).
2The characters Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter of the CBS sitcom _The Big Bang Theory (2010)_ are named in honor of him.
3Received the rank of Eagle Scout (the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America).
4In 1992 he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame, after receiving five Emmy awards for his producing/directing efforts. In 1995 he received a lifetime membership into the Director's Guild of America. Accepting the honor, he quipped, "Giving a lifetime membership to a guy 88 years old--big f***ing deal!".
5In 1965 he cast Bill Cosby in the TV series I Spy (1965), making him one of TV's first black leading men.
6Married to Frances Babor for over 65 years. They had a son and daughter. Frances passed away two years later (1999) at age 91 and was buried beside Sheldon.

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Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
I Spy Returns1994TV Movie executive producer
Top Secret1978TV Movie executive producer
Aces Up1974TV Movie producer
The Singles1972TV Movie producer
The Don Rickles Show1972TV Series producer - 2 episodes
Shirley's World1971-1972TV Series executive producer - 17 episodes
From a Bird's Eye View1970-1971TV Series executive producer - 16 episodes
My World and Welcome to It1969-1970TV Series executive producer - 26 episodes
My Friend Tony1969TV Series executive producer - 1 episode
Gomer Pyle: USMC1964-1969TV Series executive producer - 150 episodes
I Spy1965-1968TV Series executive producer - 82 episodes
The Andy Griffith Show1960-1968TV Series executive producer - 249 episodes
Good Morning, World1967-1968TV Series executive producer - 26 episodes
Accidental Family1967-1968TV Series executive producer - 16 episodes
The Dick Van Dyke Show1961-1966TV Series executive producer - 158 episodes
The Bill Dana Show1963-1964TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes
Make Room for DaddyTV Series producer - 251 episodes, 1953 - 1963 executive producer - 38 episodes, 1963 - 1964
Your Jeweler's Showcase1953TV Series producer - 1 episode
Colgate Theatre1949TV Series producer

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Studio 5-B1989TV Series 1 episode
Aces Up1974TV Movie
The Singles1972TV Movie
My World and Welcome to It1969TV Series 2 episodes
The Danny Thomas Hour1968TV Series 1 episode
Accidental Family1967TV Series 1 episode
I Spy1965TV Series 1 episode
The Andy Griffith Show1960-1965TV Series 2 episodes
Gomer Pyle: USMC1964TV Series 1 episode
The Bill Dana Show1963-1964TV Series 5 episodes
Make Room for Daddy1953-1964TV Series 282 episodes
My Favorite Martian1963TV Series 1 episode
The Dick Van Dyke Show1961-1963TV Series 4 episodes
Kraft Mystery Theater1962TV Series 1 episode
The Real McCoys1957TV Series 6 episodes
Schlitz Playhouse1956TV Series 2 episodes
It's Always Jan1955TV Series 1 episode
The Jimmy Durante Show1955TV Series 1 episode
Lassie1954TV Series 6 episodes
General Electric Theater1953TV Series 4 episodes
Your Jeweler's Showcase1952-1953TV Series 3 episodes

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Andy Griffith Show1960-1968TV Series created by - 249 episodes
Kraft Mystery Theater1962TV Series 1 episode
Make Room for DaddyTV Series 1 episode, 1957 new material - 1 episode, 1960
General Electric Theater1953TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Your Jeweler's ShowcaseTV Series 2 episodes, 1952 - 1953 writer - 1 episode, 1952 teleplay - 1 episode, 1952 original story and teleplay - 1 episode, 1952
Shadow of Terror1945story

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Dream On1992TV SeriesDon Monteleoni
Cheers1990TV SeriesSid Nelson
Murder, She Wrote1990TV SeriesSgt. Bulldog Kowalski
Matlock1987TV SeriesCasino Tipster
The Facts of Life1987TV SeriesJosef Polniaczek
The Cosby Show1985TV SeriesDr. Wexler
I'm a Big Girl Now1981TV SeriesIra
The Littlest Hobo1980TV SeriesBig Al
The Brink's Job1978J. Edgar Hoover
The Islander1978TV MoviePaul Lazaro
Top Secret1978TV MovieCarl Vitale
Sanford and Son1976TV SeriesDavis
Big Eddie1975TV SeriesEddie Smith
My World and Welcome to It1970TV SeriesJeremiah
Gomer Pyle: USMC1968TV SeriesNorman Miles
I Spy1965-1967TV SeriesSorgi / Sheldon Leonard / Disc Jockey / ...
Linus! The Lion Hearted1964-1965TV SeriesKing Linus
Burke's Law1964TV Series'Chicasaw Pete' Wickowski / Ronald 'Touchy' Touchstone
Make Room for Daddy1953-1964TV SeriesPhil Brokaw / TV Announcer / Man with Cigar / ...
The Dick Van Dyke Show1963TV SeriesMax Calvada / Floyd B. Bariscale
The Joey Bishop Show1963TV SeriesKowalski
Pocketful of Miracles1961Steve Darcey
Ethel Barrymore Theater1956TV Series
Screen Directors Playhouse1956TV SeriesGeorge
Guys and Dolls1955Harry the Horse
Damon Runyon Theater1955TV SeriesSilky Mitts
It's a Great Life1954TV SeriesSam Regan
The Duke1954TV SeriesSam Marco
Money from Home1953Jumbo Schneider
The Diamond Queen1953Mogul
General Electric Theater1953TV Series
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show1951-1953TV SeriesSilky Thompson / Johnny Velvet
I Married Joan1952-1953TV SeriesGolf Pro / Mr. MacGruder
A Peck o' Trouble1953ShortDodsworth (voice, uncredited)
I Love Lucy1953TV SeriesHarry Martin
Your Jeweler's Showcase1952TV SeriesRitz / Hardwick Harris
Stop, You're Killing Me1952Lefty
Breakdown1952Nick Sampson
Sock a Doodle Do1952ShortKid Banty (voice, uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas1952Rodwell 'Brick' Davis
Kiddin' the Kitten1952ShortDodsworth (voice, uncredited)
Here Come the Nelsons1952Duke
Come Fill the Cup1951Lennie Garr
Behave Yourself!1951Shortwave Bert
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man1951Morgan
The Iroquois Trail1950Chief Ogane
Take One False Step1949Pacciano
My Dream Is Yours1949Fred Grimes
Daughter of the Jungle1949Dalton Kraik
Shep Comes Home1948'Swifty' Lewis
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All1948Hermon
Jinx Money1948Lippy Harris
Madonna of the Desert1948Nick Julian
If You Knew Susie1948Steve Garland
Alias a Gentleman1948Harry Bealer
Open Secret1948Detective Sgt. Mike Frontelli
The Gangster1947Cornell
The Fabulous Joe1947Louie
The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival1947Louie, in 'Fabulous Joe'
Violence1947Fred Stalk
Sinbad, the Sailor1947Auctioneer
It's a Wonderful Life1946Nick
Decoy1946Police Sgt. Joe Portugal
The Last Crooked Mile1946Ed 'Wires' MacGuire
Bowery Bombshell1946Ace Deuce Baker
Somewhere in the Night1946Sam
Rainbow Over Texas1946Kirby Haynes
Her Kind of Man1946Felix Bender
The Gentleman Misbehaves1946Trigger Stazzi
Frontier Gal1945'Blackie' Shoulders
Captain Kidd1945Cyprian Boyle
Why Girls Leave Home1945Chris Williams
River Gang1945Peg Leg
Radio Stars on Parade1945Lucky Maddox
Zombies on Broadway1945Ace Miller
Crime, Inc.1945Capt. Ferrone
The Falcon in Hollywood1944Louie Buchanan
To Have and Have Not1944Lt. Coyo
Gambler's Choice1944Chappie Wilson
Trocadero1944Mickey Jones
Uncertain Glory1944Henri Duval
Timber Queen1944Smacksie Golden
Klondike Kate1943'Sometime' Smith
Harvest Melody1943Chuck
Passport to Suez1943Johnny Booth
Hit the Ice1943'Silky' Fellowsby
Taxi, Mister1943Gangster Louis Glorio / The Frisco Ghost
City Without Men1943Monk LaRue
Lucky Jordan1942Slip Moran
Street of Chance1942Detective Joe Marruci
Pierre of the Plains1942Clairou
Tortilla Flat1942Tito Ralph
Born to Sing1942Pete Detroit
Rise and Shine1941Menace
Married Bachelor1941Johnny Branigan
Week-End in Havana1941Boris
Buy Me That Town1941Chink Moran
Private Nurse1941John Winton
Tall, Dark and Handsome1941Pretty Willie Williams
Another Thin Man1939Phil Church
Toils of the Law1938Short
Ouanga1936LeStrange, the Overseer
The People's Enemy1935Third Department of Justice Representative (uncredited)
The Gem of the Ocean1934ShortPasha
My Mummy's Arms1934ShortAbdullah

Assistant Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
I SpyTV Series location unit director - 8 episodes, 1965 second unit director - 7 episodes, 1966 - 1967

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hey, Landlord1966-1967TV Series executive consultant - 4 episodes

Camera Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Our Miss Brooks1953-1954TV Series camera director - 2 episodes

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Tortilla Flat1942performer: "Ay, Ay, Paisano!" 1942 - uncredited

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life2011Video documentary
The Directors1997TV Series documentaryHimself
The 69th Annual Academy Awards1997TV SpecialHimself - Memorial Tribute
100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable1996Video documentaryHimself
100 Years of Horror1996TV Series documentaryHimself - Actor & Producer
The 46th Annual Director's Guild Awards1994TV SpecialHimself
Andy Griffith Show Reunion1993TV SpecialHimself
Color Adjustment1992DocumentaryHimself
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'1990TV Short documentaryHimself
This Is Your Life1987TV SpecialHimself
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver1976TV SpecialHimself
Match Game 731975TV SeriesHimself - Panelist
Match Game PM1975TV SeriesHimself - Panelist
Dinah!1975TV SeriesHimself
The New Bill Cosby Show1972TV SeriesHimself
This Is Your Life1971-1972TV SeriesHimself
Laugh-In1968-1971TV SeriesHimself
The Mike Douglas Show1971TV SeriesHimself - Producer
The 22nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1970TV SpecialHimself - Winner: Outstanding Comedy Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1963-1968TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Bill Cosby Special1968TV SpecialHimself
The Match Game1967TV SeriesHimself - Team Captain
The Lucy Show1967TV SeriesHimself
The Eamonn Andrews Show1966TV SeriesHimself
Danny Thomas Special: On the Road to Lebanon1966TV SpecialHimself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1962TV SeriesHimself
The Tonight Show1962TV SeriesHimself
Here's Hollywood1962TV SeriesHimself
The David Susskind Show1960TV SeriesHimself
Inside Beverly Hills1956TV MovieHimself
The 27th Annual Academy Awards1955TV SpecialHimself - Audience Member
The Bob Hope Show1954TV SeriesHimself
The Colgate Comedy Hour1952-1953TV SeriesHimself - Comic Actor / Himself - Actor
The Alan Young Show1951TV SeriesHimself

Archive Footage

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2012OFTA TV Hall of FameOnline Film & Television AssociationBehind the Scenes
1995DGA Honorary Life Member AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAFor his long-time services to the DGA as a treasurer.
1992Board of the Governors AwardAmerican Society of Cinematographers, USA
1992Lifetime Achievement AwardCasting Society of America, USA
1988Robert B. Aldrich Achievement AwardDirectors Guild of America, USA
1970Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Comedy SeriesMy World and Welcome to It (1969)
1961Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in ComedyMake Room for Daddy (1953)
1957Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Direction - Half Hour or LessMake Room for Daddy (1953)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1991Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesCheers (1982)
1966Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in DramaI Spy (1965)
1966DGA AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAOutstanding Directorial Achievement in TelevisionI Spy (1965)
1960Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in ComedyMake Room for Daddy (1953)
1959Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Direction of a Single Program of a Comedy SeriesMake Room for Daddy (1953)
1958Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Direction - Half Hour or LessMake Room for Daddy (1953)
1956Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Director - Film SeriesMake Room for Daddy (1953)

Known for movies

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