Sheldon Leonard net worth is$1.1 Million Sheldon Leonard Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family 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 Name Sheldon Leonard Net Worth $1.1 Million Date Of Birth February 22, 1907 Died January 11, 1997, Beverly Hills, California, United States Place Of Birth New York City, New York, USA Height 1.82 m Occupation Actor, writer, producer, director Profession Actor, Film producer, Television producer, Screenwriter, Television Director Education Stuyvesant High School, Syracuse University Nationality American Spouse Frances Bober Children Andrea Bershad, Stephen W Bershad Parents Frank Bershad, Anna Bershad Nicknames Sheldon Leonard, Leonard, Sheldon IMDB Awards Primetime 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 ... Nominations Primetime 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 Movies It'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 Shows Big Eddie, From a Bird's Eye View, Linus the Lionhearted, I Spy, The Andy Griffith Show, Good Morning, World Star Sign Pisces
# Trademark 1 His deep gruff voice and strong New York accent 2 Often co-produced and/or collaborated with Danny Thomas
# Fact 1 He 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). 2 The characters Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter of the CBS sitcom _The Big Bang Theory (2010)_ are named in honor of him. 3 Received the rank of Eagle Scout (the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America). 4 In 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!". 5 In 1965 he cast Bill Cosby in the TV series I Spy (1965), making him one of TV's first black leading men. 6 Married 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.
Producer Title Year Status Character I Spy Returns 1994 TV Movie executive producer Top Secret 1978 TV Movie executive producer Aces Up 1974 TV Movie producer The Singles 1972 TV Movie producer The Don Rickles Show 1972 TV Series producer - 2 episodes Shirley's World 1971-1972 TV Series executive producer - 17 episodes From a Bird's Eye View 1970-1971 TV Series executive producer - 16 episodes My World and Welcome to It 1969-1970 TV Series executive producer - 26 episodes My Friend Tony 1969 TV Series executive producer - 1 episode Gomer Pyle: USMC 1964-1969 TV Series executive producer - 150 episodes I Spy 1965-1968 TV Series executive producer - 82 episodes The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1968 TV Series executive producer - 249 episodes Good Morning, World 1967-1968 TV Series executive producer - 26 episodes Accidental Family 1967-1968 TV Series executive producer - 16 episodes The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961-1966 TV Series executive producer - 158 episodes The Bill Dana Show 1963-1964 TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes Make Room for Daddy TV Series producer - 251 episodes, 1953 - 1963 executive producer - 38 episodes, 1963 - 1964 Your Jeweler's Showcase 1953 TV Series producer - 1 episode Colgate Theatre 1949 TV Series producer
Director Title Year Status Character Studio 5-B 1989 TV Series 1 episode Aces Up 1974 TV Movie The Singles 1972 TV Movie My World and Welcome to It 1969 TV Series 2 episodes The Danny Thomas Hour 1968 TV Series 1 episode Accidental Family 1967 TV Series 1 episode I Spy 1965 TV Series 1 episode The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1965 TV Series 2 episodes Gomer Pyle: USMC 1964 TV Series 1 episode The Bill Dana Show 1963-1964 TV Series 5 episodes Make Room for Daddy 1953-1964 TV Series 282 episodes My Favorite Martian 1963 TV Series 1 episode The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961-1963 TV Series 4 episodes Kraft Mystery Theater 1962 TV Series 1 episode The Real McCoys 1957 TV Series 6 episodes Schlitz Playhouse 1956 TV Series 2 episodes It's Always Jan 1955 TV Series 1 episode The Jimmy Durante Show 1955 TV Series 1 episode Lassie 1954 TV Series 6 episodes General Electric Theater 1953 TV Series 4 episodes Your Jeweler's Showcase 1952-1953 TV Series 3 episodes
Writer Title Year Status Character The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1968 TV Series created by - 249 episodes Kraft Mystery Theater 1962 TV Series 1 episode Make Room for Daddy TV Series 1 episode, 1957 new material - 1 episode, 1960 General Electric Theater 1953 TV Series teleplay - 1 episode Your Jeweler's Showcase TV Series 2 episodes, 1952 - 1953 writer - 1 episode, 1952 teleplay - 1 episode, 1952 original story and teleplay - 1 episode, 1952 Shadow of Terror 1945 story
Actor Title Year Status Character Dream On 1992 TV Series Don Monteleoni Cheers 1990 TV Series Sid Nelson Murder, She Wrote 1990 TV Series Sgt. Bulldog Kowalski Matlock 1987 TV Series Casino Tipster The Facts of Life 1987 TV Series Josef Polniaczek The Cosby Show 1985 TV Series Dr. Wexler I'm a Big Girl Now 1981 TV Series Ira The Littlest Hobo 1980 TV Series Big Al The Brink's Job 1978 J. Edgar Hoover The Islander 1978 TV Movie Paul Lazaro Top Secret 1978 TV Movie Carl Vitale Sanford and Son 1976 TV Series Davis Big Eddie 1975 TV Series Eddie Smith My World and Welcome to It 1970 TV Series Jeremiah Gomer Pyle: USMC 1968 TV Series Norman Miles I Spy 1965-1967 TV Series Sorgi / Sheldon Leonard / Disc Jockey / ... Linus! The Lion Hearted 1964-1965 TV Series King Linus Burke's Law 1964 TV Series 'Chicasaw Pete' Wickowski / Ronald 'Touchy' Touchstone Make Room for Daddy 1953-1964 TV Series Phil Brokaw / TV Announcer / Man with Cigar / ... The Dick Van Dyke Show 1963 TV Series Max Calvada / Floyd B. Bariscale The Joey Bishop Show 1963 TV Series Kowalski Pocketful of Miracles 1961 Steve Darcey Ethel Barrymore Theater 1956 TV Series Screen Directors Playhouse 1956 TV Series George Guys and Dolls 1955 Harry the Horse Damon Runyon Theater 1955 TV Series Silky Mitts It's a Great Life 1954 TV Series Sam Regan The Duke 1954 TV Series Sam Marco Money from Home 1953 Jumbo Schneider The Diamond Queen 1953 Mogul General Electric Theater 1953 TV Series The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1951-1953 TV Series Silky Thompson / Johnny Velvet I Married Joan 1952-1953 TV Series Golf Pro / Mr. MacGruder A Peck o' Trouble 1953 Short Dodsworth (voice, uncredited) I Love Lucy 1953 TV Series Harry Martin Your Jeweler's Showcase 1952 TV Series Ritz / Hardwick Harris Stop, You're Killing Me 1952 Lefty Breakdown 1952 Nick Sampson Sock a Doodle Do 1952 Short Kid Banty (voice, uncredited) Young Man with Ideas 1952 Rodwell 'Brick' Davis Kiddin' the Kitten 1952 Short Dodsworth (voice, uncredited) Here Come the Nelsons 1952 Duke Come Fill the Cup 1951 Lennie Garr Behave Yourself! 1951 Shortwave Bert Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951 Morgan The Iroquois Trail 1950 Chief Ogane Take One False Step 1949 Pacciano My Dream Is Yours 1949 Fred Grimes Daughter of the Jungle 1949 Dalton Kraik Shep Comes Home 1948 'Swifty' Lewis Joe Palooka in Winner Take All 1948 Hermon Jinx Money 1948 Lippy Harris Madonna of the Desert 1948 Nick Julian If You Knew Susie 1948 Steve Garland Alias a Gentleman 1948 Harry Bealer Open Secret 1948 Detective Sgt. Mike Frontelli The Gangster 1947 Cornell The Fabulous Joe 1947 Louie The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival 1947 Louie, in 'Fabulous Joe' Violence 1947 Fred Stalk Sinbad, the Sailor 1947 Auctioneer It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Nick Decoy 1946 Police Sgt. Joe Portugal The Last Crooked Mile 1946 Ed 'Wires' MacGuire Bowery Bombshell 1946 Ace Deuce Baker Somewhere in the Night 1946 Sam Rainbow Over Texas 1946 Kirby Haynes Her Kind of Man 1946 Felix Bender The Gentleman Misbehaves 1946 Trigger Stazzi Frontier Gal 1945 'Blackie' Shoulders Captain Kidd 1945 Cyprian Boyle Why Girls Leave Home 1945 Chris Williams River Gang 1945 Peg Leg Radio Stars on Parade 1945 Lucky Maddox Zombies on Broadway 1945 Ace Miller Crime, Inc. 1945 Capt. Ferrone The Falcon in Hollywood 1944 Louie Buchanan To Have and Have Not 1944 Lt. Coyo Gambler's Choice 1944 Chappie Wilson Trocadero 1944 Mickey Jones Uncertain Glory 1944 Henri Duval Timber Queen 1944 Smacksie Golden Klondike Kate 1943 'Sometime' Smith Harvest Melody 1943 Chuck Passport to Suez 1943 Johnny Booth Hit the Ice 1943 'Silky' Fellowsby Taxi, Mister 1943 Gangster Louis Glorio / The Frisco Ghost City Without Men 1943 Monk LaRue Lucky Jordan 1942 Slip Moran Street of Chance 1942 Detective Joe Marruci Pierre of the Plains 1942 Clairou Tortilla Flat 1942 Tito Ralph Born to Sing 1942 Pete Detroit Rise and Shine 1941 Menace Married Bachelor 1941 Johnny Branigan Week-End in Havana 1941 Boris Buy Me That Town 1941 Chink Moran Private Nurse 1941 John Winton Tall, Dark and Handsome 1941 Pretty Willie Williams Another Thin Man 1939 Phil Church Toils of the Law 1938 Short Ouanga 1936 LeStrange, the Overseer The People's Enemy 1935 Third Department of Justice Representative (uncredited) The Gem of the Ocean 1934 Short Pasha My Mummy's Arms 1934 Short Abdullah
Assistant Director Title Year Status Character I Spy TV Series location unit director - 8 episodes, 1965 second unit director - 7 episodes, 1966 - 1967
Miscellaneous Title Year Status Character Hey, Landlord 1966-1967 TV Series executive consultant - 4 episodes
Camera Department Title Year Status Character Our Miss Brooks 1953-1954 TV Series camera director - 2 episodes
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character Tortilla Flat 1942 performer: "Ay, Ay, Paisano!" 1942 - uncredited
Self Title Year Status Character Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life 2011 Video documentary The Directors 1997 TV Series documentary Himself The 69th Annual Academy Awards 1997 TV Special Himself - Memorial Tribute 100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable 1996 Video documentary Himself 100 Years of Horror 1996 TV Series documentary Himself - Actor & Producer The 46th Annual Director's Guild Awards 1994 TV Special Himself Andy Griffith Show Reunion 1993 TV Special Himself Color Adjustment 1992 Documentary Himself The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' 1990 TV Short documentary Himself This Is Your Life 1987 TV Special Himself Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver 1976 TV Special Himself Match Game 73 1975 TV Series Himself - Panelist Match Game PM 1975 TV Series Himself - Panelist Dinah! 1975 TV Series Himself The New Bill Cosby Show 1972 TV Series Himself This Is Your Life 1971-1972 TV Series Himself Laugh-In 1968-1971 TV Series Himself The Mike Douglas Show 1971 TV Series Himself - Producer The 22nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1970 TV Special Himself - Winner: Outstanding Comedy Series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1963-1968 TV Series Himself - Guest The Bill Cosby Special 1968 TV Special Himself The Match Game 1967 TV Series Himself - Team Captain The Lucy Show 1967 TV Series Himself The Eamonn Andrews Show 1966 TV Series Himself Danny Thomas Special: On the Road to Lebanon 1966 TV Special Himself The Jack Paar Tonight Show 1962 TV Series Himself The Tonight Show 1962 TV Series Himself Here's Hollywood 1962 TV Series Himself The David Susskind Show 1960 TV Series Himself Inside Beverly Hills 1956 TV Movie Himself The 27th Annual Academy Awards 1955 TV Special Himself - Audience Member The Bob Hope Show 1954 TV Series Himself The Colgate Comedy Hour 1952-1953 TV Series Himself - Comic Actor / Himself - Actor The Alan Young Show 1951 TV Series Himself
Archive Footage Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2012 OFTA TV Hall of Fame Online Film & Television Association Behind the Scenes 1995 DGA Honorary Life Member Award Directors Guild of America, USA For his long-time services to the DGA as a treasurer. 1992 Board of the Governors Award American Society of Cinematographers, USA 1992 Lifetime Achievement Award Casting Society of America, USA 1988 Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award Directors Guild of America, USA 1970 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series My World and Welcome to It (1969) 1961 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Make Room for Daddy (1953) 1957 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Best Direction - Half Hour or Less Make Room for Daddy (1953)
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1991 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Cheers (1982) 1966 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama I Spy (1965) 1966 DGA Award Directors Guild of America, USA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television I Spy (1965) 1960 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Make Room for Daddy (1953) 1959 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Best Direction of a Single Program of a Comedy Series Make Room for Daddy (1953) 1958 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Best Direction - Half Hour or Less Make Room for Daddy (1953) 1956 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Best Director - Film Series Make Room for Daddy (1953)
Known for movies Make Room for Daddy (1953-1964)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964-1969)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
Charlotte Adams 
$1.1 Million
