Cy Schindell

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American actor (1907-1948)

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::summary American actor (1907-1948) ::

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FieldValue
nameCy Schindell
imageCy Schindell in Sing a Song of Six Pants (cropped).jpg
captionSchindell in The Three Stooges film Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)
birth_nameSeymour Schindel
birth_date
birth_placeBrooklyn, New York City, U.S.
death_date
death_placeHollywood, California, U.S.
resting_placeLos Angeles National Cemetery
occupationActor
years_active1933–1948
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Seymour "Cy" Schindell (March 4, 1907August 24, 1948) was an American actor. He appeared in 37 Three Stooges short subjects, mostly as a heavy, though he was never credited in any Stooge shorts.

Career

Brooklyn-born Schindell was born Seymour Schindel in 1907. He was a former middleweight boxer with 19 fights from 1926 to 1928. Schindell also memorably played Chizzilini, a parody of Benito Mussolini, in the short I'll Never Heil Again.

In addition to his work in Three Stooges shorts, Schindell also appeared briefly in It's a Wonderful Life as the bouncer at Nick's, and made numerous film appearances playing mainly blue collar roles such as a truck driver, a butcher and a policeman.

Military service and illness

Schindell enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during the 1920s and returned to active service for World War II.

Schindell died on August 24, 1948, at age 41, and was buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. His final film appearance was in 1948's Three Stooges film Crime on Their Hands; heavy makeup was used to mask Schindell's cancer-ridden face.

Selected filmography

References

References

  1. "ThreeStooges.net: The Three Stooges Online Filmography".
  2. "Cy Schindel".
  3. Okuda, Ted. (1986). "The Columbia Comedy Shorts". McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
  4. ''The Leatherneck'', Volume 11 Marine Corps Institute, 1928
  5. Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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