Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor , comic, producer and director.
Randall was born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Julia (née Finston) and Mogscha Rosenberg, who was an art and antiques dealer. He attended Tulsa Central High School.
Randall then attended Northwestern University for a year before traveling to New York City to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He s...
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Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor , comic, producer and director.
Randall was born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Julia (née Finston) and Mogscha Rosenberg, who was an art and antiques dealer. He attended Tulsa Central High School.
Randall then attended Northwestern University for a year before traveling to New York City to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He studied under Sanford Meisner and choreographer Martha Graham around 1935. Under the name Anthony Randall, he worked onstage opposite stars Jane Cowl in George Bernard Shaw's Candida and Ethel Barrymore in Emlyn Williams's The Corn Is Green. Randall then served for four years with the United States Army Signal Corps in World War II, refusing an entertainment assignment with Special Services. Then he worked at the Olney Theatre in Montgomery County, Maryland before heading back to New York City.
Randall began his career on the stage, appearing...
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