Leonard Frey

Leonard Frey was born on Sep 04, 1938 in USA. Leonard Frey's big-screen debut came with The Comic directed by Carl Reiner in 1969, strarring Talk Show Guest (uncredited). Leonard Frey is known for Best of the West directed by Howard Storm, Joel Higgins stars as Marshal Sam Best and Carlene Watkins as Elvira Best. The upcoming new tvshow Leonard Frey plays is Mr. Sunshine - Season 1 which will be released on Mar 28, 1986.

Leonard Frey originally wanted to become an artist, but in college he became interested in acting. He made his stage debut in an off-Broadway production of "Little Mary Sunshine" and his film debut as a celebrant in Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1966), but he first rose to prominence in the role of Harold, the self-proclaimed "Jew fairy", in both the stage and screen versions of Les Garçons de la Bande (1970). Frey is probably best known for the role of Motel, the timid tailor, in Un violon sur le toit (1971); this performance landed him a nomination for a Supporting Actor Oscar. He continued to work on stage, in films and on TV throughout the 1970s and 1980s, but he never again attained the level of critical success he enjoyed in "Fiddler on the Roof". In 1988 he died from complications related to AIDS.