Stanley Grover

Stanley Grover
Publicity Photo of Stanley Grover
Born
Stanley Grover Neinstendt

(1926-03-28)March 28, 1926
Woodstock, Illinois, U.S.
DiedAugust 24, 1997(1997-08-24) (aged 71)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Missouri
OccupationActor
Years active1951–1996
SpouseLinda Grover[1]
Children3[1]

Stanley Grover Neinstendt (March 20, 1926 – August 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and theatre actor.

Life and career

Born in Woodstock, Illinois,[1] Grover attended the University of Missouri, where earned his music degree.[1] He made his theatre debut in 1951, appearing in the Broadway play, Seventeen,[2] playing the "Singer with the Orchestra".[3] His last theatre credit was in the Broadway play Don't Call Back in 1975.[3]

Later in his career, Grover began appearing in films and on television. His credits include: Ghostbusters, Barnaby Jones, Network, Being There, The Falcon and the Snowman, Sisters, Dark Shadows, Old Gringo, Hardcastle and McCormick, North Dallas Forty, Fandango, Hill Street Blues, Murder, She Wrote, The Patty Duke Show and The Onion Field.[1][2][4] He also played the recurring role of a somber judge in the legal drama TV series L.A. Law.[1]

Grover died in August 1997 of leukemia at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 71.[1][2][4][5] His body was cremated.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Variety Staff (October 6, 1997). "Stanley Grover". Variety. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Stanley Grover, 71, Actor on Broadway". The New York Times. September 22, 1997. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Stanley Grover". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Oliver, Myrna (August 30, 1997). "Stanley Grover; Veteran Singer and Actor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Lefkowitz, David (September 2, 1997). "B'way Baritone Stanley Grover Dies, Age 71". Playbill. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  6. ^ Wilson, Scott (August 22, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. pp. 301–302. ISBN 9780786479924 – via Google Books.