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Alan Mandell
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Alan Mandell
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Albert Mandell
December 27, 1927 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Died | October 13, 2026 (aged 98) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actor |
Alan Mandell was a famous Canadian-American stage, movie, and television actor. He is very well known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the movie A Serious Man, made by the famous Coen Brothers. Mandell spent many decades acting in live plays in theaters. He became especially famous for performing in the plays of writer Samuel Beckett.
Early Life and Theater Career
Alan was born as Albert Mandell into a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When he grew up, he began performing in plays across Canada and the United States. During the 1950s, he became a popular actor in San Francisco. In 1968, he legally changed his first name to Alan.
Mandell began working with the plays of Samuel Beckett in 1957. His first major project with these stories was Waiting for Godot at the Actor's Workshop in San Francisco. Later, he played the part of Lucky in another version of Godot. This special show was directed by Beckett himself.
Mandell also performed in works by other famous writers. He acted in No Man's Land by Harold Pinter and The Price by Arthur Miller. In 2007, he played Juror #9 in the courtroom play Twelve Angry Men, directed by Scott Ellis. In that play, he shared the stage with popular actors Richard Thomas and George Wendt.
Movie and Television Roles
Mandell also acted in many films and television programs. In movies, he appeared in Illegally Yours, The Marrying Man, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Shortbus. He portrayed cartoonist Herbert Block in a documentary, and later appeared in the comedy Addicted to Fresno and the thriller Velvet Buzzsaw.
On television, Mandell appeared on many popular series. He acted in Great Performances, where he performed in the play Enemies. He also appeared on The Invisible Man, the detective show Cannon, and The Six Million Dollar Man. Viewers could also spot him in episodes of Baretta, Man from Atlantis, 79 Park Avenue, Eight is Enough, Breaking Away, Sisters, and the medical drama Grey's Anatomy.
Mandell lived a very long life in the arts and died in Westwood, Los Angeles at the age of 98.
