Sheldon Leonard

Sheldon Leonard was an American actor, film producer, film director and television producer (1907–1997). He was born at Manhattan and died at Beverly Hills.

Sheldon Leonard in brief

Born
1907
Died
1997
Known for
actor, film producer, television producer, director and screenwriter
Place of birth
Manhattan
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Recognition and collections

Sheldon Leonard received Eagle Scout and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.

Catalogued works

18 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1860 to 1990.

The Andy Griffith Show. Andy Taylor. Aunt Bee. Elinor "Ellie" Walker. From a Bird's Eye View. Opie Taylor. Side Hustle Ideas. And the Show Goes On. BRAND IDENTITY. Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln, dated Cast in plaster 1860; cast in bronze by 1888, bronze, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1891.77-79. Portrait of Eakins, dated 1960, etching on off-white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1963.828. Bird-Man, dated n.d., etching on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.342. Rembrandt, dated c. 1962, etching on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.345. Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.43 Nobel Prize Physics 1976-1989, dated 1977-2002, held by Wellcome Collection. Risk and protective factors in the development of psychopathology / edited by Jon Rolf [and others]., dated 1990, held by Wellcome Collection. International Organisations, dated 1963-1978, held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 9, dated May 1905 - Feb 1906, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Leonard, Sheldon (22 February 1907–10 January 1997), performer, director, producer, and writer, primarily for television, radio, and film, American National Biography Online, 2005. : Social Support and Health . Sheldon Cohen, S. Leonard Syme., Medical Anthropology Newsletter, 1986. Book Reviews : Social Support and Health, Sheldon Cohen and S. Leonard Syme, Eds. Academic Press, Orlando, 1984, Health Education Quarterly, 1985.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Dick Van Dyke Show #39: The Night the Roof Fell In (1962) — Internet Archive. The Dick Van Dyke Show #31: Never Name a Duck (1962) — Internet Archive. Renny Roker (2015) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 20 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Sheldon Leonard studied at Syracuse University and Stuyvesant High School. the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Western.

Distinctions recorded are Eagle Scout and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.

Chronology

  1. 1907Sheldon Leonard born at Manhattan.
  2. 1962The Dick Van Dyke Show #39: The Night the Roof Fell In digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1962The Dick Van Dyke Show #31: Never Name a Duck digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1997Sheldon Leonard died at Beverly Hills.
  5. 2015Renny Roker digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Sheldon Leonard”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1545340: Sheldon Leonard

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