Cy Schindell Explained

Cy Schindell
Birth Name:	Seymour Schindel
Birth Date:	March 4, 1907
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Death Place:	Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting Place:	Los Angeles National Cemetery
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1933 - 1948

Seymour "Cy" Schindell (March 4, 1907August 24, 1948) was an American actor. He appeared in 37 Three Stooges short subjects,^[1] mostly as a heavy, though he was never credited in any Stooge shorts.

Career

Brooklyn-born Schindell was born Seymour Schindel in 1907. He was a former middleweight boxer with 19 fights from 1926 to 1928.^{[2] [3]} Schindell also memorably played Chizzilini, a parody of Benito Mussolini, in the short I'll Never Heil Again.

In addition to his work in Three Stooges shorts, Schindell also appeared briefly in It's a Wonderful Life as the bouncer at Nick's, and made numerous film appearances playing mainly blue collar roles such as a truck driver, a butcher and a policeman.^[3]

Military service and illness

Schindell enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during the 1920s^[4] and returned to active service for World War II.^[3]

Schindell died on August 24, 1948, at age 41, and was buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California.^[5] His final film appearance was in 1948's Three Stooges film Crime on Their Hands; heavy makeup was used to mask Schindell's cancer-ridden face.

Selected filmography

• Fugitive Lady (1934) - Man (uncredited)
• Murder in the Clouds (1934) - Man at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
• Stranded (1935) - Bridge Worker (uncredited)
• The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
• Undersea Kingdom (1936, Serial) - Khan's Guardsman (uncredited)
• Fury (1936) - Townsman (uncredited)
• Bullets or Ballots (1936) - Bookie Who Throws Bag (uncredited)
• The Big Noise (1936) - Schmidt's Henchman (uncredited)
• Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936) - Mahoney
• Dizzy Doctors (1937, Short) - Dr. Arm's Assistant (uncredited)
• 3 Dumb Clucks (1937, Short) - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• I Promise to Pay (1937) - Cy (uncredited)
• Back to the Woods (1937, Short) - Indian (uncredited)
• It Can't Last Forever (1937) - Hansen's Second (uncredited)
• Cash and Carry (1937, Short) - Vault Guard (uncredited)
• The Perfect Specimen (1937) - Injured Boxer (uncredited)
• Boy of the Streets (1937) - Blackie's Henchman (uncredited)
• Wells Fargo (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• The Buccaneer (1938) - Pirate (uncredited)
• Little Miss Roughneck (1938) - Prisoner (uncredited)
• When G-Men Step In (1938) - Phone Man (uncredited)
• Over the Wall (1938) - Shower Room Guard (uncredited)
• Prison Break (1938) - Party Waiter (uncredited)
• I Am the Law (1938) - Strong-Arm Hood at Lindsay's House (uncredited)
• You Can't Take It with You (1938) - Man (uncredited)
• Juvenile Court (1938) - Referee (uncredited)
• Hold That Co-ed (1938) - Policeman (uncredited)
• The Spider's Web (1938, Serial) - Cadman (uncredited)
• Mutts to You (1938, Short) - Policeman (uncredited)
• Hawk of the Wilderness (1938, Serial) - Three Pines (uncredited)
• The Little Adventuress (1938) - Performer (uncredited)
• Smashing the Spy Ring (1938) - Richards (uncredited)
• Three Little Sew and Sews (1939, Short) - Guard (uncredited)
• North of Shanghai (1939) - Mug
• Flying G-Men (1939, Serial) - Osborne (uncredited)
• The Lady and the Mob (1939) - Henchman Collecting Payment (uncredited)
• A Ducking They Did Go (1939, Short) - Fruit Vendor (uncredited)
• The Rookie Cop (1939) - Butch - Joey's Henchman (uncredited)
• Mandrake the Magician (1939, Serial) - Bank Henchman (uncredited)
• Missing Daughters (1939) - Mugg (uncredited)
• Behind Prison Gates (1939) - Convict (uncredited)
• Girl from Rio (1939) - Patron of Blue Bird Gardens (uncredited)
• Calling All Curs (1939, Short) - Tony - Dognapper (uncredited)
• Golden Boy (1939) - Fighter (uncredited)
• Those High Grey Walls (1939) - Convict (uncredited)
• A Woman Is the Judge (1939) - Mickey (uncredited)
• Beware Spooks! (1939) - Barker (uncredited)
• The Shadow (1940, Serial) - Streeter (uncredited)
• Rockin' thru the Rockies (1940, Short) - Indian (uncredited)
• Half a Sinner (1940) - Mugg (uncredited)
• Terry and the Pirates (1940, Serial) - Henchman Morgan (uncredited)
• Grandpa Goes to Town (1940) - Smokey
• Men Without Souls (1940) - Harry (uncredited)
• Nutty But Nice (1940, Short) - Butch - Kidnapper (uncredited)
• Millionaires in Prison (1940) - Red Vernon (uncredited)
• How High Is Up? (1940, Short) - Workman with Blake (uncredited)
• The Secret Seven (1940) - Felton (uncredited)
• From Nurse to Worse (1940, Short) - Policeman (uncredited)
• The Leather Pushers (1940) - Referee (uncredited)
• Angels Over Broadway (1940) - Jack (uncredited)
• So You Won't Talk (1940) - Truck Driver (uncredited)
• The Green Archer (1940, Serial) - Darcy (uncredited)
• The Great Plane Robbery (1940) - Hood (uncredited)
• Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940, Serial) - Jake - Biplane Pilot [Ch. 2] (uncredited)
• Boobs in Arms (1940, Short) - Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
• The Face Behind the Mask (1941) - Benson
• The Devil Commands (1941) - Karl
• The Monster and the Girl (1941) - Henchman (uncredited)
• Knockout (1941) - Hawkins Fight Referee (uncredited)
• Penny Serenade (1941) - Elmer - the Bootlegger (uncredited)
• The Spider Returns (1941, Serial) - Henchman Brown [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
• I'll Never Heil Again (1941, Short) - Chizzilini (uncredited)
• The Iron Claw (1941, Serial) - Henchman Red (uncredited)
• No Greater Sin (1941) - Scaturo's Henchman (uncredited)
• Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941, Serial) - Plant Heavy 8 (uncredited)
• A Yank on the Burma Road (1942) - A Spinaldi Brother (uncredited)
• Jail House Blues (1942) - Prisoner (uncredited)
• Woman of the Year (1942) - Pinkie's Listener in Bar (uncredited)
• Spy Smasher (1942, Serial) - Raygun Thug's Henchman [Ch. 7] (uncredited)
• What's the Matador? (1942, Short) - Bullring Attendant (uncredited)
• Sunday Punch (1942) - Arena Worker (uncredited)
• Matri-Phony (1942, Short) - Guard (uncredited)
• Footlight Serenade (1942) - Bill's Cornerman in Fight Number (uncredited)
• The Talk of the Town (1942) - Townsman at Ballgame (uncredited)
• Wildcat (1942) - Bar Brawler (uncredited)
• Road to Morocco (1942) - Arab Waiter (uncredited)
• Life with Blondie (1945) - Mug (uncredited)
• Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) - Leopard Man (uncredited)
• The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946) - Stagehand (uncredited)
• Uncivil War Birds (1946, Short) - Union Soldier (uncredited)
• Somewhere in the Night (1946) - Thug (uncredited)
• Monkey Businessmen (1946, Short) - Clarence—Nurse (uncredited)
• Gallant Journey (1946) - Celebrant in Field (uncredited)
• The Brute Man (1946) - Crowd Control Policeman (uncredited)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Nick's Bouncer (uncredited)
• Johnny O'Clock (1947) - Dealer (uncredited)
• Mr. District Attorney (1947) - Truck Driver (uncredited)
• Fright Night (1947, Short) - Moose (uncredited)
• A Likely Story (1947) - Criminal (uncredited)
• Copacabana (1947) - Bouncer (uncredited)
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
• The Foxes of Harrow (1947) - Crew Member (uncredited)
• Nightmare Alley (1947) - Roustabout (uncredited)
• Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947, Short) - Hargan's Henchman (uncredited)
• All Gummed Up (1947, Short) - Man with Prescription (uncredited)
• My Wild Irish Rose (1947) - Man in Olympic Theatre Balcony (uncredited)
• Killer McCoy (1947) - Mariola's Henchman (uncredited)
• Shivering Sherlocks (1948) - Police Officer Jackson (uncredited)
• I'm a Monkey's Uncle (1948, Short) - Caveman Rival (uncredited)
• The Return of October (1948) - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
• Crime on Their Hands (1948, Short) - Muscles (uncredited)
• The Man from Colorado (1949) - Soldier at Dance (uncredited) (final film role)
• Rip, Sew and Stitch (1953, Short) - Hargan's Henchman (uncredited) (archive footage)
• Fling in the Ring (1955, Short) - Moose (uncredited) (archive footage)
• Of Cash and Hash (1955, Short) - Jackson (uncredited) (archive footage)
• Stone Age Romeos (1955, Short) - Caveman (uncredited) (archive footage)
• Hot Ice (1955, Short) - Muscles (uncredited) (archive footage)
• Sappy Bull Fighters (1959, Short) - Bullring attendant (uncredited) (archive footage)

Notes and References

1. Web site: ThreeStooges.net: The Three Stooges Online Filmography. 2023-01-10. threestooges.net.
2. Web site: Cy Schindel.
3. Book: Okuda, Ted . Ted Okuda . Watz, Edward . The Columbia Comedy Shorts . McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers . 1986 . 232 . 0-89950-181-8.
4. The Leatherneck, Volume 11 Marine Corps Institute, 1928
5. Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.