Stanley Grover Explained

Stanley Grover
Birth Name:Stanley Grover Neinstendt
Birth Date:28 March 1926
Birth Place:Woodstock, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:Actor
Spouse:Linda Grover[1]
Children:3
Years Active:1951–1996
Alma Mater:University of Missouri

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

Life and career

Born in Woodstock, Illinois, Grover attended the University of Missouri, where earned his music degree. 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.

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.[4] He also played the recurring role of a somber judge in the legal drama TV series L.A. Law.

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

External links

Notes and References

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