Steve Sandor Explained

Birth Date:27 October 1937
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:1960–2017

Steve Sandor (October 27, 1937 – April 5, 2017) was an American actor who made his first television appearance on Star Trek, playing Lars in the second season episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion".[1]

Formative years

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 27, 1937, Sandor grew up in that city's Greenfield neighborhood. Employed as a steel worker before his acting career, he also trained sentry dogs while serving as an air police officer in the U.S. Air Force.

Career

Having appeared in many television shows such as Gunsmoke, Ironside, The Streets of San Francisco, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Three's Company, The A-Team, Knight Rider, The Fall Guy, and Hardcastle and McCormick, Sandor is perhaps best known for his role as the ill-fated biker gang leader Stanley in the 1980 cult film The Ninth Configuration, and as the voice of the heroic Darkwolf in the 1983 animated fantasy film Fire and Ice.

Sandor also had supporting roles in the 1967 western Rough Night in Jericho, the 1968 crime drama If He Hollers, Let Him Go!, the 1969 World War II classic The Bridge at Remagen, the 1969 outlaw biker film Hell's Angels '69, the 1971 western One More Train to Rob, the 1973 crime drama Bonnie's Kids, the 1973 Vietnam film The No Mercy Man, a semi-regular role on the short-lived TV series The Yellow Rose, and the title role in the 1983 science fiction film Stryker.

Sandor was also part of the extensive cast of the epic 1978 TV mini-series Centennial, and was cast in the 1988 IMAX film as the legendary Jim Bowie.

Death

Sandor died in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 5, 2017.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967Rough Night in Jericho Simms
1968If He Hollers, Let Him Go! Harry
1969The Bridge at Remagen Pvt. Slavek
1969Hell's Angels '69 Apache
1970The Virginian (TV series) Billy White saison 8 episode 16 (Nightmare)
1970The Virginian (TV series) Van Miley saison 9 episode 11 (Follow the leader)
1971One More Train to Rob Jim Gant
1972Bonnie's Kids Larry
1972The Only Way Home Billy Joe
1973The No Mercy Man Olie Hand
1980The Ninth Configuration 1st Cyclist (Stanley)
1983Fire and Ice Darkwolf
1983Stryker Stryker
1990The Platinum Triangle Joshua Pierce

Notes and References

  1. Web site: February 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160218054816/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1152929/Steve-Sandor. Steve Sandor. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2016. 2012-01-15.