Background

Sand was born Pablo Sanchez in Santa Monica, California, the son of Sonia Borodiansky, a writer, and Ernest Rivera Sanchez, an aerospace tool designer. His father was Mexican and his mother of Russian descent.

Career

At the age of 11, he started at Viola Spolin's Children's Theatre Company. From here, he attended Los Angeles State College before moving to Paris aged 18. In Paris, Sand met one of his heroes, Marcel Marceau, who was so impressed by his talents that he asked Sand to join his touring mime troupe.

In 1960, along with Alan Arkin and others, Sand was a cast member of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Chicago. In 1966 he co-starred with Linda Lavin and Jo Ann Worley in the off-Broadway hit production, The Mad Show, inspired by Mad Magazine. In 1974-75, he was the star of a short-lived CBS situation comedy, Paul Sand in Friends & Lovers, in which he portrayed a double bass player in the Boston Symphony Orchestra who fell in love easily but had little success with women. 15 episodes of the show were filmed.

Awards

In 1971 he received a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his work on Broadway in Paul Sills' Story Theatre and two Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Performances on Broadway in Story Theatre and Metamorphosis."

Filmography

Television

• Shower of Stars (1955)
• That Was The Week That Was (1964)
• Mr. Broadway (1964)
• Occasional Wife (1966)
• Bewitched (1966)
• Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
• The Governor & J.J. (1970)
• The Carol Burnett Show (1972, 1973, 1974)
• Paul Sand in Friends & Lovers (1974-1975)
• Wonder Woman (1978)
• Fantasy Island (1978)
• Supertrain (1979)
• Taxi (1981)
• Laverne & Shirley (1981)
• Gloria (1982)
• Alice (1983)
• The Love Boat (1983)
• St Elsewhere (1983, 1984)
• Domestic Life (1984)
• Cagney & Lacey (1985)
• Murder She Wrote (1985)
• Trapper John, M.D. (1985)
• Who's the Boss? (1985, 1987)
• It's a Living (1986)
• Magnum, P.I. (1986)
• Gimme a Break! (1986-1987)
• The Twilight Zone (1987)
• thirtysomething (1987)
• Empty Nest (1989, 1991)
• Quantum Leap (1989)
• True Colors (1990)
• Baby Talk (1991)
• Night Court (1991)
• Eerie, Indiana (1992)
• Danger Theatre (1993)
• L.A. Law (1994)
• The X Files (1994)
• The Secret World of Alex Mack (1997)
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1997)
• Dharma & Greg (1998)
• Maggie Winters (1998)
• Sliders (1999)
• E! True Hollywood Story (2001)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002)
• Joan of Arcadia (2003-2005)

Film

• Viva Max! (1969)
• The Hot Rock (1972)
• Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)
• The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974)
• The Great Bank Hoax (1978)
• The Main Event (1979)
• Wholly Moses! (1980)
• Can't Stop the Music (1980)
• Teen Wolf Too (1987)
• Frozen Assets (1992)
• Layin' Low (1996)
• Brittle Glory (1997)
• Camp Stories (1997)
• Zoo (1999)
• Chuck & Buck (2000)
• Adam & Steve (2005)
• Queer Eye For The Homeless Guy (2005)
• Sweet Land (2005)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]