David Sheiner

David S. Sheiner (born January 13, 1928) is an American retired actor. He appeared on Broadway, but is best known for his supporting roles in several films and television series. He started his career in television in 1952, but he was most successful from the 1960s through the 1980s.

David Sheiner
Born	(1928-01-13) January 13, 1928 (age 97) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–1988
Spouse	Mary-David Sheiner ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	2

Film and television roles

Sheiner appeared in several films including The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as James the Elder, They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and Blue Thunder (1983). He is probably best known for his supporting role as Roy, Oscar's accountant and poker playing crony opposite Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the film adaptation of The Odd Couple (1968). Sheiner also featured prominently in the 1973 Michael Winner/Charles Bronson action movie "The Stone Killer".

Sheiner also guest-starred in many television programs. He appeared on two episodes of Combat!, as Captain Ridell in the third season episode "The Steeple" (1965) and as SS Major Krieghoffen in the fifth season episode "Gadjo" (1967). He also played roles on several other popular shows such as Columbo, The Big Valley, The Twilight Zone, The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Cannon, Hawaii Five-O, Blue Light, S.W.A.T., Quincy, M.E., Mission: Impossible, The Fall Guy, Vega$, Blind Ambition, Planet of the Apes, Bonanza, and The Fugitive. He retired from acting in 1988. He appeared in the episodes "Once Upon a Time" (2 parts) in Hawaii Five-O.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	The Mugger	Sidney	Uncredited
1965	Combat!	Captain Ridell	"The Steeple"
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	James the Elder
1966	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Chandler
1966	One Spy Too Many	Parviz
1966	The Big Valley	Capt. Jonathan Rizely	and 2 unrelated characters in other episodes
1967	Combat!	SS Colonel Karl Hoffen	"Gadjo"
1967	Scalplock	Johnny Carson
1967	Mission: Impossible	Andreas Solowiechek
1968	A Man Called Gannon	Sheriff Polaski
1968	The Odd Couple	Roy	[1][2]
1969	Winning	Crawford
1969	Hawaii Five-O	Frank Zipser	episodes "Once Upon a Time" (2 parts)[3]
1969	Mission: Impossible	Colonel Ziegler/Dr. Karl Turek	4 episodes
1970	Mission: Impossible	James Reed
1970	Halls of Anger	Mr. Perkins	Uncredited
1970	Mannix	Sam	episode "One for the Lady"
1970	They Call Me Mister Tibbs!	Lieutenant Kenner
1970	The Virginian (TV series)	Cully	season 8 episode 20 (No war for the warrior)
1971	Gunsmoke	Preacher	episodes "Waste" (2 parts)
1971	Sarge	Lloyd Hammond	A Bad Case of Monogamy
1973	The Stone Killer	Guido Lorenz
1974	Planet of the Apes	Dr Zoran	"The Cure"
1975	S.W.A.T. (1975 TV series)	Eric	"Death Carrier"
1976	Victory at Entebbe	Aaron Olav	TV movie
1978	Six Million Dollar Man	Arnold
1980	The Gong Show Movie	Dr. Jerry Queasley
1980	The Big Brawl	Morgan
1983	Blue Thunder	Fletcher