Paul Sand

I remember him guest starring on many shows in the 70s and 80s. I think particularly in the 70s and 80s, TV actors had to be likable or relatable to work in sitcoms or most dramas. Or the actor had to have some original take on a villain, like Larry Hagman in Dallas, with the character of J.R. Ewing being the man America loved to hate. Sand never exhibited any of these qualities. He always came off as annoying to me, even in one-off guest roles. Annoying never worked in TV in those days.

[quote]Annoying never worked in TV in those days.

It bought me four years on a syndicated sitcom.

[quote]his role in Can't Stop the Music as a Neil Bogart wannabe

Ah, shit, you're right -- I didn't catch that his character was basically Bogart.

I really like Paul Sand but he had such a unique look and mannerisms that there wasn't much you could do with him other than use him sparingly.

[quote]Ah, shit, you're right -- I didn't catch that his character was basically Bogart.

Just like everything else in that ode to carb-and-cocaine-fueled Carter-era excess, they weren't even subtle about it. He actually said, "who do you think I am, Neil Bogart?"

I liked Friends & Lovers. I only watched TV on Saturday nights.

I loved Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers. That was the title, with his name in it. I don't know why. People were always saying Paul Sands in Friend and Lover instead. I remember the episode with Andrea Marcovicci as a ballerina. I don't know why.

[quote]they weren't even subtle about it

They probably could have typed it up and sent it to me certified mail and I wouldn't have caught the reference; the one and only time I saw it, I was pretty wasted.

I only know him as the recast for coach Finstock in Teen Wolf Too (1987).

It shows how times have changed that back in the 70s none of his roles referenced that he is Latino.

I saw Paul Sand in the cast of “Paul Sills Story Theatre,” on Broadway in 1970, which he won both the Tony and Drama Desk awards. He was very funny, the kind of working character actor I once aspired to be. I wasn’t aware of his TV work, since I’ve never watched sitcoms much. (Never liked being told when to laugh.)

Maybe 10 years later, when I worked at the Plaza Hotel, answering phones in Room Service, he called down for breakfast. Nice enough, but on the whiny side. Came on to me over the phone. (Guess I have gay voice.) But I wasn’t interested.

I first saw him in a tv show, Fairytale Theatre (?). Thought he was adorable. Sort of a dark haired, slimmer Gene Wilder. He was also in a Robert Redford movie whose name escapes me totally; maybe some of you folks will remember. He was unusual looking but I think he was beautiful.

From 2018. He looks good.

OP = Paul

r10 So you didn't want to go pound Sand?

Sand played a bumbling IRS accountant who audits Mary Richards and falls for her in the first season of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. He was endearing in his shy pursuit of her, and was awarded with a date and a sweet little kiss from Mary.

Of course, he was never seen or mentioned again in the series. Mary was such a prick tease.

His performance led to his own series, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, that didn't last one season and was produced by the MTM production company. It was one of their few failures.

Never saw his appeal, and found it odd that Grant Tinker though it would be a good idea to build a show around him. He played the same character in everything I've seen him in: Woody Allen "lite."

r12....Damn straight he looks good....hes 87 in that photo