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Sandy Baron (May 5, 1937 – January 21, 2001) was an American comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television. Baron was born Sanford Beresofsky (Sanford Irving Beresofsky) in Brooklyn, New York, and changed his name while a student at Brooklyn College, taking his inspiration from the nearby Barron's Bookstore. He started his career working in the Catskill Mountains resorts when they were synonymous with the "Borscht Belt" brand of Jewish humor on which Baron made his mark. He then moved on to the Compass Players Improv Comedy group in the late 1950s. He made his Broadway... MORE

Sandy Baron (May 5, 1937 – January 21, 2001) was an American comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television. Baron was born Sanford Beresofsky (Sanford Irving Beresofsky) in Brooklyn, New York, and changed his name while a student at Brooklyn College, taking his inspiration from the nearby Barron's Bookstore. He started his career working in the Catskill Mountains resorts when they were synonymous with the "Borscht Belt" brand of Jewish humor on which Baron made his mark. He then moved on to the Compass Players Improv Comedy group in the late 1950s. He made his Broadway debut in Tchin-Tchin in 1962. He also appeared in many other Broadway plays, hits as well as flops, including Autoro Ui, Generations and Lenny (Los Angeles production); replacing Cliff Gorman in the lead role of Lenny Bruce on Broadway. In 1964 he established a reputation for himself as part of That Was The Week That Was and as the opening act for Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme at the Copa Cabana in New York City. In the 1966-1967 season, Baron co-starred with Will Hutchins in the NBC sitcom Hey, Landlord about an apartment complex in Manhattan. In the 1970s, he made regular appearances on talk shows LESS