Paul Sand

Biography: A shy and withdrawn child, 11-year-old Paul Sanchez emerged from his shell upon joining Viola Spolin's Children's Theatre Workshop. Even at this early stage of the game, he was a gifted improvisational comedian, delighting friends and theatregoers alike with his inspired flights of fancy. After attending Los Angeles State College, he journeyed to Paris at his own expense, hoping to meet his idols Jean-Louis Barrault and Marcel Marceau. The latter was so impressed by his instinctive talents that he hired the young performer for his prestigious touring mime troupe. Upon returning to the states, he worked with Viola Spolin's son Paul Sills at Chicago's Second City; somewhere along the way, he changed his professional moniker from Sanchez to Sand. He appeared in the popular off-Broadway revue The Mad Show, then linked up with Sills again in Story Theatre, winning a Tony Award for his portrayal of an itching dog! Hired as a general-purpose comic actor by MTM productions at theA shy and withdrawn child, 11-year-old Paul Sanchez emerged from his shell upon joining Viola Spolin's Children's Theatre Workshop. Even at this early stage of the game, he was a gifted improvisational comedian, delighting friends and theatregoers alike with his inspired flights of fancy. After attending Los Angeles State College, he journeyed to Paris at his own expense, hoping to meet his idols Jean-Louis Barrault and Marcel Marceau. The latter was so impressed by his instinctive talents that he hired the young performer for his prestigious touring mime troupe. Upon returning to the states, he worked with Viola Spolin's son Paul Sills at Chicago's Second City; somewhere along the way, he changed his professional moniker from Sanchez to Sand. He appeared in the popular off-Broadway revue The Mad Show, then linked up with Sills again in Story Theatre, winning a Tony Award for his portrayal of an itching dog! Hired as a general-purpose comic actor by MTM productions at the recommendation of his old Story Theatre-cohort Valerie Harper, Paul was starred in his own sitcom, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers. This fey, good-natured endeavor was widely touted as the sleeper of the 1974-75 television season. Unfortunately, viewers were not as enchanted by Sands' talents as "live" audiences had been, and Friends and Lovers was axed after 13 weeks. Paul Sand has continued to thrive as a supporting actor in films (his first was 1969's Viva Max) and such TV weeklies as St. Elswhere. Paul Sand's best showing of the 1980s was on the NBC sitcom Gimme a Break, in which he played Marty, an eccentric Manhattan-born restaurateur who posed as a flamboyant Mexican named Esteban for the benefit of his customers. Expand

Paul Sand's Scores

Average career score: 77
Highest Metascore: 81 Dharma & Greg: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 71 Murder, She Wrote: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
3 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Joan of Arcadia: Season 2 Sep 24, 2004 Rabbi Polonsky tbd
tbd Sliders: Season 5 Jun 11, 1999 Violin Player 6.6
81 Dharma & Greg: Season 1 Sep 24, 1997 Salazar 7.5
tbd The X-Files: Season 2 Sep 16, 1994 Thomas 8.5
tbd Night Court: Season 9 Sep 18, 1991 Prof. Crowley tbd
tbd Empty Nest: Season 3 Sep 22, 1990 Actor tbd
tbd Empty Nest: Season 1 Aug 10, 1988 Actor tbd
tbd The Twilight Zone (1985): Season 2 Sep 27, 1986 Actor tbd
tbd Gimme a Break!: Season 6 Sep 24, 1986 Marty [ Episodes 119-130 ] / Marty tbd
tbd Who's the Boss?: Season 3 Sep 23, 1986 Packard Vance tbd
tbd Magnum, P.I.: Season 6 Sep 26, 1985 Danny Frye tbd
tbd Who's the Boss?: Season 2 Sep 24, 1985 Wally tbd
tbd Gimme a Break!: Season 5 Sep 14, 1985 Marty [ Episodes 119-130 ] tbd
71 Murder, She Wrote: Season 1 Sep 30, 1984 Horace Lynchfield 8.5
tbd St. Elsewhere: Season 2 Oct 26, 1983 Michael Ridley / Dr. Michael Ridley / Dr. Ridley tbd
tbd The Love Boat: Season 7 Oct 8, 1983 Wally Denton tbd
tbd Alice (1985): Season 7 Oct 6, 1982 Alan Bloom tbd
79 Gloria: In Her Own Words Sep 26, 1982 Boffo The Clown tbd
tbd Laverne & Shirley (1983): Season 7 Oct 13, 1981 David tbd
tbd Taxi: Season 4 Oct 8, 1981 Artist tbd
tbd Wonder Woman: Season 3 Sep 22, 1978 Del Franklin tbd
tbd The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 1 Sep 19, 1970 Robert C. Brand tbd
tbd Bewitched: Season 3 Sep 15, 1966 Paul Sand / Whalen tbd