Actor. He was best known as Squiggy from the "Laverne & Shirley" show which he starred in opposite Michael McKean, who portrayed Lenny. The characters were developed by the longtime friends and collaborators while they were students at Carnegie Mellon University. Desiring to act since a child, he attended the High School for the Performing Arts. He then teamed up with McKean in college and the duo to Los Angeles where they joined the comedy ensemble, The Credibility Gap. They built their early career together, co-starring in Steven Spielberg's comedy film "1941" and Kurt Russell's "Used Cars." Lander and McKean also voiced an animated TV series, "Oswald," in which they played the animated penguins Henry and Louie, respectively. In 1979, he and McKean released an album as Lenny and the Squigtones featuring Christopher Guest in guitar, who was credited as Nigel Tufnel – an alias that Guest later reused in the fictional band Spinal Tap. Lander also made appearances in several TV shows, including "The Bob Newhart Show," "Barney Miller," "Happy Days," "Viva Valdez," "Twin Peaks" and "The Drew Carey Show," and played smaller yet memorable parts in movies like "A League of Their Own" and "Say It Isn't So." As a voice actor, he was the voice behind Smart Ass in the 1988 Disney movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," and was credited as Stephen Lander in "Boo" and "Zino and the Snurks." He also voiced Ch'p in the DC Comics animated movie, "Green Lantern: First Flight" in 2009. He also voiced Rumpelstiltskin in Disney's children's show, "Goldie & Bear," and Donnie the Shark in an episode of "SpongeBob Squarepants" in 2016.
Actor. He was best known as Squiggy from the "Laverne & Shirley" show which he starred in opposite Michael McKean, who portrayed Lenny. The characters were developed by the longtime friends and collaborators while they were students at Carnegie Mellon University. Desiring to act since a child, he attended the High School for the Performing Arts. He then teamed up with McKean in college and the duo to Los Angeles where they joined the comedy ensemble, The Credibility Gap. They built their early career together, co-starring in Steven Spielberg's comedy film "1941" and Kurt Russell's "Used Cars." Lander and McKean also voiced an animated TV series, "Oswald," in which they played the animated penguins Henry and Louie, respectively. In 1979, he and McKean released an album as Lenny and the Squigtones featuring Christopher Guest in guitar, who was credited as Nigel Tufnel – an alias that Guest later reused in the fictional band Spinal Tap. Lander also made appearances in several TV shows, including "The Bob Newhart Show," "Barney Miller," "Happy Days," "Viva Valdez," "Twin Peaks" and "The Drew Carey Show," and played smaller yet memorable parts in movies like "A League of Their Own" and "Say It Isn't So." As a voice actor, he was the voice behind Smart Ass in the 1988 Disney movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," and was credited as Stephen Lander in "Boo" and "Zino and the Snurks." He also voiced Ch'p in the DC Comics animated movie, "Green Lantern: First Flight" in 2009. He also voiced Rumpelstiltskin in Disney's children's show, "Goldie & Bear," and Donnie the Shark in an episode of "SpongeBob Squarepants" in 2016.
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