Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Larry Cedar

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Larry Frank Cedar was born in Los Angeles, California on March 6, 1955. He is an American voice, film and television actor, best known as one of the players of the Children's Television Workshop mathematics show ‘Square One’ TV on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) from 1987 to 1994. He played Max, Alex the Butcher's assistant, in a series of commercials for Kroger in 1989. He is also known for playing Leon, the opium-addicted thief and faro dealer, in the acclaimed HBO TV series ‘Deadwood’.

Cedar's professional acting career did not begin until shortly after his admission to Hastings Law School when, on impulse, he decided to audition for, and was accepted into the MFA Theater program at UCLA, from which he graduated in 1978. While there, he won the Hugh O'Brian Acting Competition award for Best Actor, resulting in a one-year artist development contract with Universal Studios. He went on to star in various television films, and numerous episodic and feature films, including a starring role opposite Rebecca De Mornay in the Ivan Reitman-produced “Feds”, and an appearance as The Creature on the Wing, opposite John Lithgow, in the Steven Spielberg remake, “Twilight Zone: The Movie”, directed by George Miller. He has also won an L.A. Theater Alliance Ovation Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Other actors in Cedar's family include Jon Cedar and George Cedar.

Larry will be appearing in the upcoming Euro-western: “Where the Sparrows Fly” in 2025 as the undertaker and the upcoming 2025 television series ‘Man is the Devil’ as Cornelius Sullivan

CEDAR, Larry (Larry Frank Cedar) [3/6/1955, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. -     ] – theater, film, TV, voice actor, singer.

Where the Sparrows Fly - 2025 (undertaker)

Man is the Devil (TV) – 2025 (Cornelius Sullivan)