Cy Schindell


Seymour "Cy" Schindell was an American actor. He appeared in 37 Three Stooges short subjects, mostly as a heavy, though he was never credited in any Stooge shorts.

Career

Brooklyn-born Schindell was born Seymour Schindel in 1907. He was a former middleweight boxer with 19 fights from 1926 to 1928. Schindell also memorably played Chizzilini, a parody of Benito Mussolini, in the short I'll Never Heil Again.
In addition to his work in Three Stooges shorts, Schindell also appeared briefly in It's a Wonderful Life as the bouncer at Nick's, and made numerous film appearances playing mainly blue collar roles such as a truck driver, a butcher and a policeman.

Military service and illness

Schindell enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during the 1920s and returned to active service for World War II.
Schindell died on August 24, 1948, at age 41, and was buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. His final film appearance was in 1948's Three Stooges film Crime on Their Hands; heavy makeup was used to mask Schindell's cancer-ridden face.

Selected filmography

Fugitive Lady - Man Murder in the Clouds - Man at Shooting Gallery Stranded - Bridge Worker The Farmer Takes a Wife - Fight Spectator Undersea Kingdom - Khan's Guardsman Fury - Townsman Bullets or Ballots - Bookie Who Throws Bag The Big Noise - Schmidt's Henchman Two-Fisted Gentleman - MahoneyDizzy Doctors - Dr. Arm's Assistant 3 Dumb Clucks - Wedding Guest I Promise to Pay - Cy Back to the Woods - Indian It Can't Last Forever - Hansen's Second Cash and Carry - Vault Guard The Perfect Specimen - Injured Boxer Boy of the Streets - Blackie's Henchman Wells Fargo - Minor Role The Buccaneer - Pirate Little Miss Roughneck - Prisoner When G-Men Step In - Phone Man Over the Wall - Shower Room Guard Prison Break - Party Waiter I Am the Law - Strong-Arm Hood at Lindsay's House You Can't Take It with You - Man Juvenile Court - Referee Hold That Co-ed - Policeman The Spider's Web - Cadman Mutts to You - Policeman Hawk of the Wilderness - Three Pines The Little Adventuress - Performer Smashing the Spy Ring - Richards Three Little Sew and Sews - Guard North of Shanghai - MugFlying G-Men - Osborne The Lady and the Mob - Henchman Collecting Payment A Ducking They Did Go - Fruit Vendor The Rookie Cop - Butch - Joey's Henchman Mandrake the Magician - Bank Henchman Missing Daughters - Mugg Behind Prison Gates - Convict Girl from Rio - Patron of Blue Bird Gardens Calling All Curs - Tony - Dognapper Golden Boy - Fighter Those High Grey Walls - Convict A Woman Is the Judge - Mickey Beware Spooks! - Barker The Shadow - Streeter Rockin' thru the Rockies - Indian Half a Sinner - Mugg Terry and the Pirates - Henchman Morgan Grandpa Goes to Town - SmokeyMen Without Souls - Harry Nutty But Nice - Butch - Kidnapper Millionaires in Prison - Red Vernon How High Is Up? - Workman with Blake