Cy Schindell

American actor (1907-1948)

Cy Schindell
Schindell in The Three Stooges film Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)
Born	Seymour Schindel (1907-03-04)March 4, 1907 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Died	August 24, 1948(1948-08-24) (aged 41) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Los Angeles National Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1933–1948

Seymour "Cy" Schindell (March 4, 1907 – August 24, 1948) was an American actor. He appeared in 37 Three Stooges short subjects,^[1] 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.^[2]^[3] 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.^[3]

Military service and illness

Schindell enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during the 1920s^[4] and returned to active service for World War II.^[3]

Schindell died on August 24, 1948, at age 41, and was buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California.^[5] 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 (1934) - Man (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds (1934) - Man at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Stranded (1935) - Bridge Worker (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Undersea Kingdom (1936, Serial) - Khan's Guardsman (uncredited)
Fury (1936) - Townsman (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots (1936) - Bookie Who Throws Bag (uncredited)
The Big Noise (1936) - Schmidt's Henchman (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936) - Mahoney
Dizzy Doctors (1937, Short) - Dr. Arm's Assistant (uncredited)
3 Dumb Clucks (1937, Short) - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
I Promise to Pay (1937) - Cy (uncredited)
Back to the Woods (1937, Short) - Indian (uncredited)
It Can't Last Forever (1937) - Hansen's Second (uncredited)
Cash and Carry (1937, Short) - Vault Guard (uncredited)
The Perfect Specimen (1937) - Injured Boxer (uncredited)
Boy of the Streets (1937) - Blackie's Henchman (uncredited)
Wells Fargo (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
The Buccaneer (1938) - Pirate (uncredited)
Little Miss Roughneck (1938) - Prisoner (uncredited)
When G-Men Step In (1938) - Phone Man (uncredited)
Over the Wall (1938) - Shower Room Guard (uncredited)
Prison Break (1938) - Party Waiter (uncredited)
I Am the Law (1938) - Strong-Arm Hood at Lindsay's House (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You (1938) - Man (uncredited)
Juvenile Court (1938) - Referee (uncredited)
Hold That Co-ed (1938) - Policeman (uncredited)
The Spider's Web (1938, Serial) - Cadman (uncredited)
Mutts to You (1938, Short) - Policeman (uncredited)
Hawk of the Wilderness (1938, Serial) - Three Pines (uncredited)
The Little Adventuress (1938) - Performer (uncredited)
Smashing the Spy Ring (1938) - Richards (uncredited)
Three Little Sew and Sews (1939, Short) - Guard (uncredited)
North of Shanghai (1939) - Mug
Flying G-Men (1939, Serial) - Osborne (uncredited)
The Lady and the Mob (1939) - Henchman Collecting Payment (uncredited)
A Ducking They Did Go (1939, Short) - Fruit Vendor (uncredited)
The Rookie Cop (1939) - Butch - Joey's Henchman (uncredited)
Mandrake the Magician (1939, Serial) - Bank Henchman (uncredited)
Missing Daughters (1939) - Mugg (uncredited)
Behind Prison Gates (1939) - Convict (uncredited)
Girl from Rio (1939) - Patron of Blue Bird Gardens (uncredited)
Calling All Curs (1939, Short) - Tony - Dognapper (uncredited)
Golden Boy (1939) - Fighter (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls (1939) - Convict (uncredited)
A Woman Is the Judge (1939) - Mickey (uncredited)
Beware Spooks! (1939) - Barker (uncredited)
The Shadow (1940, Serial) - Streeter (uncredited)
Rockin' thru the Rockies (1940, Short) - Indian (uncredited)
Half a Sinner (1940) - Mugg (uncredited)
Terry and the Pirates (1940, Serial) - Henchman Morgan (uncredited)
Grandpa Goes to Town (1940) - Smokey
Men Without Souls (1940) - Harry (uncredited)
Nutty But Nice (1940, Short) - Butch - Kidnapper (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison (1940) - Red Vernon (uncredited)
How High Is Up? (1940, Short) - Workman with Blake (uncredited)
The Secret Seven (1940) - Felton (uncredited)
From Nurse to Worse (1940, Short) - Policeman (uncredited)
The Leather Pushers (1940) - Referee (uncredited)
Angels Over Broadway (1940) - Jack (uncredited)
So You Won't Talk (1940) - Truck Driver (uncredited)
The Green Archer (1940, Serial) - Darcy (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery (1940) - Hood (uncredited)
Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940, Serial) - Jake - Biplane Pilot [Ch. 2] (uncredited)
Boobs in Arms (1940, Short) - Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
The Face Behind the Mask (1941) - Benson
The Devil Commands (1941) - Karl
The Monster and the Girl (1941) - Henchman (uncredited)
Knockout (1941) - Hawkins Fight Referee (uncredited)
Penny Serenade (1941) - Elmer - the Bootlegger (uncredited)
The Spider Returns (1941, Serial) - Henchman Brown [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
I'll Never Heil Again (1941, Short) - Chizzilini (uncredited)
The Iron Claw (1941, Serial) - Henchman Red (uncredited)
No Greater Sin (1941) - Scaturo's Henchman (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941, Serial) - Plant Heavy 8 (uncredited)
A Yank on the Burma Road (1942) - A Spinaldi Brother (uncredited)
Jail House Blues (1942) - Prisoner (uncredited)
Woman of the Year (1942) - Pinkie's Listener in Bar (uncredited)
Spy Smasher (1942, Serial) - Raygun Thug's Henchman [Ch. 7] (uncredited)
What's the Matador? (1942, Short) - Bullring Attendant (uncredited)
Sunday Punch (1942) - Arena Worker (uncredited)
Matri-Phony (1942, Short) - Guard (uncredited)
Footlight Serenade (1942) - Bill's Cornerman in Fight Number (uncredited)
The Talk of the Town (1942) - Townsman at Ballgame (uncredited)
Wildcat (1942) - Bar Brawler (uncredited)
Road to Morocco (1942) - Arab Waiter (uncredited)
Life with Blondie (1945) - Mug (uncredited)
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) - Leopard Man (uncredited)
The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946) - Stagehand (uncredited)
Uncivil War Birds (1946, Short) - Union Soldier (uncredited)
Somewhere in the Night (1946) - Thug (uncredited)
Monkey Businessmen (1946, Short) - Clarence—Nurse (uncredited)
Gallant Journey (1946) - Celebrant in Field (uncredited)
The Brute Man (1946) - Crowd Control Policeman (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Nick's Bouncer (uncredited)
Johnny O'Clock (1947) - Dealer (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney (1947) - Truck Driver (uncredited)
Fright Night (1947, Short) - Moose (uncredited)
A Likely Story (1947) - Criminal (uncredited)
Copacabana (1947) - Bouncer (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
The Foxes of Harrow (1947) - Crew Member (uncredited)
Nightmare Alley (1947) - Roustabout (uncredited)
Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947, Short) - Hargan's Henchman (uncredited)
All Gummed Up (1947, Short) - Man with Prescription (uncredited)
My Wild Irish Rose (1947) - Man in Olympic Theatre Balcony (uncredited)
Killer McCoy (1947) - Mariola's Henchman (uncredited)
Shivering Sherlocks (1948) - Police Officer Jackson (uncredited)
I'm a Monkey's Uncle (1948, Short) - Caveman Rival (uncredited)
The Return of October (1948) - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Crime on Their Hands (1948, Short) - Muscles (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado (1949) - Soldier at Dance (uncredited) (final film role)
Rip, Sew and Stitch (1953, Short) - Hargan's Henchman (uncredited) (archive footage)
Fling in the Ring (1955, Short) - Moose (uncredited) (archive footage)
Of Cash and Hash (1955, Short) - Jackson (uncredited) (archive footage)
Stone Age Romeos (1955, Short) - Caveman (uncredited) (archive footage)
Hot Ice (1955, Short) - Muscles (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sappy Bull Fighters (1959, Short) - Bullring attendant (uncredited) (archive footage)

References

^ "ThreeStooges.net: The Three Stooges Online Filmography". threestooges.net. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ "Cy Schindel".
^ ^a ^b ^c Okuda, Ted; Watz, Edward (1986). The Columbia Comedy Shorts. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 232. ISBN 0-89950-181-8.
^ The Leatherneck, Volume 11 Marine Corps Institute, 1928
^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.