Frishman, Daniel

Daniel Frishman

Daniel W. Frishman was born on July 22, 1946, in San Francisco, CA. He attended Peninsula School in Gig Harbor, WA, where he graduated in 1960, then attended San Francisco State University where he earned a BA in Acting

Frishman's first relationship with acting was on the stage. While living in Seattle he read a casting call in the LPA (Little People of America) newsletter for the film Under the Rainbow. He auditioned and they gave him the part of The Mayor of Munchkinland.
Frishman moved to Los Angeles where he continued to work in film and TV until around 1996.

In addition to 15 years of acting in the film and TV industry, Frishman managed an Alaskan resort, earned his real estate license and started a career in real estate, from which he is now retired.

Frishman lives in Hartstene, WA and is married to Sandy Frishman.

Film
Amazing Stories: Book Five~1992 (V) - Alien (segment: Fine Tuning)

Night of the Creeps~1986 - Alien Zombie

Lust in the Dust~1985 - Clarence - Hard Case Gang

Get Crazy~1983 - Joey
Lone Wolf McQuade~1983 - Falcon

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi~1983 - Ewok

Under the Rainbow~1981 - Mayor of Munchkinland (see Actor Connections - Film)

TV
Designing Women~1989 - Little Person in The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America (3.21)
Married... with Children~1989 - Mr. Williams in The Harder They Fall (3.13)

thirtysomething~1987 - Fear (middle) (as Daniel W. Frishman) in Nice Work If You Can Get It (1.7) (see Actor Connections - TV)

Night Court~1985-1987 - Vincent Daniels in:
     Who Was That Mashed Man? (5.7)

     Halloween II: The Return of Leon (4.4)

     Dan's Boss (3.7)

Moonlighting~1986 in Atomic Shakespeare (3.7)
The Twilight Zone~1986 - Creature in Personal Demons (1.45)

Amazing Stories~1985 - Alien in Fine Tuning (1.7)

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor~1985 - Deej Warrick

Faerie Tale Theatre~1984-1985 -
     Herald in Puss in Boots (see Actor Connections - TV)

     Boniface in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (see Actor Connections - TV)

     Shoemaker in The Princess and the Pea

The Ewok Adventure: Caravan of Courage~1984 - Deej Warrick (left)

The Jeffersons~1981 - Louis Alfred Grayson III in A Charmed Life (8.11)

Theatre
All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten~2017 -
Timon of Athens~1986 - Apemantus (Elizabethan Stage, Ashland, OR)
??~1979 - (Anchorage, AK)
Timon of Athens~1979 - Ferdinand/Flaminius (Angus Bowmer Theatre, Ashland, OR)
The Tempest~1978 - Caliban (Elizabethan Stage, Ashland, OR)
Ballad of the Sad Cafe~1975-76 - Cousin Lymon
Gypsy~1975-76 - Cigar
Macbeth~ - The Porter

Social Media
Twitter:
@DanielFrishman1

Miscellany
Taught acting workshops

1981 - Appeared as Caliban in a coloring book - A coloring book of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival - as a line drawing from the play The Tempest.