Actor Mordecai Lawner, who portrayed Woody Allen’s father in Annie Hall, has died. The 86 year old passed away from heart failure at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City on Thanksgiving Day (27Nov14).
He also appeared in Ghostbusters II and won acclaim as Stanley in George C. Scott’s Broadway production of Death of a Salesman.
A revered thespian, Lawner often shared the stage with his wife Eugenia Thornton, who died in 2005. He also taught drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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