Editing David Lander (section)

{{short description|American actor (1947–2020)}}
{{About|the American actor|the British television series|This Is David Lander}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = David Lander
| image         = David  Lander 1976.JPG
| alt           = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption       = Lander in 1976
| birth_name    = David Leonard Landau
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1947|6|22|}}
| birth_place   = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2020|12|04|1947|6|22}}
| death_place   = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]
| alma_mater    = [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Tech]], [[New York University]]
| occupation    = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|musician|baseball scout|activist|author}}
| years_active  = 1970–2017
| known_for     = Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman in ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]''
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Thea Markus<br>|1969|1976|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Kathy Fields]]|1979}}
}}
| children      = Natalie Lander
}}
'''David L. Lander''' (born '''David Leonard Landau''', June 22, 1947 – December 4, 2020) was an American actor, comedian, musician, and baseball [[Scout (sport)|scout]]. He was best known for his portrayal of Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]''. He served as a [[goodwill ambassador]] for the [[National Multiple Sclerosis Society]].