Editing David Lander (section)

==Career==
He was best known for his role as Andrew Helmut "Squiggy" Squiggman on the situation comedy ''Laverne & Shirley'' from 1976 to 1982 along with sitcom sidekick Lenny, played by [[Michael McKean]].<ref name = NYT/>

Lander's partnership with McKean began during their acting classes at Pittsburgh's [[Carnegie Mellon University]], where they developed the characters of Lenny and Squiggy. After Pittsburgh, they teamed up in the Los Angeles–based comedy ensemble [[The Credibility Gap]]. The duo released an album as [[Lenny and the Squigtones]] in 1979 featuring [[Christopher Guest]] on guitar, credited as [[Nigel Tufnel]], a name Guest would later reuse in the spoof rock band [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]]. Lander and McKean also appeared together in the 1979 Steven Spielberg comedy ''[[1941 (film)|1941]]'', and the 1980 [[Kurt Russell]] film ''[[Used Cars]]''.  They also  lent their vocal talents to the children's animated TV series ''[[Oswald (TV series)|Oswald]]'', which ran for just one season from 2001 to 2003. Lander voiced the character of Henry the penguin while McKean appeared as a voice guest role for Henry's cousin, Louie in the 17th episode "Odd One Out/Goodbye, Best Friend".

Lander appeared in numerous other TV shows, including ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'', ''[[Barney Miller]]'', ''[[Happy Days]]'' (as Squiggy), ''[[Viva Valdez]]'', ''[[Married... with Children]]'', ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', ''[[On the Air (TV series)|On the Air]]'', ''[[The Weird Al Show]]'', ''[[Mad About You]]'', ''[[Pacific Blue (TV series)|Pacific Blue]]'', and ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''. His other film roles included the part of a minor league baseball radio announcer in the film ''[[A League of Their Own]]'' (directed by his Laverne & Shirley co-star Penny Marshall) and a [[bit part]] of the minister officiating the marriage ceremony in ''[[Say It Isn't So (film)|Say It Isn't So]]''. He also played "Tanning Intruder" in ''[[Christmas with the Kranks]]''. Lander created the starring role of the demented fast-food franchise clown Bruce Burger in the cult film ''Funland'', directed by Michael A. Simpson.

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Lander's voice acting roles included the "dramatic reproduction" of [[Elvis Presley]] quotations for the [[Pop Chronicles]] music documentary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19754/m1/ |title=Show 7 - The All American Boy: Enter Elvis and the rock-a-billies. [Part 1&#93; : UNT Digital Library |publisher=Digital.library.unt.edu |date=March 23, 1969 |access-date=August 30, 2010}}</ref> and the voice of [[Jerry Lewis]] in the [[Filmation]] series ''[[Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down]]'' in 1970. He voiced "Doc Boy" Arbuckle, the farm-boy brother of [[Jon Arbuckle]], in most animated adaptations of the ''[[Garfield]]'' franchise. Later voice roles included ''[[The Big Bang (1987 film)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[A Bug's Life]]'', ''[[Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills]]'', ''[[Oswald (TV series)|Oswald]]'', ''[[Titan A.E.]]'', ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]'' and the animated TV series ''[[Galaxy High]]'' as the six-armed Milo de Venus. In 2002, he reprised his role as Squiggy in the animated sitcom ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Lander was the voice of Smart Ass, the chief weasel of [[Judge Doom]]'s [[Toon Patrol]] in the 1988 Disney film ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. Lander reprised his role as Smart Ass on [[Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin|the related ride]], but the character was renamed Wiseguy. He was credited as Stephen Lander in ''[[Boo, Zino & the Snurks]]''. One of his later roles was that of [[Ch'p]] in the [[DC Comics]] animated film ''[[Green Lantern: First Flight]]''. His final credit was an episode of ''[[Goldie & Bear]]'' in 2017.<ref name = NYT/>

He played the psychiatrist in the video for "[[Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?]]" by [[The Bloodhound Gang]].

===Sports===
Lander, a [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] fan, had a small stake in the [[Portland Beavers]]. In 1997, he began work as a baseball talent scout, first for the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Anaheim Angels]], and later for the [[Seattle Mariners]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/sports/2001930270_squiggy16.html |title=Squiggy is in the house: 'Laverne and Shirley' star now M's scout |first=Les |last=Carpenter |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=May 16, 2004 |access-date=September 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/david-lander-actor-baseball-scout-minor-league-team-owner-dies | title=Baseball scout & devotee, TV's 'Squiggy' dies | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref> He was a member of the [[Society for American Baseball Research]], the baseball [[sabermetric]]s organization, for many years.