Background
Sand was born Pablo Sanchez in Santa Monica, California, the son of Sonia Borodiansky, a writer, and Ernest Rivera Sanchez, an aerospace tool designer. His father was Mexican and his mother of Russian descent.
Sand was born Pablo Sanchez in Santa Monica, California, the son of Sonia Borodiansky, a writer, and Ernest Rivera Sanchez, an aerospace tool designer. His father was Mexican and his mother of Russian descent.
From here, he attended Los Angeles State College before moving to Paris aged 18.
At the age of 11, he started at Viola Spolin"s Children"s Theatre Company. In Paris, Sand met one of his heroes, Marcel Marceau, who was so impressed by his talents that he asked Sand to join his touring mime troupe. In 1966 he co-starred with Linda Lavin and Jo Ann Worley in the off-Broadway hit production, The Mad Show, inspired by Mad Magazine.
15 episodes of the show were filmed.
In 1960, along with Alan Arkin and others, Sand was a cast member of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Chicago.