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He studied acting as teenager under Michael Chekhov, Harry Coult, and Lee Strasberg.
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Career
His acting career spanned more than forty years with more than 150 credits in film and television He may be best known for his role in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone, Execution, as well as roles in Imitation of Life in 1959 and Splash in 1984. Wyenn was from New York City.
He toured nationally with a Shakespearean troupe of actors.
Wyenn worked on a farm in Vermont during World World War II as part of the United States. war effort. He was cast in a starring role in the world premiere of Baruch Lumet"s stage production, Once Upon a Tailor, which debuted at The Circle Theater.
His role in Once Upon a Tailor earned him a talent agent, which launched his television and film career. He worked as a drama consultant Los Angeles Bureau of Jewish Education for 37-years.
He began began documenting Jewish life throughout the world during the 1980s through traveling and painting.
Than Wyenn died at the Motion Picture & Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, on January 30, 2015, at the age of 95.
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January 30, 2015 (aged 95)