Lenny Von Dohlen was an American film, television and stage actor. He appeared in numerous stage television and film roles and was probably best known for his performance as architect Miles Harding in the film, Electric Dreams.
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Von Dohlen was born in Augusta, Georgia, and raised in Goliad, a small town in south Texas. He has German ancestry from his paternal side. As a child, he wished to become a jockey, but grew too tall for his dreams.
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Von Dohlen’s film debut was in Academy award-winning Tender Mercies, starring Robert Duval in 1983. In 1984, he played a lead role in the cult film Electric Dreams with Robert Ebert called, perfect casting.
In 2015, he played the title role of legendary film director Oskar knight in Near Myth: The Oskar knight Story.
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