Biography

Than Wyenn was an actor born on May 2, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. He had a long career and was especially known for Being There (1979), Splash (1984), and Imitation of Life (1959). He died on January 29, 2015 in Woodland Hills, Los Angles, CA, USA at the age of 95.
- IMDb mini biography by: beegeebright

He served for 37 years as a consultant to the Los Angeles Bureau of Jewish Affairs, and was a founder of the city's Yiddish Kinder Theater.

Also a noted humorist, dramatist and painter.

Married 71 years to Gertrude (nee Goldman); the couple had two sons, Joel and Neil.

He began acting as a teenager and studied with Lee Strasberg. He toured nationally with a Shakespearean troupe. During WWII, he worked on a farm in Vermont as part of the war effort.

Member of Actors' Equity and SAG-AFTRA, voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1966.