Sydney Pollack was an American film director, producer and actor. He directed films such as "Out of Africa" which won seven Oscars including best picture. As a director, several of his films received Oscar nominations. He began his career in New York theater before starting to direct films in the 1950s. Pollack is survived by his wife, two daughters, brother and six grandchildren.

1. gjghkghjkg jghjgjgjgj , including best picture and a best actor nod for Clooney. Pollack was no stranger to the Academy Awards. In 1986, "Out of Africa" a romantic epic of a woman's passion set against the landscape of colonial Kenya, captured seven Oscars, including best director. Over the years, several of his other films, including "Tootsie" and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" got several nominations, including best director nods. Pollack's last screen appearance was in "Made of Honor," a romantic comedy currently in theaters, where he played the oft-married father of

2. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

3. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

4. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

5. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

6. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

8. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

9. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

10. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

11. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

12. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

13. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

14. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

15. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

16. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

17. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

18. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

19. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

20. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

21. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

22. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

23. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

24. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

25. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

26. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

27. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

28. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

29. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

31. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

32. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

33. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

34. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

35. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

36. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

37. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

39. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

40. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

41. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

42. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

43. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

44. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

45. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

47. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

48. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

49. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

50. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

51. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

52. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

53. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

55. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

56. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

57. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

58. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

59. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

60. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

61. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

63. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

64. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

65. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

66. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

67. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

68. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

69. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

71. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

72. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

73. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

74. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

75. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

76. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

77. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

79. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

80. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

81. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

82. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

83. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

84. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

85. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

87. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

88. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

89. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

90. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

91. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

92. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

93. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

95. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

96. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

97. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

98. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

99. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

100. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

101. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

103. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

104. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

105. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

106. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

107. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

108. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

109. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

111. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

112. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

113. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

114. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

115. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

116. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

117. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

122. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

123. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

124. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

125. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

126. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

127. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

128. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

130. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

131. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

132. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

133. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

134. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

135. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

136. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

139. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

140. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

141. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

142. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

143. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

144. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

145. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

147. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

148. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

149. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

150. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

151. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

152. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

153. star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren

158. gjghkghjkg jghjgjgjgj Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, said agent Leslee Dart. He had been diagnosed with cancer about nine months ago, said Dart. Pollack, who often appeared on the screen himself, worked with and gained the respect of Hollywood's best actors in a long career that reached prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. "Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better. A tip of the hat to a class act," actor George Clooney said in a statement issued by his publicist. Watch how Pollack's career spanned decades » "He'll be missed terribly," Clooney said. Last fall, Pollack played Marty Bach opposite Clooney in "Michael Clayton," a drama that examines the life of a fixer for lawyers. The film, which Pollack co-produced, received seven Oscar nominations, including best picture and a best actor nod for Clooney. Pollack was no stranger to the Academy Awards. In 1986, "Out of Africa" a romantic epic of a woman's passion set against the landscape of colonial Kenya, captured seven Oscars, including best director. Over the years, several of his other films, including "Tootsie" and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" got several nominations, including best director nods. Pollack's last screen appearance was in "Made of Honor," a romantic comedy currently in theaters, where he played the oft-married father of star Patrick Dempsey's character. In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises. The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans. In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. "We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman. Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant. After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing. Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren