Dan Hedaya is a prolific character actor who was born on July 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York to a SephardicJewish family. Hedaya was a junior high school teacher for many years before deciding to pursue acting full time. Alongside a successful career in the movies, Hedaya has held several TV roles, most notably that of Carla's ex-husband on the sitcom Cheers. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... In the strictest sense, a Sephardi (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew Səfardi, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Səfardim, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardîm) is a Jew original to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal: ספרד, Standard Hebrew Səfárad, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄áraḏ / Səp̄āraḏ), or whose ancestors were among the Jews expelled from... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Cheers is the name of a long-running sitcom made by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. The show premiered on September 30, 1982 and had its widely-watched series finale on May 20, 1993, followed by a long and ongoing run in syndication. ...
Younger audiences may recognize Dan Hedaya best for his role as Alicia Silverstone's father 'Mel Horowitz' in the 1995 hit movie Clueless. Alicia Silverstone (born October 4, 1976) is an American actress. ... Clueless was a film directed by Amy Heckerling. ...