Thursday, April 9, 2009

One-time movie icon Jan Handzlik

Now a big-time Los Angeles lawyer who specializes in white collar crime and commercial litigation, Jan Handzlik was literally a one-movie actor--in his early youth.

His role was that of Patrick Dennis (as a boy) in the marvelous film Auntie Mame, in 1958. In this movie, the orphaned lad goes to live with his comically eccentric, wealthy aunt, Mame Dennis, played with zany charm by actress Rosalind Russell. In the movie, Patrick reappears as a young adult, played by actor Roger Smith.

Handzlik made a couple of television appearances but never returned to the big screen.

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