Biography

Stan Taffel was born in New York City and began his professional career performing in comedy clubs all over the east coast. He appeared in several films in mostly extra roles. His gift for impersonations of famous and not so famous voices led him to his first television show, an animated series called The Toysters, in which he supplied several vocal characters. His next television work was as one of the performers in The News In Revue, which aired on PBS in 1993 thru 1996. He portrayed famous people from the news. All the presidents from Kennedy to Clinton, Yassir Arafat, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, the White House Chef, Stan played them all. For his often unpredictable performances, he won an amazing three Emmy Awards (1994, 1995, 1996). In addition to working on television projects, he devotes much of his time as a film archivist. He serves as an officer for Cinecon, a film festival presented each Labor Day weekend in Los Angeles at the restored Egyptian Theater.

- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous