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David Langston Smyrl
Acting

David Langston Smyrl

September 13, 1935March 22, 2016 (aged 80)North Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

David Langston Smyrl, sometimes credited professionally as David L. Smyrl, was an American actor and television writer. He was best known for his role of Mr. Handford, the fictional retired firefighter who ran Hooper's Store on Sesame Street from 1990 to 1998.

Filmography

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol poster

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

as Mr. Hanford (archive footage)

6.7•2006

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

as Mr. Hanford (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs poster

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

as Mr. Handford (archive footage)

10.0•2003

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

as Mr. Handford (archive footage)

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play poster

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play

as Mr. Handford (archive footage)

9.0•1999

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play

as Mr. Handford (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! poster

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

as Mr. Handford

6.1•1998

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

as Mr. Handford

Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me poster

Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me

as Mr. Handford

9.5•1997

Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me

as Mr. Handford

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas poster

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

as Mr. Handford

6.0•1996

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

as Mr. Handford

The Preacher's Wife poster

The Preacher's Wife

as Hanley's Waiter

5.8•1996

The Preacher's Wife

as Hanley's Waiter

Long Gone poster

Long Gone

as Monroe Wright

6.1•1987

Long Gone

as Monroe Wright