Aaron Schwartz

Aaron Schwartz (born 1948/1949) is a Canadian actor, director, photographer and copyright lawyer. Life and career Schwartz was born in 1949 in Theodore, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1970; in 1972 he received an MFA degree in Theater from Columbia University. He earned a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, Toronto, in 1993, and was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1995. Schwartz spent his early career in theatre. In 1987, he produced and directed Bat Masterson's Last Regular Job, by Bill Ballantyne, at the Toronto Free Theatre. He had previously directed the world premiere of Ballantyne's first play, The Al Cornell Story, at the Theatre Passe Muraille Back Space in Toronto. Schwartz was nominated as best director for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his production of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, at the Factory Theatre in Toronto. Schwartz is known for playing a leading role as grocery cashier Leslie Rappaport in the television situation comedy, Check It Out! (1985–1988). He was also featured in two episodes of Street Legal (in 1990) and in the episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents entitled "Killer Takes All" (1988) with Van Johnson and Rory Calhoun.