Kumar Valavhadas Pallana (December 23, 1918 - October 10, 2013) was an Indian-American character actor and vaudevillian best known for The Terminal (2004), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and Bottle Rocket (1996).
He was married to Ranjana Jethwa and had two children, Dipak Pallana and Sandhya Pallana.
Pallana died in 2013 at the age of 94.
Filmography
- 1952: Viva Zapata! as Soldier (Uncredited Role)
- 1961: Captain Kangaroo as Kumar of India
- 1996: Bottle Rocket as Kumar
- 1998: Rushmore as Mr. Little Jeans
- 2001: The Royal Tenenbaums as Pagoda
- 2002: Bomb The System as Kumar Baba
- 2003: Duplex as Indian Restaurant Owner
- 2004: Nevermind Nirvana as Govin Singh
- 2004: The Terminal as Gupta Rajan
- 2005: Romance & Cigarettes as Kumar
- 2005: Dada Ji as Dada Ji (short)
- 2006: The Gold Bracelet as Dhinubhai
- 2006: Revoloution as Kumar
- 2006: 10 Items or Less as Lee
- 2006: Waiting Room as Kumar
- 2007: The Darjeeling Limited as Old Man
- 2007: The Small Somewhere as Kumar (short)
- 2009: Karma Confessions And Holi as DJ Rav
- 2009: Todays Special as Regular #2 (short)
- 2010: Mind The Gap as Old Man (short)
- 2010: Sahaja Springs The Portrait Of An Ashram as Swami Raava (short)
- 2011: Another Earth as Purdeep
- 2011: Hollywood Whores as Magic Man
- 2011: Campus Radio as Yogi
- 2012: Tech Up as Omar
- 2012: Heavy Hands as The Clerk
- 2013: Hamlet ADD as Kumar of India
- 2019: Black Licorice as Kumar
