Alan Landers (born Alan Stewart Levine) (November 30, 1940 â€"
February 27, 2009) was an American male model and actor, best known as
the "Winston Man", who appeared in advertising for Winston
cigarettes.Born in Brooklyn, New York on November 30, 1940, he started
to smoke "before [his] bar mitzvah". He enlisted in the United States
Army at 17, where smoking breaks of five minutes each hour helped in
the development of a two-and-a-half pack per day smoking habit.After
leaving military service, Landers took acting classes in New York and
worked as a model, appearing in numerous fashion magazines, including
being featured in a Playgirl centerfold. He also appeared in
Cosmopolitan, GQ and Vogue. In addition to an appearance in the 1977
film Annie Hall playing the part of a pompous producer, he also had
roles in several television programs such as America's Most
Wanted.Appearing in advertisements for Winston cigarettes in the
mid-1960s, Landers recounted how he would smoke through cartons of
cigarettes, ensuring that the ash on the end of the cigarette was
never more than one-quarter inch, puffing to make a spiral of smoke
just right for the photograph in ads that appeared with the slogan
"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should". Reynolds paid him
$3,000 to $5,000 a day for the week-long photo shoot, making it one of
his most rewarding modeling jobs.
February 27, 2009) was an American male model and actor, best known as
the "Winston Man", who appeared in advertising for Winston
cigarettes.Born in Brooklyn, New York on November 30, 1940, he started
to smoke "before [his] bar mitzvah". He enlisted in the United States
Army at 17, where smoking breaks of five minutes each hour helped in
the development of a two-and-a-half pack per day smoking habit.After
leaving military service, Landers took acting classes in New York and
worked as a model, appearing in numerous fashion magazines, including
being featured in a Playgirl centerfold. He also appeared in
Cosmopolitan, GQ and Vogue. In addition to an appearance in the 1977
film Annie Hall playing the part of a pompous producer, he also had
roles in several television programs such as America's Most
Wanted.Appearing in advertisements for Winston cigarettes in the
mid-1960s, Landers recounted how he would smoke through cartons of
cigarettes, ensuring that the ash on the end of the cigarette was
never more than one-quarter inch, puffing to make a spiral of smoke
just right for the photograph in ads that appeared with the slogan
"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should". Reynolds paid him
$3,000 to $5,000 a day for the week-long photo shoot, making it one of
his most rewarding modeling jobs.
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