Grew up in Winnepeg, Canada

Went to Chicago at age 15 as a Yeshiva student (date approximate)

Joined Second City Troupe in the early 60s

Made NYC stage debut as member of Second City Troupe in "The Return of the Second City in '20,000 Frozen Grenadiers'"

Began career as actor with replacement role in Off-Broadway's "The Mad Show"

Broadway debut as Kenny Newquist in Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders"

Feature acting debut in "Fearless Frank" (filmed in Chicago in 1965, was also Jon Voight's first pic)

Acted on Broadway in "Carry Me Back to Morniside Heights", directed by Sidney Poitier

THE NEW YORK TIMES critic Dan Sullivan showed up at NYC's Bitter End and declared Steinberg "the most original comedian in years"

Wrote and performed for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (CBS); his "sermons" contributed to show's being cancelled

First appeared on "The Tonight Show"

Writer and host for ABC's "The Music Scene"

Appeared on "The Return of the Smothers Brothers" special (NBC)

Starred in CBS summer comedy variety series, "The David Steinberg Show"

"The David Steinberg Show" in Canada introduced Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Martin Short, Andrea Martin and John Candy, who comprised the unforgettable "SCTV" troupe

Cited as "obnoxious" by Leonard Maltin for his role in "Something Short of Paradise"

Made directorial debut with the feature "Paternity"

TV directorial debut, an episode of "Newhart" (CBS)

Directed "Casey at the Bat" for Showtime's "Shelly Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends" series

Rare performance in a feature, playing Meegosh in Ron Howard's "Willow"

Became the executive producer of the popular CBS-TV "Designing Women" in January of its last year

Returned to performing stand-up live

Extensive TV credits as executive producer and director throughout 1990s; directed numerous episodes of the popular sitcoms "Seinfeld" and "Mad About You"