The Exorcist (film) shot that obscured his face, as Friedkin felt that Vandis's face would be connected with his previous role in the Woody Allen film "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)". Vandis had previously played Milos Stavros, an Armenian shepherd who was in love with a sheep. Warners had approached Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick, and Mike Nichols, to direct, all of whom turned the project down. Originally Mark Rydell was hired to direct, but William Peter Blatty insisted on Friedkin instead, because he wanted his film to have the same energy as Friedkin's previous film,
Tony Randall Oscar, and the TV spots were filmed on the same set as "The Odd Couple". During the series run he had a small role in "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" (1972). In 1973, he was originally hired to play the voice of Templeton the gluttonous rat in "Charlotte's Web", but was replaced at the last minute by Paul Lynde, due to his voice sounding too sophisticated and the director wanting Templeton to have a nasal voice. From 1976–78, he starred in "The Tony Randall Show", playing a Philadelphia judge. He had