Jack Kruschen

Age: 80 (passed away Apr. 2nd, 2002)
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Birth Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Born: Mar. 20th, 1922

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Jack Kruschen's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Rifleman	Doc Burrage (2)
Assignment Vienna	Orloff
Busting Loose	Sam Markowitz
Your Jeweler's Showcase	The Whale

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Canadian-born Jack Kruschen entered films after years on the stage, and became a dependable character actor both in movies and on television. Often cast as ethnic comedy relief, Kruschen occasionally landed a role as a villain, but was more often the volatile, emotional Italian or Jewish neighbor patriarch. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Apartment (1960).

TRIVIA:

Performed in radio dramas while still in high school.
One of the few actors killed by martians in 2 different movies (War of the Worlds (1953) and Angry Red Planet).
In 1939, Kruschen was already appearing in TV dramas on the Don Lee experimental station in Los Angeles; the programs were beamed out to roughly 200 sets with 3" screens.

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