Jack Kruschen
Jack Kruschen
Husky, bushy-mustached, frequently unkempt Canadian actor Jack Kruschen appeared steadily on radio from 1938 onward. He began playing small film roles in 1949, often cast as minor villains and braying bullies. He became a cult favorite after playing one of the three earliest victims (the Hispanic one) of the Martian death ray in George Pal's War of the Worlds (1953). His larger film roles included MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer in the Carol Lynley version of Harlow (1965), and the remonstrative physician neighbor of Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960); the latter assignment copped a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar nomination for Kruschen. A tireless TV performer, Kruschen has guested in a variety of roles on most of the top video offerings, and was a regular in the 1977 sitcom Busting Loose, playing the father of Adam Arkin. Relatively inactive after 1980, Jack Kruschen made a welcome return in PBS' 1993 adaptation of Arthur Miller's The American Clock. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Jack Kruschen:
- Cape Fear with Gregory Peck , Robert Mitchum , Polly Bergen , Martin Balsam , Telly Savalas , Edward Platt , Will Wright
- The Apartment with Jack Lemmon , Shirley MacLaine , Fred MacMurray , Ray Walston , Edie Adams , David Lewis , Joan Shawlee , Joyce Jameson , Hal Smith
- No Way Out with Richard Widmark , Linda Darnell , Sidney Poitier , Stanley Ridges , Bill Walker , Ruby Dee , Ossie Davis , Bert Freed , Ray Teal , Will Wright , Harry Lauter , Fred Graham , Frank Jaquet , Howard M. Mitchell , Frank Overton , Ruth Warren , Ian Wolfe
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