Biography for
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Date of Birth

20 March 1922, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Date of Death

2 April 2002, Chandler, Arizona, USA (natural causes)

Birth Name

Jack Joseph Kruschen

Mini 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).

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Spouse

Mary Pender	(23 July 1979 - 2 April 2002) (his death)
Violet Rafaella Mooring	(1962 - 1978) (her death)
Marjorie Ullman	(January 1947 - 1961) (divorced) 2 children

Trivia

Performed in radio dramas while still in high school.

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.

One of the few actors killed by Martians in 2 different movies: War of the Worlds (1953) and Angry Red Planet (1960).