Jack Kruschen

TV Actor

Birthday March 20, 1922

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Birthplace Winnipeg, Canada

DEATH DATE Apr 2, 2002 (80)

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About

Perhaps most well known for his Academy Award-nominated supporting role in the 1960 Billy Wilder film The Apartment, he is also remembered for his television appearances in Bonanza, Busting Loose, Webster, and Material World.

Before Fame

At the start of his entertainment career, he acted in several Armed Forces Radio Service programs of the 1940s.

Trivia

Near the end of his life, he played Mr. Katz in the romantic movie 'Til There Was You.

Family Life

His first marriage, to Marjorie Ullman, produced two children before ending in divorce in 1961. Following the death of his second wife, Violet Rafaella Mooring, he married Mary Pender.

Associated With

In 1962, he appeared with the then-unknown Barbra Streisand in the original Broadway production of I Can Get It for You Wholesale.