← Back to explore

Jack Kruschen

Acting

Born March 20, 1922 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Died April 2, 2002

Also known as Jack Joseph Kruschen

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jacob Kruschen (March 20, 1922 – April 2, 2002) was a Jewish character actor who worked primarily in American film, television and radio. Kruschen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Dr. Dreyfuss in the 1960 comedy-drama The Apartment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Kruschen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1961 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)

The Apartment

1960as Dr. Dreyfuss

Columbo

1971as Tomlin Dudek

Living Single

1993as Mort

Fraulein

1958as Sgt. Grischa

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990as Mr. Melville

Little House on the Prairie

1974

Hill Street Blues

1981

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978

The Rockford Files

1974as John Koenig

Full House

1987as Iorgos

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Dr. John Logan

The A-Team

1983as Bernie Shatzman

Cape Fear

1962as Attorney Dave Grafton

Bonanza

1959as Giorgio Rossi

Zorro

1957

Barney Miller

1975as Benjamin Diamond

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Doheny's partner & speaker at the retirement

Batman

1966as Eivol Ekdal

The Incredible Hulk

1977as Norman Abrams

McCloud

1970

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Blumberg

Matlock

1986as Judge Ogilvie / Bus Repairman

Remington Steele

1982as Buddy Brokaw

Alice

1976

The Rifleman

1958

It Should Happen to You

1954as Joe (uncredited)

Daniel Boone

1964as Herman

Lover Come Back

1961as Doctor Linus Tyler

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Hunt Willis

The Westerner

as Rigdon

The Lawless Years

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993as Captain Keene

Hart to Hart

1979

CHiPs

1977as Frank Higgins

Ironside

1967as Willie Busch

The Gazebo

1959as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

The Long, Long Trailer

1954as Mechanic (uncredited)

No Way Out

1950as (uncredited)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

The War of the Worlds

1953as Salvatore

Route 66

1960

Gunsmoke

1955as Jed

McLintock!

1963as Jake Birnbaum

Adventures of Superman

1952as First Airport Robber

Letter to Loretta

as Charlie

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951as Muscleman (uncredited)

Dragnet

1951

Telephone Time

Movin' On