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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 20, 1922
Died
April 2, 2002
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Also Known As
- Jack Joseph Kruschen
Jack Kruschen
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.3
(voice) (archive footage)
Alice in Wonderland
2010
3.9
Mr. Katz
'Til There Was You
1997
6.5
Mayor Walter Trout
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994
6.9
Captain Keene
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
8.3
Mort
Living Single
1993
5.4
The American Clock
1993
6.2
Love & War
1992
7.9
Mr. Melville
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
🎬
0.0
Isadore Perlman
Penny Ante: The Motion Picture
1990
7.6
Iorgos
Full House
1987
Credits
Alice in Wonderland
as (voice) (archive footage)
2010
6.3
'Til There Was You
as Mr. Katz
1997
3.9
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Mayor Walter Trout
1994
6.5
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Captain Keene
1993
6.9
Living Single
as Mort
1993
8.3
The American Clock
1993
5.4
Love & War
1992
6.2
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Mr. Melville
1990
7.9
🎬
Penny Ante: The Motion Picture
as Isadore Perlman
1990
0.0
Full House
as Iorgos
1987
7.6
She's the Sheriff
as George Bloomgarden
1987
5.0
Matlock
as Judge Ogilvie / Bus Repairman
1986
7.1
Deadly Intentions
as Alex Livanos
1985
6.4
Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. John Logan
1984
7.5
E/R
1984
4.6
Dark Mirror
as Smithson
1984
5.0
Zorro and Son
1983
5.0
The A-Team
as Bernie Shatzman
1983
7.5
Money to Burn
as Pops
1983
4.0
The New Odd Couple
as Judge
1982
5.0
Tucker's Witch
1982
4.0
Remington Steele
as Buddy Brokaw
1982
7.1
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Silver Spoons
1982
6.3
Hotel
1982
6.8
Legend of the Wild
as Frost-bite Foley
1981
5.0
Under the Rainbow
as Louie
1981
5.2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Judge Thatcher
1981
6.0
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Magnum, P.I.
as Doheny's partner & speaker at the retirement
1980
7.3
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
Sunburn
as Gela
1979
4.9
The Time Machine
as John Bedford
1978
4.7
Vega$
1978
7.0
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
7.6
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
as Jim Bridger
1977
3.0
The Incredible Hulk
as Norman Abrams
1977
7.3
CHiPs
as Frank Higgins
1977
6.8
Satan's Cheerleaders
as Billy the Janitor
1977
4.3
Grizzly Adams
as Metcalf
1977
7.1
Grizzly Adams
as Frost-bite Foley
1977
7.1
🎬
Busting Loose
1977
5.5
The November Plan
as Harry Kahn
1977
0.0
Guardian of the Wilderness
as Madden
1976
5.7
Alice
1976
7.1
City of Angels
1976
5.2
The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper
as Abner Denby
1976
6.0
Ellery Queen
as Gunther Starr
1975
7.4
Switch
as Damon Alexander
1975
6.7
Bronk
1975
6.2
Nick and Nora
as Sergeant Steinmetz
1975
0.0
Barney Miller
as Julius Wittenour
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
as Rudolph Kamen
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
as Benjamin Diamond
1975
7.3
The Log of the Black Pearl
as Jocko Roper
1975
10.0
Freebie and the Bean
as Red Meyers
1974
6.1
The Rockford Files
as John Koenig
1974
7.6
Movin' On
1974
6.4
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Assignment: Vienna
as Orloff
1972
0.0
Deadly Harvest
as Vartamian
1972
6.0
Emergency!
as Sen. Mike Wolski
1972
8.3
Columbo
as Tomlin Dudek
1971
8.1
The Million Dollar Duck
as Doctor Gottlieb
1971
5.8
McCloud
1970
7.1
Nanny and the Professor
1970
6.0
Love, American Style
as Doctor Deets
1969
6.1
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Istanbul Express
as Capt. Granicek
1969
5.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Blumberg
1968
7.1
He & She
as Captain Pappas
1967
4.5
The Happening
as Inspector
1967
6.2
Caprice
as Matthew Cutter
1967
5.8
Ironside
as Willie Busch
1967
6.8
Batman
as Eivol Ekdal
1966
7.3
🎬
The John Forsythe Show
1965
5.0
Harlow
as L.B. Mayer
1965
3.8
Dear Brigitte
as Doctor Volker
1965
6.4
Daniel Boone
as Herman
1964
7.0
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Christmas Morgan
1964
5.5
McLintock!
as Jake Birnbaum
1963
6.6
Convicts 4
as Resko's Father
1962
4.8
Cape Fear
as Attorney Dave Grafton
1962
7.4
Follow That Dream
as Carmine
1962
6.1
Lover Come Back
as Doctor Linus Tyler
1961
6.9
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Cain's Hundred
as Bill Ziegler
1961
4.7
The Ladies Man
as Graduation Emcee Professor
1961
6.3
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
6.0
Mister Ed
1961
6.7
Where the Boys Are
as Max (uncredited)
1960
5.9
Harrigan and Son
1960
0.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
The Westerner
as Rigdon
1960
6.8
Seven Ways from Sundown
as Beeker
1960
5.8
The Bellboy
as Jack E Mulcher (uncredited)
1960
6.2
The Apartment
as Dr. Dreyfuss
1960
8.2
Hong Kong
1960
0.0
The Last Voyage
as Chief Engineer Pringle
1960
6.2
The Gazebo
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1960
6.9
The Angry Red Planet
as CWO Sam Jacobs
1959
5.6
The Detectives
1959
6.1
The Man Who Understood Women
as Mickey (uncredited)
1959
3.0
Law of the Plainsman
as Dr. Pearson
1959
6.0
Bonanza
as Giorgio Rossi
1959
7.5
Tightrope
1959
5.5
The Lawless Years
1959
7.0
Black Saddle
as Ben Winkleman
1959
6.0
The Decks Ran Red
as Alex Cole
1958
6.3
Bat Masterson
as Ben Tarko
1958
6.1
Bat Masterson
as Patch Finley
1958
6.1
Behind Closed Doors
as Ruchef
1958
0.0
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
Naked City
as Dean Fairland
1958
5.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff Pig Wells
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Hunt Willis
1958
6.8
Fraulein
as Sgt. Grischa
1958
7.0
Cry Terror!
as Agent Charles Pope
1958
6.3
Zorro
1957
7.5
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Sugarfoot
as Sam Bolt
1957
4.8
Reform School Girl
as Mr. Horvath
1957
4.4
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Max Schilling
1957
6.2
Badlands of Montana
as Cavalry Sergeant
1957
4.0
Julie
as Det. Mace
1956
5.8
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
Outside the Law
as Agent Pill Schwartz
1956
6.0
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
The Steel Jungle
as Truckdriver Helper
1956
5.3
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
4.4
The Benny Goodman Story
as 'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr.
1956
6.3
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Ernie
1955
6.5
Gunsmoke
as Jed
1955
6.6
The Night Holds Terror
as Detective Pope
1955
5.5
Soldier of Fortune
as Austin Stoker
1955
5.9
Dial Red O
as Lloyd Lavalle
1955
5.3
Carolina Cannonball
as Hogar
1955
0.0
The Millionaire
as Mike Sharkey
1955
5.0
Untamed Heiress
as Louie
1954
6.0
Tennessee Champ
as Andrews
1954
5.8
The Long, Long Trailer
as Mechanic (uncredited)
1954
6.9
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
1954
0.0
It Should Happen to You
as Joe (uncredited)
1954
6.9
Money from Home
as Short Boy
1953
5.9
Letter to Loretta
as Charlie
1953
6.5
The War of the Worlds
as Salvatore
1953
6.8
A Blueprint for Murder
as Detective Lieutenant Harold Y. Cole
1953
6.1
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Harry
1953
5.4
Terry and the Pirates
1952
3.0
Your Jeweler's Showcase
as The Whale
1952
7.0
Tropical Heat Wave
as Stickey Langley
1952
0.0
Adventures of Superman
as First Airport Robber
1952
6.6
Confidence Girl
as Detective Sergeant Quinn
1952
5.4
Dragnet
1951
6.4
The People Against O'Hara
as Uniformed Detective (uncredited)
1951
5.7
The Lemon Drop Kid
as Muscleman (uncredited)
1951
6.5
Gambling House
as Italian Immigrant (uncredited)
1950
6.1
Where Danger Lives
as Cosey - Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
1950
6.4
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
No Way Out
as (uncredited)
1950
6.9
Women from Headquarters
as Sam
1950
4.0
Red, Hot and Blue
as Steve
1949
5.8