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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.
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Jack Kruschen Biography / Wiki
| Name | Jack Kruschen |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Date of Birth | March 20, 1922 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 80 |
| Deathday | 2002-04-02 |
Jack Kruschen Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Money to Burn | Pops | 1983-01-01 | A school counselor and two misfit students decide to plan a bank robbery…. |
| Satan’s Cheerleaders | Billy the Janitor | 1977-03-18 | The janitor at a local high school is actually the scout for a coven of Satanists on the lookout for a virgin to sacrifice. One day he kidnaps the che… |
| Nick and Nora | Sergeant Steinmetz | 1975-03-04 | Retired detective Nick Charles and his wife set out to solve a murder mystery after a corpse wearing white gloves is found in a hotel pool…. |
| The Log of the Black Pearl | Jocko Roper | 1975-01-04 | A young stockbroker, Christopher Sand, inherits an old ship named “Black Pearl” along with a medallion that is the key to a sunken Nazi treasure. But … |
| The Angry Red Planet | CWO Sam Jacobs | 1959-11-23 | The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?… |
| The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Christmas Morgan | 1964-06-11 | The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assure… |
| Caprice | Matthew Cutter | 1967-04-18 | Patricia Foster, an industrial designer, causes chaos when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company…. |
| Carolina Cannonball | Hogar | 1955-01-28 | Judy and her grandpa run a trolley between a train depot and a ghost town in Nevada, near the California border. Three spies intent of tracking down a… |
| Freebie and the Bean | Red Meyers | 1974-12-25 | Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they’ll have to get to him before a hitman does…. |
| The Apartment | Dr. Dreyfuss | 1960-06-21 | Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apart… |
| A Blueprint for Murder | Detective Lieutenant Harold Y. Cole | 1953-07-24 | Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he’s attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cam… |
| McLintock! | Jake Birnbaum | 1963-11-12 | Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly … |
| Dial Red O | Lloyd Lavalle | 1955-03-13 | The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff’s department, Dial Red “O” (the correct title with the… |
| The Time Machine | John Bedford | 1978-11-05 | A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for…. |
| Deadly Intentions | Alex Livanos | 1985-05-19 | Katherine married Dr. Charles Raynor. She later discovers that Raynor is a sadist who torments her physically and mentally. She divorces him and take … |
| Follow That Dream | Carmine | 1962-04-11 | When the Kwimper family car runs out of fuel on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his… |
| Deadly Harvest | Vartamian | 1972-09-26 | An Iron Curtain defector who has been living for years as a California winegrower learns that Soviet agents are stalking him…. |
| Legend of the Wild | Frost-bite Foley | 1981-11-01 | Patchwork movie edited from episodes from the TV series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977)…. |
| Cry Terror! | Agent Charles Pope | 1958-05-02 | A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage…. |
| Lover Come Back | Doctor Linus Tyler | 1961-12-20 | Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client ou… |
| The Last Voyage | Chief Engineer Pringle | 1960-02-19 | The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service. After an explosion in the boiler room, Captain Robert A… |
| Confidence Girl | Detective Sergeant Quinn | 1952-06-20 | After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her gr… |
| The Decks Ran Red | Alex Cole | 1958-10-10 | A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind…. |
| Cape Fear | Attorney Dave Grafton | 1962-04-12 | Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and hi… |
| Untamed Heiress | Louie | 1954-03-31 | Judy is the daughter of a famous opera singer who once bankrolled prospector Andrew “Cactus” Clayton. Now Clayton hopes to repay the favor, but first … |
| The Million Dollar Duck | Doctor Gottlieb | 1971-06-30 | Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs…. |
| Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Harry | 1953-04-06 | Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced … |
| The Night Holds Terror | Detective Pope | 1955-07-13 | A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in…. |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Judge Thatcher | 1981-07-09 | The escapades of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and the runaway slave, Jim, drifting down the Mississippi on a homemade raft, and their encounter with the Duk… |
| The November Plan | Harry Kahn | 1977-01-01 | A hard-nosed private detective investigates a suspected overthrow of the U.S. government. Loosely based on The Business Plot of 1933…. |
| Outside the Law | Agent Pill Schwartz | 1956-06-01 | A government agent’s son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters…. |
| Julie | Det. Mace | 1956-10-17 | A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband…. |
| Dear Brigitte | Doctor Volker | 1965-01-08 | Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little art… |
| Convicts 4 | Resko’s Father | 1962-09-15 | After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison … |
| Guardian of the Wilderness | Madden | 1976-12-07 | … |
| Istanbul Express | Capt. Granicek | 1969-03-07 | An art dealer on a special mission is pulled into dangerous intrigue while railway detective Cheval tries to help and pursues criminals on the Istanbu… |
| Emergency! [Pilot] | Sen. Mike Wolski | 1972-01-15 | The pilot movie to the hit series about Los Angeles paramedics and their interaction with the fire department and hospital system…. |
| The Happening | Inspector | 1967-05-17 | A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. How… |
| Alice In Wonderland | (voice) (archive footage) | 2010-02-23 | This production was originally broadcast on radio back in the 1940s. It was put on DVD with new animation…. |
| Dark Mirror | Smithson | 1984-03-05 | A thriller directed by Richard Lang…. |
| Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Mayor Walter Trout | 1994-02-18 | When a mentor and friend of Jennifer’s dies, she and Jonathan return to the sleepy town where Jennifer once lived and worked as a reporter. Nearly imm… |
| Soldier of Fortune | Austin Stoker | 1955-01-01 | An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is … |
| Women from Headquarters | Sam | 1950-05-01 | Joyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department, when her friend Ruby gets involved with a petty crook, Max Ta… |
| Tennessee Champ | Andrews | 1954-03-03 | A boxer desperate for money falls in with a shady promoter…. |
| The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper | Abner Denby | 1976-01-11 | Daffy Fernald loses her brother’s toy rocket when it flies into a storm drain. She knows Alvin will be upset if he finds out, so she climbs into the d… |
| Fraulein | Sgt. Grischa | 1958-06-08 | In melodramatic fashion, the film tells the tale of a young German woman who finds herself alone in the world when the rest of her family is killed in… |
| Money from Home | Short Boy | 1953-12-31 | Herman owes a lot of gambling debts. To pay them off, he promises the mob he’ll fix a horse, so that it does not run. He intends to trick his animal-l… |
| Tropical Heat Wave | Stickey Langley | 1952-10-01 | Story of staid college professor gathering data for a thesis in criminal psychology who becomes the object of a night-club singers affections…. |
| The Benny Goodman Story | ‘Murph’ Podolsky – riverboat band Mgr. | 1956-02-02 | Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny … |
| Seven Ways from Sundown | Beeker | 1960-09-25 | Audie Murphy is again the kid who puts on a badge to catch the bad guy, skillfully played by Barry Sullivan. On the way back to town the two develop a… |
| Sunburn | Gela | 1979-08-10 | A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco…. |
| Harlow | Louis B. Mayer | 1965-05-14 | Loosely based biography of 1930s star Jean Harlow as she begins her climb to stardom. One of two “Harlow” film biographies that appeared in 1965, this… |
| Red Hot and Blue | Steve | 1949-09-05 | A Broadway director rescues a starlet from mobsters who blame her for a shooting…. |
| Under the Rainbow | Louie | 1981-07-31 | In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel R… |
| The War of the Worlds | Salvatore | 1953-08-13 | The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from… |
| Reform School Girl | Mr. Horvath | 1957-08-01 | A teen girl is thrown into reform school for refusing to squeal on her delinquent boyfriend where she ends up meeting his ex-girlfriend and the jealou… |
| Badlands of Montana | Cavalry Sergeant | 1957-05-01 | Wanting to follow in his late father’s footsteps, eager reformer Steve Brewster runs for mayor of a small Montana town but is forced to flee and join … |
| The Great Diamond Robbery | Cafe Counterman (uncredited) | 1954-01-29 | Ambrose C. Park, left on a park bench as an infant with an impulsive need to find his parents, is an assistant to a diamond cutter. Shyster lawyer Rem… |
| The Man Who Understood Women | Mickey (uncredited) | 1959-10-02 | A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems…. |
| The Steel Jungle | Truckdriver Helper | 1956-03-10 | The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with hoodlums…. |
| The Ladies Man | Graduation Emcee Professor | 1961-06-21 | After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is… |
| Where the Boys Are | Max (uncredited) | 1960-12-28 | Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie – all students at mid-western Penmore University – are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for… |
| The Bellboy | 1960-07-20 | Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All he displays are… | |
| The Lemon Drop Kid | Muscleman (uncredited) | 1951-04-02 | When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Cr… |
| It Should Happen to You | Joe (uncredited) | 1954-01-15 | Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it’s love at firs… |
| Gambling House | Italian Immigrant (uncredited) | 1950-12-27 | A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder…. |
| The American Clock | 1993-01-02 | Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market cra… | |
| Til There Was You | Mr. Katz | 1997-05-30 | Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight…. |
| No Way Out | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) | 1950-08-16 | Robbers Ray Biddle and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks, the hospital’s only black docto… |
| Where Danger Lives | Cosey – Ambulance Driver (uncredited) | 1950-11-16 | A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to … |
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