Jack Kruschen

Highest Rated: 100% The Ladies' Man (1961)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Angry Red Planet (1959)

Birthday: Mar 20, 1922

Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Jack Kruschen was a film and television character actor with over 200 screen credits to his name. He developed an early interest in radio theater and drama, and began performing in local radio plays while still in high school. During the '40s he worked on numerous programs commissioned for the Armed Forces Radio Service, and made his film debut in 1949 with a supporting role in the gangster film "Red, Hot and Blue." Kruschen worked steadily through the early '50s in such films as "No Way Out" and "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars," and landed supporting roles on numerous TV series, including "Dragnet," "Zorro," and "The Loretta Young Show." He appeared as a soldier cut down by Martians in the 1960 film " The Angry Red Planet," and that same year earned an Oscar nomination for his role as Jack Lemmon's neighbor in the critically acclaimed "The Apartment." Kruschen later portrayed an attorney in the 1962 thriller "Cape Fear" and landed recurring roles on such TV series as "Emergency!" and "Busting Loose." In 1982 he appeared on the sketch comedy show "No Soap, Radio" and was cast in the primetime series "Remington Steele" and "Hill Street Blues." From 1985 to 1989 he appeared as Grandpa Papadapolis on the sitcom "Webster," and later landed roles on "Full House" and "Empty Nest."

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Highest-Rated Movies

Watchlist 93% 94% The Apartment Watchlist 91% 77% Lover Come Back Watchlist 89% 72% The War of the Worlds Watchlist 88% 86% Cape Fear Watchlist 88% 70% The Unsinkable Molly Brown Watchlist 64% 42% Money From Home Watchlist 60% 56% The Last Voyage Watchlist 55% 78% The Long, Long Trailer Watchlist 50% 84% McLintock! Watchlist

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Filmography

Movies TV Shows Sort By: Newest Newest Audience Highest Critics Highest Audience Lowest Critics Lowest Oldest Penny Ante: The Motion Picture 1990 Isadore Actor Deadly Intentions 1985 Alex Livanos Actor The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1981 Judge Thatcher Actor Under the Rainbow 0% 49% 1981 Louie Actor Money to Burn 1981 Pops Actor Sunburn 43% 1979 Gela Actor The Time Machine 38% 1978 John Bedford Actor Once Upon a Starry Night 1978 Actor Satan's Cheerleaders 32% 1977 William 'Billy' Brooks - the custodian Actor The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race 1977 Jim Bridger Actor Guardian of the Wilderness 1977 Madden Actor The November Plan 1976 Harry Kahn Actor The Log of the Black Pearl 1975 Jocko Roper Actor Freebie and the Bean 23% 68% 1974 Red Meyers Actor Deadly Harvest 1972 Vartanian Actor $1,000,000 Duck 17% 41% 1971 Doctor Gottlieb Actor Istanbul Express 1968 Capt. Granicek Actor The Happening 60% 1967 Inspector Actor Dear Brigitte 53% 1965 Doctor Volker Actor Harlow 40% 1965 Louis B. Mayer Actor The Unsinkable Molly Brown 88% 70% 1964 Christmas Morgan Actor McLintock! 50% 84% 1963 Jake Birnbaum Actor Follow That Dream 65% 1962 Carmine Actor Cape Fear 88% 86% 1962 Dave Grafton Actor Lover Come Back 91% 77% 1961 Dr. Linus Tyler Actor Load More No Movies Yet try again Something went wrong... try again   Tap to Unmute Close video See Details See Details