Jack Kruschen

Actor

Date of birth : 03/20/1922

Date of death : 04/02/2002

City of birth : Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Canadian-born Jack Kruschen entered films after years on the stage, and became a dependable character actor both in movies and on television. Often cast as ethnic comedy relief, Kruschen occasionally landed a role as a villain, but was more often the volatile, emotional Italian or Jewish neighbor patriarch. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Apartment (1960).