Jack Kruschen

Cast

Born

March 20, 1922 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Died

April 2, 2002

Birth name

Jack Joseph Kruschen

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).