Jack Klugman

Cast · Writer · Director

Born

April 27, 1922 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

December 24, 2012

Birth name

Jacob Joachim Klugman

As a film character actor, Klugman was the epitome of the everyman. He was one of the pioneers of television acting in the 1950s, and is best remembered for his 1970s TV work as Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple (1970) and as the medical examiner on Quincy, M.E. (1976).