Jack Warden
cumpleaños: 1920-09-18 | lugar de nacimiento: Newark, New Jersey, USAJack Warden was an American television and film character actor, born John Warden Lebzelter in Newark, New Jersey. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He also received a BAFTA nomination for the former movie and won an Emmy for his performance in Brian's Song (1971). Expelled from high school for fighting, Warden eventually fought as a professional boxer under the name Johnny Costello winning 13 welterweight bouts to little financial success. Warden worked a number of odd jobs before joining the United States military in 1938, rotating through numerous branches of the US armed forces, finishing his career as a Master Sergeant with the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. Following his military service, Warden studied theatre, performing on stage for five years, before making his television debut in 1948 on The Philco Television Playhouse and Studio One. He earned his first credited film role with The Man with My Face in 1952, just prior to his breakout performance as Juror No. 7 in 12 Angry Men. Warden continued to appear in many television series and films over the years. He received a supporting actor Emmy Award for his performance as Chicago Bears coach George Halas in the television movie Brian's Song, and was twice nominated for his starring role in the 1980s comedy/drama series, Crazy Like a Fox. Appearing in more than one hundred movies, Wardon typically played gruff cops, sports coaches, trusted friends or similar roles over his six decade career. His final film was The Replacements in 2000, after which he suffered from declining health and retired from acting before passing of heart and kidney failure in a New York hospital at the age of 85.
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as Jehan
as 'Pops' McKenna
as Eddie Davers
as Boruch
as Chubb
as Big Ben
as Joe Heff
as Saul
as Tiresias
as Julian Marx
as Moe
as Al Grossman
as Old General Zevo
as 'Big' Ben Healy
as Big Ben
as Claude Fortier
as Judge Harry Murdoch
as Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure
as Lloyd
as Owen Tavish
as Rocko (voice)
as Joseph Kennedy Sr.
as Moravia
as Garvey
as Harry Fox
as Mickey Morrissey
as Nelson Longhurst
as Roy L. Fuchs / Luke Fuchs
as Morris Buttermaker
as President 'Bobby'
