Jack Kruschen

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Jacob Kruschen (March 20, 1922 – April 2, 2002) was a Jewish character actor who worked primarily in American film, television and radio. Kruschen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Dr. Dreyfuss in the 1960 comedy-drama The Apartment.

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Known For

The Apartment

Dr. Dreyfuss

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Mr. Melville

Full House

Iorgos

The A-Team

Bernie Shatzman

Little House on the Prairie

Self

Columbo

Tomlin Dudek

The War of the Worlds

Salvatore

Cape Fear

Attorney Dave Grafton

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2010	Alice in Wonderland MOVIE	(voice) (archive footage)
1997	'Til There Was You MOVIE	Mr. Katz
1994	Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is MOVIE	Mayor Walter Trout
1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TV	Captain Keene
1993	Living Single TV	Mort
1993	The American Clock MOVIE	Self
1992	Love & War TV	Self
1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV	Mr. Melville
1990	Penny Ante: The Motion Picture MOVIE	Isadore Perlman
1987	Full House TV	Iorgos
1987	She's the Sheriff TV	George Bloomgarden
1986	Matlock TV	Judge Ogilvie / Bus Repairman
1985	Deadly Intentions MOVIE	Alex Livanos
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Dr. John Logan
1984	E/R TV	Self
1984	Dark Mirror MOVIE	Smithson
1983	Zorro and Son TV	Self
1983	The A-Team TV	Bernie Shatzman
1983	Money to Burn MOVIE	Pops
1982	The New Odd Couple TV	Judge
1982	Tucker's Witch TV	Self
1982	Remington Steele TV	Buddy Brokaw
1982	Matt Houston TV	Self
1982	Silver Spoons TV	Judge Harold S. Nutterman
1982	Hotel TV	Self
1981	Legend of the Wild MOVIE	Frost-bite Foley
1981	Under the Rainbow MOVIE	Louie
1981	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn MOVIE	Judge Thatcher
1981	Hill Street Blues TV	Self
1980	Magnum, P.I. TV	Doheny's partner & speaker at the retirement
1979	Trapper John, M.D. TV	Self
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Self
1979	Sunburn MOVIE	Gela
1978	The Time Machine MOVIE	John Bedford
1978	Vega$ TV	Self
1978	WKRP in Cincinnati TV	Self
1977	The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race MOVIE	Jim Bridger
1977	The Incredible Hulk TV	Norman Abrams
1977	CHiPs TV	Frank Higgins
1977	Satan's Cheerleaders MOVIE	Billy the Janitor
1977	Grizzly Adams TV	Metcalf
1977	Grizzly Adams TV	Frost-bite Foley
1977	Busting Loose TV	Self
1977	The November Plan MOVIE	Harry Kahn
1976	Guardian of the Wilderness MOVIE	Madden
1976	Alice TV	Self
1976	City of Angels TV	Self
1976	The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper MOVIE	Abner Denby
1975	Ellery Queen TV	Gunther Starr
1975	Switch TV	Damon Alexander
1975	Bronk TV	Self
1975	Nick and Nora MOVIE	Sergeant Steinmetz
1975	Barney Miller TV	Julius Wittenour
1975	Barney Miller TV	Rudolph Kamen
1975	Barney Miller TV	Benjamin Diamond
1975	The Log of the Black Pearl MOVIE	Jocko Roper
1974	Freebie and the Bean MOVIE	Red Meyers
1974	The Rockford Files TV	John Koenig
1974	Movin' On TV	Self
1974	Little House on the Prairie TV	Self
1972	Assignment: Vienna TV	Orloff
1972	Deadly Harvest MOVIE	Vartamian
1972	Emergency! MOVIE	Sen. Mike Wolski
1971	Columbo TV	Tomlin Dudek
1971	The Million Dollar Duck MOVIE	Doctor Gottlieb
1970	McCloud TV	Self
1970	Nanny and the Professor TV	Self
1969	Love, American Style TV	Doctor Deets
1969	Medical Center TV	Self
1969	Istanbul Express MOVIE	Capt. Granicek
1968	Hawaii Five-O TV	Blumberg
1967	He & She TV	Captain Pappas
1967	The Happening MOVIE	Inspector
1967	Caprice MOVIE	Matthew Cutter
1967	Ironside TV	Willie Busch
1966	Batman TV	Eivol Ekdal
1965	The John Forsythe Show TV	Self
1965	Harlow MOVIE	L.B. Mayer
1965	Dear Brigitte MOVIE	Doctor Volker
1964	Daniel Boone TV	Herman
1964	The Unsinkable Molly Brown MOVIE	Christmas Morgan
1963	McLintock! MOVIE	Jake Birnbaum
1962	Convicts 4 MOVIE	Resko's Father
1962	Cape Fear MOVIE	Attorney Dave Grafton
1962	Follow That Dream MOVIE	Carmine
1961	Lover Come Back MOVIE	Doctor Linus Tyler
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1961	Cain's Hundred TV	Bill Ziegler
1961	The Ladies Man MOVIE	Graduation Emcee Professor
1961	Kraft Mystery Theatre TV	Self
1961	Mister Ed TV	Self
1960	Where the Boys Are MOVIE	Max (uncredited)
1960	Harrigan and Son TV	Self
1960	Route 66 TV	Self
1960	The Westerner TV	Rigdon
1960	Seven Ways from Sundown MOVIE	Beeker
1960	The Bellboy MOVIE	Jack E Mulcher (uncredited)
1960	The Apartment MOVIE	Dr. Dreyfuss
1960	Hong Kong TV	Self
1960	The Last Voyage MOVIE	Chief Engineer Pringle
1960	The Gazebo MOVIE	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1959	The Angry Red Planet MOVIE	CWO Sam Jacobs
1959	The Detectives TV	Self
1959	The Man Who Understood Women MOVIE	Mickey (uncredited)
1959	Law of the Plainsman TV	Dr. Pearson
1959	Bonanza TV	Giorgio Rossi
1959	Tightrope TV	Self
1959	The Lawless Years TV	Self
1959	Black Saddle TV	Ben Winkleman
1958	The Decks Ran Red MOVIE	Alex Cole
1958	Bat Masterson TV	Ben Tarko
1958	Bat Masterson TV	Patch Finley
1958	Behind Closed Doors TV	Ruchef
1958	Naked City TV	Dean Fairland
1958	The Rifleman TV	Self
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Sheriff Pig Wells
1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive TV	Hunt Willis
1958	Fraulein MOVIE	Sgt. Grischa
1958	Cry Terror! MOVIE	Agent Charles Pope
1957	Zorro TV	Self
1957	Trackdown TV	Self
1957	Sugarfoot TV	Sam Bolt
1957	Reform School Girl MOVIE	Mr. Horvath
1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV	Max Schilling
1957	Badlands of Montana MOVIE	Cavalry Sergeant
1956	Julie MOVIE	Det. Mace
1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie TV	Self
1956	Outside the Law MOVIE	Agent Pill Schwartz
1956	Telephone Time TV	Self
1956	The Steel Jungle MOVIE	Truckdriver Helper
1956	The Count of Monte Cristo TV	Self
1956	The Benny Goodman Story MOVIE	'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr.
1955	Screen Director's Playhouse TV	Ernie
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Jed
1955	The Night Holds Terror MOVIE	Detective Pope
1955	Soldier of Fortune MOVIE	Austin Stoker
1955	Dial Red O MOVIE	Lloyd Lavalle
1955	Carolina Cannonball MOVIE	Hogar
1955	The Millionaire TV	Mike Sharkey
1954	Untamed Heiress MOVIE	Louie
1954	Tennessee Champ MOVIE	Andrews
1954	The Long, Long Trailer MOVIE	Mechanic (uncredited)
1954	The Great Diamond Robbery MOVIE	Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
1954	It Should Happen to You MOVIE	Joe (uncredited)
1953	Money from Home MOVIE	Short Boy
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Charlie
1953	A Blueprint for Murder MOVIE	Harold Y. Cole
1953	Abbott and Costello Go to Mars MOVIE	Harry
1953	The War of the Worlds MOVIE	Salvatore
1952	Terry and the Pirates TV	Self
1952	Your Jeweler's Showcase TV	The Whale
1952	Tropical Heat Wave MOVIE	Stickey Langley
1952	Adventures of Superman TV	First Airport Robber
1952	Confidence Girl MOVIE	Detective Sergeant Quinn
1951	Dragnet TV	Self
1951	The People Against O'Hara MOVIE	Uniformed Detective (uncredited)
1951	The Lemon Drop Kid MOVIE	Muscleman (uncredited)
1950	Gambling House MOVIE	Italian Immigrant (uncredited)
1950	Where Danger Lives MOVIE	Cosey - Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour TV	Self
1950	No Way Out MOVIE	(uncredited)
1950	Women from Headquarters MOVIE	Sam
1949	Red, Hot and Blue MOVIE	Steve

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