
Jack Warden
0 FOLLOWERS • 56 CREDITS • SEP 18, 1920 - JUL 19, 2006 • 85
Biography
Jack 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.
Known For

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Virginian

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Twilight Zone

Dr. Kildare

The Philco Television Playhouse

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

Bonanza

Route 66

Studio One

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

This Is Your Life

Climax!

Outlaws

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

The Fugitive

Danger

Checkmate

The Alcoa Hour

Producers' Showcase

The Man Behind the Badge

Justice

The Kaiser Aluminum Hour

Five Fingers

Suspicion

Sunset Boulevard

A.D.

Alice in Wonderland

The Replacements

Problem Child 3

12 Angry Men

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

Donovan's Reef

Toys

September

Robert Kennedy & His Times

While You Were Sleeping

The Presidio

Heaven Can Wait

Escape from Zahrain

That Kind of Woman

Dead Solid Perfect

All the President's Men

Dirty Work

Judgment

Problem Child 2

The Cosmic Eye

...And Justice for All

Problem Child

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Bad News Bears

Jigsaw John

Knight & Daye

Crazy like a Fox

Norby
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