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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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John Romano to Waldo Salt
Joseph Ruskin Biography (1925-)
Born February 24, 1925, in PA; married Patricia Herd (an actress), 1959 (divorced, 1976).
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- February 24, 1925
- Pennsylvania, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Matt Moran, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, Warner Bros., 1960
- Shad, Hell Bent for Leather, Universal-International, 1960
- Voice of the Horla, Diary of a Madman, United Artists, 1963
- Twitch, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Warner Bros., 1964
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Bogard, 1975
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The Black Street Fighter, 1976
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The Gypsy Warriors, 1978
- Malcolm, The Sword and the Sorcerer, Group 1 Film Distributors, 1982
- Hassan Khaffri, The Man Who Wasn't There, Paramount, 1983
- Marxie Heller, Prizzi's Honor, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
- Fusco, The Longshot, Orion Pictures, 1986
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Saturday the 14th Strikes Back, 1988
- Pit boss, Indecent Proposal, Paramount, 1993
- Drexal, Firepower, PM Entertainment Group, 1993
- Abe, Deadly Exposure, Kushner-Locke International, 1993
- J. Craig Rounds, CyberTracker, PM Entertainment Group, 1994
- Manny Kohen, The Criminal Mind, Columbia TriStar, 1996
- Third Son'a officer, Star Trek: Insurrection (also known as Star Trek 9), Paramount, 1998
- Dr. Irwin Burns, King Cobra (also known as Anaconda 2), Trimark Pictures, 1999
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The Streetsweeper, Hillcrest Entertainment, 2000
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Television Appearances
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Episodic
- "Count" Baker, "Baker's Dozen," Naked City, ABC, 1959
- "Bookie," Richard Diamond, Private Detective, CBS, 1959
- "Reckless," Wanted: Dead or Alive, CBS, 1959
- Fred Metcalf, "Mexican Stake-out," The Untouchables, ABC, 1959
- "Martial Law," Colt.45, ABC, 1960
- Genie, "The Man in the Bottle," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1960
- "By the Deep Six," Stagecoach West, ABC, 1960
- Happy Levinsky, "The Masterpiece," The Untouchables, ABC, 1961
- "The Crisis," Two Faces West, 1961
- Alexander Stavro, "The Seventh Vote," The Untouchables, ABC, 1961
- Alexander Rader, "Tunnel of Horrors," The Untouchables, ABC, 1961
- Judge, "The Gallows," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1962
- Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, "The Maggie Storm Story," The Untouchables, ABC, 1962
- "Feud at Snake River," The Dakotas, ABC, 1963
- Nobleman, "Ed Discovers America," Mister Ed, CBS, 1963
- Collins, "Production and Decay of Strange Particles," The Outer Limits, ABC, 1964
- Inspector Falazir, "The Magnus Beam," Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, ABC, 1964
- Ehrlich, "Now You See Him, Now You Don't," Get Smart, NBC, 1965
- Viper Black, "The Night of the Fatal Trap (aka Oh, What a Tangled Web WeWeave)," The Wild, Wild West, CBS, 1965
- Jason Sutro, "The Her Master's Voice Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1966
- Colonel Jovann Scutari, "Old Man Out: Parts 1 & 2," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1966
- Sardis, "Revenge of the Gods," The Time Tunnel, ABC, 1966
- Curt Hanson, "Stage Stop," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1966
- King Ibn Borca, "The Slave: Part 1," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1967
- Felice Munez, "The Night of the Falcon," The Wild, Wild West, CBS,1967
- Galt, "The Gamesters of Triskelion," Star Trek, NBC, 1968
- Ambassador Korlik of the Slobtoni Embassy, "Lucy's Impossible Mission," Here's Lucy, CBS, 1968
- Carlos, "Terror-go-round," Land of the Giants, ABC, 1968
- Ainsworth Pardee, "Lady Fair," The High Chaparral, NBC, 1969
- Colonel Hatafis, "The Brothers," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1969
- Major Strauss, "The Gestapo Takeover," Hogan's Heroes, CBS, 1970
- Fanatic, "The Messiah on Mott Street," Night Gallery, NBC, 1971
- President Chambers, "The Million Dollar Misunderstanding," Cool Million, NBC, 1972
- Khalid, "The Puppet," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1972
- Dako, "The Tyrant," Planet of the Apes, CBS, 1974
- Koslo, "The Killing Kind," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1976
- Hassan, "Jaime and the King," The Bionic Woman, ABC, 1977
- Rodell, "Satan's Witches," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1978
- "Scorpion's Sting," The Hardy Boys Mysteries, ABC, 1978
- Dr. Mason, "Bear Bondage," B. J. and the Bear, NBC, 1980
- Danny Barr, "Mr. Galaxy," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1981
- Bubba, "Knight of the Drones: Parts 1 & 2," Knight Rider, NBC,1984
- Torriello, "You're in Alice's," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1985
- "Remembrance of Things Past," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1985
- King, "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves," The Wizard, CBS, 1987
- Ivanov, "J. B. As in Jailbird," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1988
- "Badfellas," L.A. Law, NBC, 1991
- Tumek, "The House of Quark," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, syndicated, 1994
- Gul Rusol, "Improbable Cause: Part 1 of the Arc," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, syndicated, 1995
- Voice of Lewald, "The Neogenic Nightmare, Part 4: Mutant Agenda," Spider- Man, Fox, 1995
- Voice of Lewald, "Neogenic Nightmare, Part 5: Mutants' Revenge," Spider-Man, Fox, 1995
- Tumek, "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places," Star Trek: DeepSpace Nine, syndicated, 1996
- Voice of Lewald, "Neogenic Nightmare, Part 13: Shriek of the Vulture," Spider-Man, Fox, 1997
- Monsieur LeBeau, "Mother's Day," USA High, 1998
- Vulcan master, "Gravity," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 1999
- Mr. Kingsley, "Sticks and Stones," ER, NBC, 1999
- Dr. Kevorkian, "The First Lady's Persqueeter," That's My Bush!, Comedy Central, 2001
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Movies
- Lieutenant Reed, Dr. Scorpion, ABC, 1978
- Rudy Sandrini, Captain America, CBS, 1979
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Other
- Carl Horner, Banyon, 1971
- Cardinal Richelieu, Panache, 1976
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The Munsters' Revenge, 1981
- Don Santadio, The Last Don (miniseries; also known as Mario Puzo's The Last Don), CBS, 1997
- Suliban doctor, Enterprise: Broken Bow (pilot), UPN, 2001
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Television Work
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Series
- As Joe Ruskin, provided additional voices for the animated series TheSmurfs (also known as Smurfs' Adventures), NBC.
Further Reference
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