Jack Klugman Biography (1922?-)

Born April 27, 1922 (some sources cite 1925), in Philadelphia, PA; son of Max(a house painter) and Rose (a hat maker) Klugman; married Brett Somers (an actress), 1966 (divorced, 1978); lived with Barbara Neugass, 1974-92; children: David, Adam Somers (a writer and director). Addresses: Contact: S. Klein Associates, 20300 Ventura Blvd., Suite 215, Woodland Hills, CA 91364-2497.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: April 27, 1922?; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Jim Hanson, The Greatest Gift, NBC, 1954
Alan Harris, Harris against the World (also known as 95 BristolCourt: Harris against the World), NBC, 1964-1965
Oscar Trevor Madison, The Odd Couple, ABC, 1970-1975
Title role, Quincy (also known as Quincy, M.E.), NBC, 1976-1983
Henry Willows, You Again?, NBC, 1986-1987
Movies
Ben Welcome, Fame Is the Name of the Game, NBC, 1966
Burnett J. Emerson, Poor Devil, ABC, 1973
Sheriff Tremaine, The Underground Man, NBC, 1974
Inspector Murray Levine, One of My Wives Is Missing, ABC, 1976
Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple: Together Again (also known as The Odd Couple: One More Time), CBS, 1993
Senator Robert Ferguson, Parallel Lives, Showtime, 1994
Mr. Stein, The Twilight of the Golds, Showtime, 1996
Specials
Gangster, "Kiss Me Kate," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1958
The Million Dollar Incident, CBS, 1961
The Shape of Things, CBS, 1973
Circus of the Stars #2, CBS, 1977
Lucy Moves to NBC, NBC, 1980
Famous Lives, 1983
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration, NBC, 1986
"Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne," Great Performances, PBS, 1987
Packy Rowe, Packy, syndicated, 1987
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years, NBC, 1993
Presenter, The 48th Annual Tony Awards, 1994
Max, Shining Time Station Family Special: Second Chances, PBS, 1995
Interviewee, "Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval," American Masters, PBS, 1995
Episodic
Rocky King, Inside Detective, The DuMont Network, 1954
"Good for You," United States Steel Hour, ABC, 1954
"Two," United States Steel Hour, ABC, 1954
"Presento," United States Steel Hour, ABC, 1954
"The Missing Men," Studio One, CBS, 1955
"The Petrified Forest," Producers Showcase, NBC, 1955
"Comic Book Murder," Big Town, NBC, 1955
"Case of the Betrayed Artist," Treasury Men in Action, ABC, 1955
"A Terrible Day," Studio One, CBS, 1955
"Two Times Two," Kraft Theatre, NBC, 1955
"The Pirate's House," Appointment with Adventure, CBS, 1955
"The Expendable House," Goodyear Playhouse, NBC, 1955
"Number Four with Flowers," Kraft Theatre, NBC, 1955
"Saturday Visit," Armstrong Circle Theatre, NBC, 1955
"The Mechanical Heart," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1955
"Rise Up and Walk," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1956
"The Third Ear," Armstrong Circle Theatre, NBC, 1956
"Funny Heart," United States Steel Hour, CBS, 1956
"The Ninth Hour," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1956
"Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper," Alcoa Hour, NBC, 1957
George Benedict, "The Mail Order Prophet," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1957
"Diary for Death," Suspicion, NBC, 1957
"The Thundering Wave," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1957
"The Dark Stairway," Suspicion, NBC, 1957
"Death Comes in a Small Package: File Number 37," The Walter WinchellFile, ABC, 1958
Earl Ticks, "Buffalo Man," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1958
"The Lonely Stage," Studio One, CBS, 1958
"Protege," Suspicion, NBC, 1958
"Young and Scared," General Electric Theatre, CBS, 1958
The Investigator, NBC, 1958
"The Man Who Asked for a Funeral," Studio One, CBS, 1958
"Night Cry," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1958
"The Time of Your Life," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1958
"The Velvet Alley," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1959
"The Shield," Naked City, ABC, 1959
"One Loud Clear Voice," Sunday Showcase, NBC, 1960
Joey Crown, "A Passage for Trumpet," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1960

"The Well-Dressed Termite" Naked City, ABC, 1961
Gramaglia, "Quality of Mercy," The Defenders, CBS, 1961
Dutch Kleberg, "Pier 60," Target: The Corruptors, ABC, 1961
Jesse Cardiff, "A Game of Pool," The Twilight Zone, ABC, 1961
"Die Laughing," Straightaway, ABC, 1961
"The Tragic Success of Alfred Tiloff," Naked City, ABC, 1961
Morton Halas, "Loophole," The Untouchables, ABC, 1961
"The Search," The Defenders, CBS, 1962
Greg Paulson, "Chase the Dragon," Target: The Corruptors, ABC, 1962
Dr. Philip Walton, "Give My Hands an Epitaph," Ben Casey, ABC, 1962
"Let Me Die before I Wake," Naked City, ABC, 1962
"All the Dead Faces," The New Breed, ABC, 1962
"Woman of Leisure," Cain's Hundred, NBC, 1962
"King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Table," Naked City,ABC, 1962
Ross, "Death Ship," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1963
Solly Girsch, "An Eye for an Eye," The Untouchables, ABC, 1963
"Stop the Parade, A Baby Is Crying!" Naked City, ABC, 1963
Max Phillips, "In Praise of Pip," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1963
"The Quality of Justice," Arrest and Trial, ABC, 1963
Buck Harmon, "Terror at High Point," The Fugitive, ABC, 1963
"The Prisoner," Insight, syndicated, 1964
Charles Mayhew, "Roar from the Mountain," The Virginian, NBC, 1964
Joseph Larch, "Blacklist," The Defenders, CBS, 1964
"The Night Rider," The Great Adventure, CBS, 1964
"The Threatening Eye," Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC, 1964
"A Crash of Symbols," Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre, NBC, 1964
Gus Hendricks, "Everybody Gets Hit in the Mouth Sometime," The Fugitive, ABC, 1965
"Won't It Ever Be Morning?" Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC, 1965
"A Slave Is on the Throne," Ben Casey, ABC, 1965
"Image in a Cracked Mirror," The F.B.I., ABC, 1965
"A Time of Flight," Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre, NBC, 1966
Gus Manners, "Banker's Hours," Garrison's Gorillas, ABC, 1967
"Swingers Only," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1969
Edward Hanrahan, "The Runner," Then Came Bronson, NBC, 1969
"Blind Man's Bluff," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1969
"The Diamond Millstone," The F.B.I., ABC, 1970
Leland Rogers, "Dark Is the Rainbow, Loud Is the Silence," The Bold Ones (also known as The Bold Ones: The New Doctors), NBC, 1970
"The Time Is Now," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1970
"Love and the Big Game," Love, American Style, ABC, 1971
"The Rebirth of Packy Rowe," Insight, syndicated, 1978
"There'll Be Some Changes Made: Parts 1 & 2," The Love Boat, ABC, 1985
Family Edition, The Family Channel, 1992
Dr. Jeff Everden, "Physician, Murder Thyself," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1996
Detective Harry Trumble, "Voices Carry," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1999
Jack, "An Odd Couple of Days," Brother's Keeper, ABC, 1999
Joe Walker, "Glitch," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 2000
Stan, "Run of the Mill," Third Watch, NBC, 2000
Appeared as Blinky Madison in "Our Fathers," an episode of The Odd Couple, ABC; also appeared in episodes of Captain Video, Dumont/syndicated, Hollywood Screen Test, and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.
Miniseries
Captain Bunsby, Around the World in 80 Days, NBC, 1989
Television Director
Episodic
Directed episodes of Quincy (also known as Quincy, M.E.), NBC.
Film Appearances
Apache Gold (also known as Grubstake), 1952
Frankie Page, Timetable, United Artists, 1956
Fifth juror, Twelve Angry Men, United Artists, 1957
Vince, a thug, Cry Terror!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
The Scarface Mob, Cari, 1962
Jim Hungerford, Days of Wine and Roses, Warner Bros., 1963
Joe Hyman, Act One, Warner Bros., 1963
George Kogan, I Could Go on Singing, United Artists, 1963
Lieutenant Bonner, The Yellow Canary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
Phil, Hail, Mafia (also known as Da New York: La mafia uccide and Je vous salue mafia), Goldstone, 1965
Dave Schoenstein, The Detective, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
Harry Kifka, The Split, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Ben Patimkin, Goodbye, Columbus, Paramount, 1969
Barney, Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow? (also known as Barney), Transvue, 1971
Stu Sandman, Two Minute Warning, Universal, 1976
Jemi, Dear God, Paramount, 1996
Stage Appearances
(New York debut) Stevedore, Equity Library Theatre, 1949
Saint Joan, New York City production, 1949
Bury the Dead, New York City production, 1950
(Broadway debut) Frank Bonaparte, Golden Boy, American National Theatre and Academy Theatre, New York City, 1952
Citizen/Volscian Servant, Coriolanus, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1954
Carmen, A Very Special Baby, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1956
Herbie, Gypsy, Broadway production, 1959
Caesario Grimaldi, Tchin-Tchin, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1963
(London debut) Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple, Queen's Theatre, 1966
Horse Johnson, The Sudden and Accidental Re-Education of Horse Johnson, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1968
Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple, Maddox Hall, Atlanta, GA, 1972, then Houston, TX, 1973, later Plymouth Theatre, 1977, and in Melbourne, Australia, 1984
Lyndon B. Johnson, Lyndon (solo show), John F. Kennedy Center forthe Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1984
Nat, I'm Not Rapaport, Broadway production, 1987
Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple, Belasco Theatre, 1991
Patsy, Three Men on a Horse, National Actors Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1993
Willie Clark, The Sunshine Boys, National Actors Theatre, CoconutGrove Playhouse, Miami, FL, then Lyceum Theatre, both 1997
Willy Loman, Death of a Salesman, Falcon Theatre, Burbank, CA, 1998
Major Tours
Dowdy (later as Doc), Mister Roberts, U.S. cities, 1950-1951
Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple, U.S. cities, 1974, and U.S. and Canadian cities, 1975
Lyndon B. Johnson, Lyndon (solo show), East Coast cities, 1984
Also toured in Tribute, California cities.
Stage Director
Asphalt, Los Angeles, 1995
RECORDINGS
Videos
Don Rickles: Buy This Tape You Hockey Puck, 1975
WRITINGS
Television Episodes
Wrote scripts for Quincy (also known as Quincy, M.E.), NBC.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Daily News (New York), September 26, 1976
New York Newsday, May 22, 1977, p. 3
New York Times, July 17, 1987; April 23, 1993
TV Guide, February 6, 1971, p. 26; June 28, 1986, p. 16; January 8, 2000, p. 8
Washington Post, July 9, 1978

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