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Jack Klugman
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The fact that Jack Klugman is eighty-five years old and Paul Dooley is seventy-nine adds to the believability and pathos of their portrayals. Klugman performs with a verve and fire that belie his years. As a result of his laryngectomy, now and then, you may miss hearing a word or two. Of greater consequence is the fact that Klugman's comic timing is superb as he plows forward with undiminished brio and confidence. Dooley is slyly mischievous as he employs a cat that ate the canary expression. Michael Mastro is excellent as Ben Silverman, especially so when it comes time for Ben to display the depth of his affection for his Uncle Willie.
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While the poor choice of long term tobacco use lead to his physical difficulties, Jack Klugman is a role model in many other ways. Overcoming a difficult, poor childhood, striving to succeed when others tell you that you will fail, and battling back against a killer like cancer, all put him in a league of his own.
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Long before Oscar Madison and Quincy, Jack Klugman had an important role in a little film that made big waves: 12 Angry Men. This month, the veteran actor hosts the film when he visits TCM Nov. 12 as part of its ongoing Guest Programmer series... introducing a range of films that he cites as being vastly important to the development of his art: City for Conquest, None but the Lonely Heart and the controversial Inherit the Wind.
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From All Movie Guide: Commenting on his notorious on-set irascibility in 1977, Jack Klugman replied that he was merely "taking Peter Falk lessons from Robert Blake," invoking the names of two other allegedly hard-to-please TV stars. Klugman grew up in Philadelphia, and after taking in a 1939 performance by New York's Group Theatre, Klugman decided that an actor's life was right up his alley. He majored in drama at Carnegie Tech and studied acting at the American Theatre Wing before making his (non-salaried) 1949 stage-debut at the Equity Library Theater. While sharing a New York flat with fellow hopeful Charles Bronson, Klugman took several "grub" jobs to survive, at one point selling his blood for $85 a pint. During television's so-called Golden Age, Klugman appeared in as many as 400 TV shows. He made his film debut in 1956, and three years later co-starred with Ethel Merman in the original Broadway production of Gypsy.
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Jack Klugman has married just a year after his first wife died. The "Quincy, M.E." star tied the knot with his partner of 20 years, Peggy Crosby, at the Little Brown Church in Studio City, CA on Saturday, Feb. via CANOE
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Jack Klugman was born the youngest of 6 kids in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his stage debut in New York City in the play "Saint Joan." Jack performed on several t.v. shows in the 1950s, particularly anthology series such as "The U.S. Steel Hour" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." He appeared on "The Twilight Zone" four times, tying with Burgess Meredith for the most appearances on the show. In 1964, he won an Emmy for his appearance on the show "The Defenders."
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