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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Jack Klugman (1922 - ) Actor Born: April 27, 1922, Philadelphia, PA Education: Carnegie Institute of Technology, PA; American Theatre Wing Slouchy, gravel-voiced character player of stage, TV, and the occasional film, became a beloved TV star as the amiable but supremely sloppy Oscar Madison on the long-running TV version of The Odd Couple (ABC, 1970-75). Prior to that triumph—which netted him the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1971 and 1973—Klugman had made a name for himself on the New York stage and several major TV shows of the 1950s and 60s. Very much a New Yorker, he fit right into such quintessential 50s NY movies as Sidney Lumet's DOCE HOMBRES EN PUGNA (1957) and CRY TERROR (1958). Klugman's other feature credits include Blake Edwards' DIAS DE VINO Y ROSAS (1962) and THE DETECTIVE (1968). Klugman's expressive mug was perfectly suited to the small screen. He appeared on such memorable series as Studio One, Captain Video and His Video Rangers y The U.S. Steel Hour. His sympathetic Everyman quality made him a compelling protagonist in tense episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presenta y The Twilight Zone. Klugman delivered an Emmy award-winning performance in a guest spot on The Defenders in the classic Blacklist (1962) episode. Despite his previous successes, he seemed born to play Oscar Madison opposite Tony Randall's equally indelible Felix Unger. Though Oscar's sloppiness was every bit as pathological as his roomie's neatness, Klugman's down-to-earth persona made his character more endearing. Klugman remained a major TV figure with his follow-up series, Quincy, M.E. (NBC, 1976-83). A dramatic change of pace, the series featured him as a rather grave but crusading coroner who invariably became personally involved in investigating crimes. The initial two-hour movie Fight City Hall...To the Death! set the tone for the subsequent series of TV movies and episodes. Klugman's next series, You Again?, was a short-lived sitcom about a father whose quiet solitary life is disrupted by the arrival of his estranged teenage son (John Stamos). Throughout his long, busy career, Klugman was a regular face on TV in specials, movies, sitcoms and pilots. He also returned to the stage periodically, often in touring and stock productions of Neil Simon's original play, The Odd Couple. His other theatrical credits include Saint Joan, Mister Roberts, I'm Not Rappaport and the original Broadway production of Gypsy. He has slowed down in his later years while battling throat cancer, but he returned to TV for THE ODD COUPLE: TOGETHER AGAIN, a 1993 CBS TV movie. J
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