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.
Movie | The Replacements | Edward O'Neil | 2000-08-11 |
Series | Norm | Unknown | 1999-03-24 |
Movie | A Dog of Flanders | Jehan | 1999-08-07 |
Movie | Chairman of the Board | Armand McMillan | 1998-03-13 |
Movie | Dirty Work | Pops | 1998-06-12 |
Movie | Bulworth | Eddie Davers | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | The Island on Bird Street | Boruch | 1997-04-11 |
Movie | Ed | Chubb | 1996-03-15 |
Series | Ink | Timothy Logan | 1996-10-21 |
Movie | Problem Child 3 | Big Ben | 1995-05-13 |
Movie | While You Were Sleeping | Saul | 1995-04-21 |
Movie | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Joe Heff | 1995-12-01 |
Movie | Mighty Aphrodite | Tiresias | 1995-09-13 |
Movie | Bullets Over Broadway | Julian Marx | 1994-10-14 |
Movie | La Classe américaine | A Journalist (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
Movie | Guilty as Sin | Moe | 1993-06-04 |
Movie | Passed Away | Jack Scanlan | 1992-04-24 |
Movie | Night and the City | Al Grossman | 1992-10-11 |
Movie | Toys | Old General Zevo | 1992-12-18 |
Movie | Problem Child 2 | Big Ben Healy | 1991-07-03 |
Movie | Problem Child | Big Ben | 1990-07-27 |
Movie | Everybody Wins | Judge Harry Murdoch | 1990-01-19 |
Movie | Judgment | Claude Fortier | 1990-10-13 |
Series | Knight & Daye | Hank Knight | 1989-07-08 |
Movie | The Presidio | Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure | 1988-06-10 |
Movie | Dead Solid Perfect | Hubert 'Bad Hair' Wimberly | 1988-12-18 |
Movie | Still Crazy Like a Fox | Harry Fox | 1987-04-05 |
Movie | September | Lloyd | 1987-12-18 |
Movie | The Three Kings | David | 1987-12-17 |
Movie | The Cosmic Eye | Rocko (voice) | 1986-06-06 |
Movie | The Aviator | Moravia | 1985-03-01 |
Series | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Joseph Kennedy Sr. | 1985-01-27 |
Series | A.D. | Nerva | 1985-03-31 |
Series | Alice in Wonderland | 1985-12-09 | |
Movie | Crackers | Garvey | 1984-02-17 |
Movie | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | Mark Twain | 1984-04-23 |
Series | Crazy like a Fox | Harry Fox | 1984-12-30 |
Movie | Hobson's Choice | Henry Horatio Hobson | 1983-12-21 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Movie | The Verdict | Mickey Morrissey | 1982-12-08 |
Movie | The Great Muppet Caper | Mike Tarkenian | 1981-06-26 |
Movie | Carbon Copy | Nelson Longhurst | 1981-08-06 |
Movie | So Fine | Jack | 1981-09-25 |
Movie | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | The Commander | 1981-08-28 |
Movie | Used Cars | Roy L. Fuchs / Luke Fuchs | 1980-07-11 |
Movie | A Private Battle | Cornelius Ryan | 1980-10-07 |
Movie | Dreamer | Harry | 1979-04-27 |
Series | The Bad News Bears | Morris Buttermaker | 1979-03-24 |
Movie | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Harold Meredith | 1979-05-18 |
Movie | The Champ | Jackie | 1979-07-10 |
Movie | Topper | Cosmo Topper | 1979-11-09 |
Movie | ...And Justice for All | Judge Francis Rayford | 1979-10-19 |
Movie | Being There | President 'Bobby' | 1979-12-19 |
Movie | Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | Doctor Ludwig Bessner (archive footage) | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | Death on the Nile | Ludwig Bessner | 1978-09-29 |
Movie | Heaven Can Wait | Max Corkle | 1978-06-28 |
Movie | The White Buffalo | Charlie Zane | 1977-05-01 |
Series | Jigsaw John | John St. John | 1976-02-02 |
Movie | All the President's Men | Harry Rosenfeld | 1976-04-09 |
Movie | Raid on Entebbe | Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur | 1976-12-26 |
Movie | Shampoo | Lester Karpf | 1975-02-11 |
Movie | They Only Come Out at Night | John "Jigsaw" St. John | 1975-04-29 |
Movie | Billy Two Hats | Sheriff Henry Gifford | 1974-03-07 |
Movie | The Godchild | Sgt. Dobbs | 1974-11-27 |
Movie | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Max | 1974-04-11 |
Movie | The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | Dawes | 1973-06-28 |
Movie | Man On A String | Jake Moniker | 1972-02-18 |
Movie | Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Capt. Patrick Lonergan | 1972-10-11 |
Movie | Summertree | Herb | 1971-06-06 |
Movie | A Memory of Two Mondays | Gus | 1971-01-28 |
Movie | The Sporting Club | Earl Olive | 1971-02-28 |
Movie | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | Dr. Solomon F. Moses | 1971-06-15 |
Movie | What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | Lt. Joe Burton | 1971-12-18 |
Movie | Brian's Song | Coach Halas | 1971-11-30 |
Movie | The Face of Fear | Lieutenant George Coy | 1971-10-08 |
Movie | Bye Bye Braverman | Barnet Weinstein | 1968-02-21 |
Series | N.Y.P.D. | 1967-09-05 | |
Movie | Blindfold | General George Pratt | 1966-05-23 |
Series | The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Simon Butcher | 1965-09-19 |
Movie | The Thin Red Line | First Sgt. Welsh | 1964-05-02 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Series | Slattery's People | Unknown | 1964-09-21 |
Movie | Donovan's Reef | William Dedham | 1963-06-12 |
Series | Breaking Point | Unknown | 1963-09-16 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
Movie | Escape from Zahrain | Huston | 1962-05-23 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Movie | Flashing Spikes | Comissioner | 1962-10-04 |
Series | Going My Way | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Series | The Asphalt Jungle | 1961-04-02 | |
Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
Movie | The Lawbreakers | Matthew Gower | 1961-08-15 |
Series | Bus Stop | Unknown | 1961-10-01 |
Series | Alcoa Premiere | Unknown | 1961-10-10 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Movie | Wake Me When It's Over | Captain Dave 'Doc' Farrington | 1960-06-10 |
Series | Checkmate | Unknown | 1960-09-17 |
Series | Stagecoach West | Unknown | 1960-10-04 |
Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Movie | That Kind of Woman | George Kelly | 1959-09-11 |
Movie | The Sound and the Fury | Ben Compson | 1959-03-27 |
Series | Five Fingers | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | James A. Corry | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Run Silent, Run Deep | Yeoman 1st Class Mueller | 1958-03-27 |
Movie | Darby's Rangers | Saul Rosen / Narrator | 1958-02-12 |
Movie | Nightmare at Ground Zero | Long | 1958-05-15 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
Movie | Edge of the City | Charles Malik | 1957-01-04 |
Movie | The Bachelor Party | The Bachelor [Eddie Watkins] | 1957-04-09 |
Series | Suspicion | Unknown | 1957-09-30 |
Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 7 | 1957-04-10 |
Movie | Tragedy in a Temporary Town | Frank Doran | 1956-02-19 |
Series | The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | Unknown | 1956-07-03 |
Series | Norby | Bobo | 1955-01-05 |
Series | The Alcoa Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-16 |
Series | Justice | Unknown | 1954-04-08 |
Series | Inner Sanctum | Unknown | 1954-01-09 |
Series | Center Stage | Unknown | 1954-06-01 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Series | Producers' Showcase | Unknown | 1954-10-18 |
Series | The Man Behind the Badge | Unknown | 1953-10-11 |
Movie | From Here to Eternity | Cpl. Buckley | 1953-08-28 |
Series | The United States Steel Hour | Unknown | 1953-10-27 |
Series | The Campbell Playhouse | Unknown | 1952-06-06 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | You're in the Navy Now | Tommy Morse | 1951-02-23 |
Movie | The Frogmen | Crew Member | 1951-01-25 |
Movie | The Man with My Face | Walt Davis | 1951-06-14 |
Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | The Asphalt Jungle | Man (uncredited) | 1950-05-12 |
Movie | Sunset Boulevard | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1950-08-10 |
Series | Danger | Unknown | 1950-09-26 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |