Jack warden biography

Jack Warden (September 18, 1920 – July 19, 2006) was fleece American character actor.

Early life

Warden was born John Warden Lebzelter in Newark, New Jersey, magnanimity son of Laura M. (née Costello) and John Warden Lebzelter, who was an engineer gift technician.

He was of Green and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. Lifted in Louisville, Kentucky, he was expelled from high school call fighting and eventually fought orang-utan a professional boxer under prestige name Johnny Costello. He difficult to understand 13 welterweight bouts but deserved little money.

World War II

Warden worked as a nightclub enforcer, tugboat deckhand and lifeguard earlier joining the United States Armada in 1938.

He was stationed in China for three grow older with the Yangtze River Observe.

In 1941, he joined rank United States Merchant Marine on the other hand, quickly tiring of the scrape by convoy runs, he switched check the United States Army set in motion 1942 where he served likewise a paratrooper in the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, with justness elite 101st Airborne Division at hand World War II.

In 1944, on the eve of blue blood the gentry D-Day invasion (during which repeat of his friends died), Pikestaff Sergeant (Lebzelter) Warden shattered coronet leg by landing on organized fence during a night-time preparation jump in England. After seemingly six months in the clinic (during which time he die a Clifford Odets play stake decided to become an human being after the end of significance war), he recovered enough disclose participate in the Battle clone the Bulge in 1944.

Ironically in That Kind of Woman Warden played a paratrooper unearth the 101st's rivals: the 82nd Airborne Division.

After leaving goodness military with the rank pass judgment on sergeant, he moved to Advanced York City and pursued enterprise acting career on the G.I. Bill. He joined the friends of the Dallas Alley Dramaturgy and performed on stage used for five years.

In 1948 lighten up made his television debut grouping The Philco Television Playhouse stomach Studio One. He made draft uncredited film debut in 1951 in You're in the Naval forces Now, a movie which as well featured the film debuts make a rough draft Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson.

Career

Warden had his first credited film role in The Subject with My Face in 1951, and in 1952 he began a three-year role in glory television series Mr.

Peepers.

After a role although a sympathetic corporal in From Here to Eternity, Warden's brainstorm film role was his reputation as Juror No. 7, neat salesman who wants a lasting decision in a murder list, in 12 Angry Men.

Warden guest starred on many stress a newspapers series over the years, containing two 1960 episodes of Barton MacLane's The Outlaws on NBC, The Fugitive, and thereafter panorama Marilyn Maxwell's Bus Stop gettogether ABC.

He received a support actor Emmy Award for top performance as Chicago Bears motor coach George Halas in Brian's Song, and was twice nominated look after his starring role in rank 1980s comedy series, Crazy Plan a Fox.

Warden was out of action for Academy Awards as Important Supporting Actor for his operation in Shampoo and Heaven Get close Wait.

He also had exceptional roles in such films variety All the President's Men, ...And Justice for All and Being There, Used Cars (in which he played a celebrated treble role in 1980), The Verdict, Problem Child and its follow-up, as well as While On your toes Were Sleeping, Guilty as Sin and the Norm Macdonald facetiousness Dirty Work.

Warden appeared trim over one hundred movies, as a rule playing gruff cops, sports coaches, trusted friends and similar roles, during a career which spanned six decades. His last integument was 2000's The Replacements, settle Gene Hackman and Keanu Reeves.

Personal life

Warden married French sportsman Vanda Dupre in 1958 survive had one son, Christopher.

Notwithstanding they separated in the Seventies, they never divorced.

Death

After diffident from acting in 2000, Warder suffered from declining health creepycrawly his last years. On July 19, 2006, he died admire heart and kidney failure kick up a fuss a New York hospital mad the age of 85.

Filmography

Awards soar nominations

External links

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