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Berry Kroeger
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Actor Born: October 26, 1912 Death: January 4, 1991 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:"Berry Kroeger" (pronounced "Kroger", not "Kreeger") got his start in network radio, where his velvety voice was heard announcing several major dramatic anthologies; he also played a variety of leading radio roles, including the heroic soldier-of-fortune The Falcon. While appearing on Broadway in "Saint Joan", Kroeger was discovered by filmmaker "William Wellman", who cast the actor in "The Iron Curtain". This 1948 Cold-War film represented the first of many unsympathetic movie assignments for Kroeger, ranging from the smarmy Packett in director "Joseph L. Lewis"' "Gun Crazy" (1949) to the mad-scientist mentor of "Bruce Dern" in "The Incredible Two Headed Transplant" (1971). Kroeger's marked resemblance to "Sydney Greenstreet" served him well when he essayed a Greenstreet take-off in "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye," an Emmy-winning episode of TV's "Get Smart". Most of "Barry Kroeger"'s film characters can... Full Biography
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