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Jack Klugman
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Screenwriter, Actor Born: April 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA Biography: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... Full Biography
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