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Actor Born: September 18, 1920 in Newark, NJ Death: July 19, 2006 in Manhattan, NY Biography:A former prizefighter, nightclub bouncer and lifeguard, "Jack Warden" took to the stage after serving as a paratrooper in World War II. Warden's first professional engagement was with the Margo Jones repertory troupe in 1947. He made both his Broadway and film debuts in 1951, spending the next few years specializing in blunt military types and short-tempered bullies. Among his most notable screen roles of the 1950s was the homicidally bigoted factory foreman in "Edge of the City" and the impatient Juror #7 in "Twelve Angry Men" (both 1957). He was Oscar-nominated for his portrayal of the cuckolded Lester in "Warren Beatty"'s "Shampoo" (1975) and for his work as eternally flustered sports promoter Max Corkle in another Beatty vehicle, "Heaven Can Wait" (1978). He has also played the brusque, bluff President in "Being There" (1978); senile, gun-wielding judge Ray Ford in "...And Justice For All" (1979);... Full Biography
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