Jack Warden
Highest Rated: 100% You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Lowest Rated: 0% Problem Child (1990)
Birthday: Sep 18, 1920
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Gruff, engaging character actor whose craggy-face and distinctive bass voice are known to two generations for his ubiquitous presence as a supporting character in a number of memorable film and TV roles. Usually cast as the heavy, and later in more comedic turns, Warden has enjoyed a long and productive career. Before embarking on acting, Warden was by age 17 a ranked professional middleweight prizefighter. He served in World War II as a paratrooper and it was while recovering from an injury suffered in a jump that Warden began reading plays and decided to try acting. He moved to New York after his discharge and while working as a lifeguard at a New York hotel pool happened to meet Margo Jones, manager of the celebrated Dallas Alley Theater. Jones invited Warden to join the company and he ended up serving a five-year apprenticeship. Returning to New York, Warden was soon cast in Broadway productions of "Golden Boy," "Sing Me No Lullaby," "Picnic" and "Cages," among others.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41% | 66% | The Replacements | O'Neil (Character) | $44.7M | 2000 |
| 21% | 63% | A Dog of Flanders | Jehan Daas (Character) | $2.1M | 1999 |
| 17% | 65% | Dirty Work | "Pops" McKenna (Character) | $10M | 1998 |
| 76% | 68% | Bulworth | Eddie Davers (Character) | $26.4M | 1998 |
| 13% | 21% | Chairman of the Board | Armand McMillan (Character) | $306.7K | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | The Island on Bird Street | Boruch (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 0% | 22% | Ed | Chubb (Character) | $4M | 1996 |
| 33% | 72% | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Joe Heff (Character) | $232.2K | 1995 |
| 80% | 79% | While You Were Sleeping | Saul (Character) | $81.1M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | Problem Child 3: Junior in Love | Big Ben (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 78% | 73% | Mighty Aphrodite | Tiresias (Character) | $4.8M | 1995 |
| 97% | 83% | Bullets Over Broadway | Julian Marx (Character) | $11.4M | 1994 |
| 38% | 34% | Guilty as Sin | Moe (Character) | $22.7M | 1993 |
| 57% | 30% | Night and the City | Al Grossman (Character) | $6.2M | 1992 |
| 30% | 39% | Toys | Old General Zevo (Character) | $21.3M | 1992 |
| 10% | 44% | Passed Away | Jack Scanlan (Character) | $3.8M | 1992 |
| 7% | 42% | Problem Child 2 | "Big" Ben Healy (Character) | $25.1M | 1991 |
| 0% | 42% | Problem Child | Big Ben (Character) | $53.5M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Judgment | Claude Fortier (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 14% | 37% | Everybody Wins | Judge Harry Murdoch (Character) | $978.9K | 1990 |
| 53% | 33% | The Presidio | Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure (Character) | $18.9M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Dead Solid Perfect | Hubert `'Bad Hair'` Wimberly (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story: The Watch Commander | Joe Wilson (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 67% | 52% | September | Lloyd (Character) | $404.8K | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Three Kings | David (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War | J. Edgar Hoover (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Still Crazy Like a Fox | Harry Fox (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Wishes for Jamie | Owen Tavish (Character) | - | 1986 |
| 20% | 41% | The Aviator | Moravia (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robert Kennedy and His Times | Unknown (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 0% | 33% | Crackers | Lou Garvey (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Hobson's Choice | Henry Horatio Hobson (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 88% | 88% | The Verdict | Mickey Morrissey (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Carbon Copy | Nelson Longhurst (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 76% | 78% | The Great Muppet Caper | Mike Tarkanian (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 67% | 30% | So Fine | Jack (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | The Commander (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Private Battle | Cornelius Ryan (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 77% | 69% | Used Cars |
Roy L. Fuchs/ |
- | 1980 |
| 36% | 82% | The Champ | Jackie (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Dreamer | Harry (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 95% | 92% | Being There | President 'Bobby' (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 83% | 80% | ...And Justice for All | Judge Francis Rayford (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 0% | 22% | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Harold Meredith (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Topper | Cosmo Topper (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 76% | 78% | Death on the Nile | Dr. Bessner (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 88% | 68% | Heaven Can Wait | Max Corkle (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 17% | 49% | The White Buffalo | Charlie Zane (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Raid on Entebbe | Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 94% | 92% | All the President's Men | Harry M. Rosenfeld (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Journey From Darkness | Fred Hartman (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 60% | 52% | Shampoo | Lester (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They Only Come Out at Night | John St. John (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Godchild | Sgt. Dobbs (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 93% | 71% | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Max (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Billy Two Hats | Sheriff Henry Gifford (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | Dawes (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Remember When | Joe Hodges (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Capt. Patrick Lonergan (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wheeler and Murdoch | Sam Wheeler (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Welcome to the Club | Gen. Strapp (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Summertree | Herb (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man on a String | Jake Moniker (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 92% | 82% | Brian's Song | Coach George Halas (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 40% | 34% | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | Dr. Solomon F. Moses (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Face of Fear | Lt. George Coy (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | Lieutenant Joe Burton (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 43% | 37% | Bye Bye Braverman | Barnet Weinstein (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Watchman | Jack Fleming (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Blindfold | General Prat (Character) | - | 1966 |
| 77% | 65% | The Thin Red Line | First Sgt. Welsh (Character) | - | 1964 |
| 55% | 77% | Donovan's Reef | Dr. William Dedham (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Escape From Zahrain | Huston (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wake Me When It's Over | Captain Dave "Doc" Farrington (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lawbreakers | Police captain (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | The Sound and the Fury | Ben Compson (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | That Kind of Woman | George Kelly (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Darby's Rangers |
MSgt. Saul Rosen/ |
- | 1958 |
| 100% | 79% | Run Silent, Run Deep | Yeoman 1st Class Mueller (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The Bachelor Party | Eddie Watkins (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Edge of the City | Charles Malik (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 100% | 97% | 12 Angry Men | Juror No. 7 (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 92% | 84% | From Here to Eternity | Cpl. Buckley (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 100% | 40% | You're in the Navy Now | Tommy Morse (Character) | - | 1951 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67% | No Score Yet | Norm | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 38% | No Score Yet | Ink | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crazy Like a Fox | Harrison "Harry" Fox Sr. (Character) | 1984-1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robert Kennedy and His Times | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad News Bears | Morris Buttermaker (Character) | 1979-1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | N.Y.P.D. | Lt. Mike Haines (Character) | 1967-1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Alex 'Pat' Patton (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wackiest Ship in the Army | Major Simon Butcher (Character) | 1965-1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bewitched | Rex Barker (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Major Barben (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Max Eames (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Dr. Charles 'Charlie' Kozelka (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Target: The Corruptors | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bus Stop | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stagecoach West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| 82% | 94% | The Twilight Zone | James A. Corry (Character) | 1959-1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Frank Doran (Character) | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown (Character) | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1950 |
QUOTES FROM Jack Warden CHARACTERS
Saul Tuttle says: I couldn't love you anymore if you were my own son. But the fact of the matter is, you're... well you're a putz.
Peter Callaghan says: Is there a point to this?
Juror #8 says: I just want to talk.
Juror #7 says: What's there to talk about? Eleven of us think he's guilty. No one had to think about it twice except you.
Juror #7 says: You a Yankee fan?
Juror #5 says: No, Baltimore.
Juror #7 says: Baltimore? That's like being hit in the head with a crowbar once a day.
Judge Rayford says: I discovered the meaning of life...
Arthur Kirkland says: Which is?
Judge Rayford says: It sucks Arthur, It really sucks!