Jack Warden
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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); the twin auto dealers--one good, one bad--in Used Cars (1980); Paul Newman's combination leg-man and conscience in The Verdict (1982); shifty convenience store owner Big Ben in the two Problem Child films of the early 1990s; the not-so-dearly departed in Passed Away (1992); and Broadway high-roller Julian Marx in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994). Extensive though his stage and screen credits may be, Warden has been just as busy on television, winning an Emmy for his portrayal of George Halas in Brian's Song (1969) and playing such other historical personages as Cornelius Ryan (1981's A Private Battle) and Mark Twain (1984's Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues). Barely stopping for air, Jack Warden has also starred or co-starred on the weekly TV series Mister Peepers (1953-55), The Asphalt Jungle (1961), Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965), NYPD (1967-68), Jigsaw John (1975), The Bad News Bears (1979) and Crazy Like a Fox (1984-85); and, had the pilot episode sold, Jack Warden was to have been the star in a 1979 revival of Topper. Though this was not to be for Warden, the gruff actor's age and affectionately sour demeanor found him essaying frequent albiet minor feature roles through the new millennium. Remaining in the public eye withn appearances in While You Were Sleeping (1995), Ed (1996), Bullworth (1998) and The Replacements (2000), the former welterweight fighter remained as dependable as ever when it came to stepping in front of the lens.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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16% | Abandon |
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$10.7M | 2002 |
21% | A Dog of Flanders |
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— | 1999 |
80% | The Thin Red Line |
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— | 1998 |
17% | Dirty Work |
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— | 1998 |
76% | Bulworth |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | The Island on Bird Street |
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— | 1997 |
13% | Chairman of the Board |
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— | 1997 |
0% | Ed |
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— | 1996 |
33% | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead |
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— | 1995 |
78% | Mighty Aphrodite |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Problem Child 3: Junior in Love |
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— | 1995 |
80% | While You Were Sleeping |
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— | 1995 |
97% | Bullets Over Broadway |
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— | 1994 |
38% | Guilty as Sin |
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— | 1993 |
30% | Toys |
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— | 1992 |
57% | Night and the City |
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— | 1992 |
10% | Passed Away |
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— | 1992 |
7% | Problem Child 2 |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Judgment |
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— | 1990 |
0% | Problem Child |
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— | 1990 |
14% | Everybody Wins |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Dead Solid Perfect |
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— | 1988 |
53% | The Presidio |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Police Story: The Watch Commander |
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— | 1988 |
67% | September |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Alice Through the Looking Glass |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The Cosmic Eye |
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— | 1986 |
20% | The Aviator |
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$0.3M | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Alice in Wonderland |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues |
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— | 1984 |
0% | Crackers |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Robert Kennedy and His Times |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Hobson's Choice |
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— | 1983 |
88% | The Verdict |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Carbon Copy |
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— | 1981 |
67% | So Fine |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash |
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— | 1981 |
76% | The Great Muppet Caper |
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— | 1981 |
77% | Used Cars |
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— | 1980 |
95% | Being There |
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— | 1979 |
80% | ...And Justice for All |
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— | 1979 |
0% | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Dreamer |
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— | 1979 |
36% | The Champ |
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— | 1979 |
76% | Death on the Nile |
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— | 1978 |
88% | Heaven Can Wait |
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— | 1978 |
17% | The White Buffalo |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Raid on Entebbe |
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— | 1977 |
83% | Voyage of the Damned |
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— | 1976 |
94% | All the President's Men |
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— | 1976 |
61% | Shampoo |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Billy Two Hats (The Lady and the Outlaw) |
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— | 1974 |
93% | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing |
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— | 1973 |
40% | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | A Memory of Two Mondays |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | Man on a String |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | Summertree |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | Welcome to the Club |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | The Sporting Club |
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— | 1971 |
92% | Brian's Song |
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— | 1970 |
43% | Bye Bye, Braverman |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | Blindfold |
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— | 1965 |
No Score Yet | Mirage |
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— | 1965 |
77% | The Thin Red Line |
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— | 1964 |
55% | Donovan's Reef |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | Escape from Zahrain |
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— | 1962 |
No Score Yet | Wake Me When It's Over |
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— | 1960 |
No Score Yet | That Kind of Woman |
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— | 1959 |
No Score Yet | The Sound and the Fury |
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— | 1959 |
No Score Yet | Darby's Rangers |
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— | 1958 |
100% | Run Silent, Run Deep |
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— | 1958 |
100% | 12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) |
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— | 1957 |
No Score Yet | The Bachelor Party |
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— | 1957 |
No Score Yet | Edge of the City |
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— | 1957 |
92% | From Here to Eternity |
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— | 1953 |
No Score Yet | Red Ball Express |
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— | 1952 |
100% | You're in the Navy Now |
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— | 1951 |
No Score Yet | The Man with My Face |
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— | 1951 |
No Score Yet | The Frogmen |
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— | 1951 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
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67% |
Norm
1999-2001
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43% |
Ink
1996-1997
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No Score Yet |
The Fugitive
1963-1967
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No Score Yet |
Bewitched
1964-1972
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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Quotes from Jack Warden's Characters
Saul Tuttle: | 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: | Is there a point to this? |
Juror #8: | I just want to talk. |
Juror #7: | 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: | You a Yankee fan? |
Juror #5: | No, Baltimore. |
Juror #7: | Baltimore? That's like being hit in the head with a crowbar once a day. |
Judge Rayford: | I discovered the meaning of life... |
Arthur Kirkland: | Which is? |
Judge Rayford: | It sucks Arthur, It really sucks! |