
Jack Kruschen
Actor · Died April 2, 2002, aged 80 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jacob Kruschen (March 20, 1922 – April 2, 2002) was a Jewish character actor who worked primarily in American film, television and radio. Kruschen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Dr. Dreyfuss in the 1960 comedy-drama The Apartment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Kruschen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 20, 1922
- April 2, 2002 (aged 80)
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Actor
- 81 on MovieCove · 157 credits in all
What are Jack Kruschen's films like?
Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 24
A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 8 · Dark 7
A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 1
Gentle 7 · Charged 15 · Intense 7
Steady 14 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 8
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 2
Casual 18 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 16 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 6
Resolved 27 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Trickster: 2 of 9 analyzed roles.
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- Tricksteras Harry in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
- Threshold guardianas Detective Lt. Harold Y. Cole in A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
- Tricksteras CWO Sam Jacobs in The Angry Red Planet (1959)
- Mentoras Dr. Dreyfuss in The Apartment (1960)
- Mentoras Doctor Linus Tyler in Lover Come Back (1961)
- Threshold guardianas Attorney Dave Grafton in Cape Fear (1962)
- Allyas Christmas Morgan in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
- Shadowas Red Meyers in Freebie and the Bean (1974)
- Shadowas Billy Brooks in Satan's Cheerleaders (1977)
Moods and endings
- Happy20
- Bittersweet10
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jack Kruschen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 81 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (20).
- The Apartment (1960) · actor · free
- Barney Miller (1975) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- McLintock! (1963) · actor · free
- The Long, Long Trailer (1954) · actor · free
- The A-Team (1983) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- Adventures of Superman (1952) · actor · free
- The Loretta Young Show (1953) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Where Danger Lives (1950) · actor · free
- +8 more
- The Rockford Files (1974) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- McLintock! (1963) · actor · free
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) · actor · free
- The Westerner (1960) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- The Loretta Young Show (1953) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- McCloud (1970) · actor · free
- Love & War (1992) · actor · free
- +2 more
- Shout! TV, show their 4 titles on Shout! TV
- ScreenPix, show their 3 titles on ScreenPix
- Best Westerns Ever, show their 2 titles on Best Westerns Ever
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 2 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- Best TV Ever, show their title on Best TV Ever
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Dove Channel, show their title on Dove Channel
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
- Screambox, show their title on Screambox
Subscription and free streaming for Jack Kruschen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
157 credits, 81 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Alice in Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

'Til There Was You(1997)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Living Single(1993)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
The American Clock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Love & War(1992)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all showsPenny Ante: The Motion Picture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Full House(1987)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
She's the Sheriff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Matlock(1986)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Deadly Intentions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
E/R (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Dark Mirror(1984)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Zorro and Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

The A-Team(1983)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Money to Burn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

The New Odd Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Tucker's Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Remington Steele(1982)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Matt Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Silver Spoons(1982)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Darkroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Legend of the Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Under the Rainbow(1981)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Trapper John, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Hart to Hart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Sunburn(1979)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Time Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Vega$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

WKRP in Cincinnati(1978)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The Incredible Hulk(1977)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
CHiPs(1977)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Satan's Cheerleaders(1977)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Grizzly Adams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Busting Loose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The November Plan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Alice(1976)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
City of Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Ellery Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Bronk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Nick and Nora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Barney Miller(1975)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Log of the Black Pearl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Freebie and the Bean(1974)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Rockford Files(1974)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Movin' On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Assignment: Vienna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Deadly Harvest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Emergency! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Columbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Million Dollar Duck(1971)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
McCloud(1970)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Nanny and the Professor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Medical Center (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Hawaii Five-O(1968)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Istanbul Express(1968)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
He & She (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Happening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Caprice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Batman(1966)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all showsThe John Forsythe Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Harlow(1965)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Dear Brigitte(1965)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
McLintock!(1963)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Convicts 4(1962)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Cape Fear(1962)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Follow That Dream(1962)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Lover Come Back(1961)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Cain's Hundred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Ladies Man(1961)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Kraft Mystery Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Mister Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Where the Boys Are(1960)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Harrigan and Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Route 66(1960)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Westerner(1960)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Seven Ways from Sundown(1960)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Bellboy(1960)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Apartment(1960)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Hong Kong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Last Voyage(1960)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Gazebo(1959)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Angry Red Planet(1959)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Detectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Law of the Plainsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Tightrope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Lawless Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Black Saddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Decks Ran Red(1958)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Bat Masterson(1958)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Behind Closed Doors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Naked City(1958)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
The Rifleman(1958)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Wanted: Dead or Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Fräulein(1958)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Cry Terror! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Zorro(1957)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Trackdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Sugarfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Reform School Girl(1957)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Badlands of Montana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Julie(1956)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Outside the Law(1956)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Telephone Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Steel Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Count of Monte Cristo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Benny Goodman Story(1956)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Screen Director's Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Night Holds Terror(1955)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Soldier of Fortune(1955)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Dial Red O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Carolina Cannonball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Millionaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Untamed Heiress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Tennessee Champ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Long, Long Trailer(1954)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
It Should Happen to You(1954)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Money from Home(1953)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Loretta Young Show(1953)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
A Blueprint for Murder(1953)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The War of the Worlds(1953)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Terry and the Pirates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Your Jeweler's Showcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Tropical Heat Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Adventures of Superman(1952)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Confidence Girl(1952)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Dragnet(1951)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Lemon Drop Kid(1951)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Gambling House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Where Danger Lives(1950)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
No Way Out(1950)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Women from Headquarters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Red, Hot and Blue(1949)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 157 titles from 1949 to 2010; peak year 1960.

Biggest box office
The Apartment (1960)

Highest rated
The Apartment (1960)

Most popular right now
Dragnet (1951)
Film career
Peak 1960 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1951Screen debut· The Lemon Drop Kid
- 1960Career best· The Apartment
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Jack Kruschen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 48; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up23
- 50th to 74th33
- 25th to 49th16
- Below 25th9
Shape of the crowd
46 of their 81 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved9
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser46
- Broadly Agreed7
- Mixed18
Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jack Kruschen's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jack Kruschen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jack Kruschen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrew L. Stone shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Andrew L. StoneShared titles: The Last Voyage (1960), The Decks Ran Red (1958), Julie (1956), The Night Holds Terror (1955), A Blueprint for Murder (1953), Confidence Girl (1952)See all 6 shared titles with Andrew L. Stone

- Henry KosterShared titles: Dear Brigitte (1965), Fräulein (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Henry Koster

Writers
- Nunnally JohnsonShared titles: Dark Mirror (1984), Dear Brigitte (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Nunnally Johnson

- Hal KanterShared titles: Dear Brigitte (1965), Money from Home (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Hal Kanter

Actors
- Barney PhillipsShared titles: The Decks Ran Red (1958), Julie (1956), The Night Holds Terror (1955), A Blueprint for Murder (1953)See all 4 shared titles with Barney Phillips

- John GallaudetShared titles: The Decks Ran Red (1958), Julie (1956), Confidence Girl (1952)See all 3 shared titles with John Gallaudet

- Yvonne De CarloShared titles: Satan's Cheerleaders (1977), McLintock! (1963)See all 2 shared titles with Yvonne De Carlo

- Joe FlynnShared titles: The Million Dollar Duck (1971), Lover Come Back (1961)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Flynn

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Virginia L. StoneShared titles: The Last Voyage (1960), The Decks Ran Red (1958), Julie (1956), The Night Holds Terror (1955), Confidence Girl (1952)See all 5 shared titles with Virginia L. Stone
- Leo ToverShared titles: Follow That Dream (1962), Fräulein (1958), Soldier of Fortune (1955), A Blueprint for Murder (1953)See all 4 shared titles with Leo Tover
- Marjorie FowlerShared titles: Dear Brigitte (1965), Lover Come Back (1961), Fräulein (1958)See all 3 shared titles with Marjorie Fowler
- Dominic FrontiereShared titles: Dark Mirror (1984), Freebie and the Bean (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Dominic Frontiere

Producers
- Charles E. Sellier Jr.Shared titles: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981), Guardian of the Wilderness (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Charles E. Sellier Jr.

- Martin MelcherShared titles: Lover Come Back (1961), Julie (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Melcher






