James Karen

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Known For

Acting

Born

1923-11-28

Place of Birth

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

James Karen

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Karen (November 28, 1923 - October 23, 2018) was an American character actor of Broadway, film and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Karen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

American Dad!

American Dad!

Seinfeld

Seinfeld

JAG

JAG

JAG

JAG

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

Cold Case

Cold Case

The Practice

The Practice

MacGyver

MacGyver

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Acting History

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self

The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self

Cynthia as Frank Teague

Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk as Interviewee #1

Bender as Old Man Bender

Notfilm as Self

Drew Peterson: Untouchable as Pastor Tom Keller

Green Briefs as Anthony

America's Most Haunted as Ralph George

The Butterfly Room as Sales Clerk

Pride as Anthony

They Won't Stay Dead: A Look at 'Return of the Living Dead Part II' as Himself

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead as Himself

Sympathy for Delicious as Father Rohn

Jack and the Beanstalk as Saddius

Dark and Stormy Night as Seyton Ethelquake

Trail of the Screaming Forehead as Reverend Beaks

Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream as Self

The Pursuit of Happyness as Martin Frohm

Superman Returns as Ben Hubbard

American Dad! as Larry Herman (voice)

Unscripted as Dante's Friend

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM as Self - Host / Narrator

The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy as Self

The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent as Self

A House on a Hill as Sy

Cold Case as Steve Pratt (2008)

Fatal Kiss as Larry Jacobs

First Monday as Michael Bancroft

The Nightmare Room as Tobias Langley (uncredited)

Mulholland Drive as Wally Brown

Thirteen Days as George Ball

Any Given Sunday as Christina's Advisor

Judging Amy as Dr. Irwin Garner

One Last Flight

My Last Love as Phil Morton

Apt Pupil as Victor Bowden

Universal Horror as Self - Interviewee

Freedom Strike as President Mitchell

The Cowboy and the Movie Star as Brad Peters

Shadow of Doubt as Norman Calloway

Nightman as Secretary of Defense Laughton

Joyride as The Client / Mayor

River Made to Drown In as Ray

A Little Romance as William Tager

Behind Enemy Lines as TV Reporter

The Practice as Judge M. Knapp

Up Close & Personal as Tom Orr

Nixon as Bill Rogers

Piranha as Governor

JAG as Senator Barrington

JAG as Former COMSUBPAC

Ned & Stacey as Patrick Kirkland

Congo as College President / Elliot's Boss

Tough and Deadly as Winston Briggers

Bonanza: Under Attack as Mr. Stewart

The Companion as Peter Franklin

Touched by an Angel as Mark Abernathy

A Kiss Goodnight as Sam Mosbach

Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love

Future Shock as Kafka

Staying Afloat as George

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion as Assistant District Attorney Al Sampson

Walker, Texas Ranger as Senator

Class of '96 as Prof. Drake

Hearts Afire as Norman Lynch

The Larry Sanders Show as Sheldon Davidoff

Melrose Place as Judge Mike Thomas

Bodies of Evidence as Gil Murphy

The Commish as Jimmy Malloy

Absolute Strangers as Dr. X

The Unborn as Dr. Richard Meyerling

Lies Before Kisses as Arthur

The Willies as Jenkins / Uncle Harry

Thanksgiving Day as Averill Crandall

Beverly Hills, 90210 as Minister

Road Lawyers and Other Briefs as Judge Bowelmore

Shattered Dreams as Charles O'Donnell

Vital Signs as Dean of Students

Rich Men, Single Women

The Closer as Ned Randall

The Heart of the Deal

Mancuso, F.B.I.

Seinfeld as Mr. Canterman

Girlfriend from Hell as Carl's Dad

Coach as James Armstrong

Cult People as Himself

Murphy Brown as Arvin

Return of the Living Dead Part II as Ed

Wall Street as Lynch

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman as The Mayor

Drive-In Madness! as Himself / Host / Narrator

Designing Women

L.A. Law as Dr. Everett Kyle

Hardbodies 2 as Logan

Invaders from Mars as Gen. Climet Wilson

Matlock as Ed Billings

Jagged Edge as Andrew Hardesty

MacGyver as Robert Sanborn / Papillon

Amazing Stories as Richard Whelan

The Golden Girls as Raymond

The Return of the Living Dead as Frank

Moonlighting as Alan

The Boy Who Loved Trolls as Richman

Charles in Charge as Austin Miller

Charles in Charge as Mr. Bartlett

Who's the Boss?

Highway to Heaven

Sam's Son as Mr. Collins

Little House: The Last Farewell as Nathan Lassiter

Hardcastle and McCormick

Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents? as Mr. Fairchild

Kiss Me Goodbye as Lawyer

Frances as Judge Hillier

Time Walker as Dr. Wendell J. Rossmore

Cheers as Dr. Ludlow

Family Ties as Philip

The Powers of Matthew Star as Major Wymore

Poltergeist as Mr. Teague

Herbie, the Love Bug

The Day the Bubble Burst

Simon & Simon as Insurance Agent

The Violation of Sarah McDavid as Dr. Spandler

Take This Job and Shove It as Loomis

Dynasty as Avril Dawson

The Jazz Singer as Barney Callahan

Magnum, P.I. as Dr. Hightower

F.D.R.: The Last Year as Adm. McIntire

Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger as Untermeyer

Once Upon a Family as Alvin Heller

Knots Landing as Max Craig

Topper as Fred Korbell

The China Syndrome as Mac Churchill

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst as Psychologist

Institute for Revenge as Power Broker

F.I.S.T. as Andrews

Opening Night as Bellboy

Capricorn One as Vice President Price

The Gathering as Bob Block

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Dr. Sutterman

Something for Joey as Dr. Wingreen

Eight Is Enough

Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Chet Rawlings

Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Lench

All the President's Men as Hugh Sloan's Lawyer

The Bionic Woman

One Day at a Time

Starsky & Hutch as Carter

The Invisible Man as Hotel Manager

The Rockford Files as John LaPointe

The Rockford Files as Martin Horvath

Police Woman as Driver

Amazing Grace as Annenberg

The Streets of San Francisco

M*A*S*H as Dr. Chesler

Rivals as Child Psychiatrist

McMillan & Wife as George Pauling

I Never Sang for My Father as Old Age Home Director

Hercules in New York as Professor Camden

Hawaii Five-O as Wingfield

Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster as Dr. Steele

Film as Passerby

The Defenders as Rabbi Fine

The Defenders as Paul Damon

Lux Video Theatre as Llewellyn