James Karen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-11-28 (95 years old)

Deathday

2018-10-23

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

Acting

1979

The China Syndrome

as Mac Churchill

2001

Mulholland Drive

as Wally Brown

2006

1995

Congo

as College President / Elliot's Boss

1987

Wall Street

as Lynch

1970

Hercules in New York

as Professor Camden

1982

Time Walker

as Dr. Wendell J. Rossmore

1989

Cult People

as Himself

1990

Vital Signs

as Dean of Students

1986

Invaders from Mars

as Gen. Climet Wilson

1990

The Willies

as Jenkins / Uncle Harry

1998

Apt Pupil

as Victor Bowden

1986

Hardbodies 2

as Logan

1965

Film

as Passerby

1995

Tough and Deadly

as Winston Briggers

2007

1997

Behind Enemy Lines

as TV Reporter

1974

Amazing Grace

as Annenberg

2014

Drew Peterson: Untouchable

as Pastor Tom Keller

1989

1991

The Unborn

as Dr. Richard Meyerling

2012

The Butterfly Room

as Sales Clerk

1972

Rivals

as Child Psychiatrist

1977

The Gathering

as Bob Block

1994

The Companion

as Peter Franklin

1995

Nixon

as Bill Rogers

1980

Once Upon a Family

as Alvin Heller

1979

Topper

as Fred Korbell

1984

Sam's Son

as Mr. Collins

1990

The Closer

as Ned Randall

1990

Thanksgiving Day

as Averill Crandall

1991

1993

2004

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

as Self - Host / Narrator

1980

F.D.R.: The Last Year

as Adm. McIntire

2013

America's Most Haunted

as Ralph George

2006

Superman Returns

as Ben Hubbard

1979

1976

All the President's Men

as Hugh Sloan's Lawyer

1991

2013

Green Briefs

as Anthony

1990

1997

Joyride

as The Client / Mayor

1990

Shattered Dreams

as Charles O'Donnell

1987

Drive-In Madness!

as Himself / Host / Narrator

1994

Future Shock

as Kafka

1998

Freedom Strike

as President Mitchell

1982

Poltergeist

as Mr. Teague

1997

Nightman

as Secretary of Defense Laughton

1998

Universal Horror

as Self - Interviewee

1998

Girl

as Dad

1993

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

as Assistant District Attorney Al Sampson

1999

Any Given Sunday

as Christina's Advisor

1999

My Last Love

as Phil Morton

2010

1994

A Kiss Goodnight

as Sam Mosbach

1995

Piranha

as Governor

1985

Jagged Edge

as Andrew Hardesty

1970

I Never Sang for My Father

as Old Age Home Director

1980

The Jazz Singer

as Barney Callahan

1999

Mulholland Dr.

as Wally Brown (uncredited)

1977

Something for Joey

as Dr. Wingreen

1998

Shadow of Doubt

as Norman Calloway

1995

Bonanza: Under Attack

as Mr. Stewart

2016

Bender

as Old Man Bender

2018

Cynthia

as Frank Teague

2015

Notfilm

as Self

2002

Fatal Kiss

as Larry Jacobs

1977

Opening Night

as Bellboy

1978

F.I.S.T.

as Andrews

2009

Dark and Stormy Night

as Seyton Ethelquake

1984

1977

Capricorn One

as Vice President Price

1996

1982

Frances

as Judge Hillier

2000

Thirteen Days

as George Ball

2011

Pride

as Anthony

1982

1979

Institute for Revenge

as Power Broker

1997

A Little Romance

as William Tager

Production

2016

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