James Karen

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

Known For: Acting

Born: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA, 1923-11-28

Died: 2018-10-23

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Film	Passerby	69
2	1965	Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster	Dr. Steele	47
3	1968	Managing Time		0
4	1970	Hercules in New York	Professor Camden	41
5	1970	I Never Sang for My Father	Old Age Home Director	66
6	1972	Rivals	Child Psychiatrist	54
7	1974	Amazing Grace	Annenberg	67
8	1976	All the President's Men	Hugh Sloan's Lawyer	77
9	1977	Something for Joey	Dr. Wingreen	62
10	1977	Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night	Dr. Sutterman	70
11	1977	The Gathering	Bob Block	45
12	1977	Capricorn One	Vice President Price	68
13	1977	Opening Night	Bellboy	76
14	1978	F.I.S.T.	Andrews	65
15	1979	Institute for Revenge	Power Broker	40
16	1979	The Ordeal of Patty Hearst	Psychologist	60
17	1979	The China Syndrome	Mac Churchill	72
18	1979	Topper	Fred Korbell	50
19	1980	Once Upon a Family	Alvin Heller	0
20	1980	Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger	Untermeyer	0
21	1980	F.D.R.: The Last Year	Adm. McIntire	75
22	1980	The Jazz Singer	Barney Callahan	59
23	1981	Take This Job and Shove It	Loomis	53
24	1981	The Violation of Sarah McDavid	Dr. Spandler	35
25	1982	The Day the Bubble Burst		20
26	1982	Poltergeist	Mr. Teague	71
27	1982	Time Walker	Dr. Wendell J. Rossmore	41
28	1982	Frances	Judge Hillier	69
29	1982	Kiss Me Goodbye	Lawyer	58
30	1983	Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?	Mr. Fairchild	0
31	1984	Little House: The Last Farewell	Nathan Lassiter	71
32	1984	Sam's Son	Mr. Collins	59
33	1984	The Boy Who Loved Trolls	Richman	0
34	1985	The Return of the Living Dead	Frank	72
35	1985	Jagged Edge	Andrew Hardesty	63
36	1986	Invaders from Mars	Gen. Climet Wilson	55
37	1986	Hardbodies 2	Logan	33
38	1987	Drive-In Madness	Himself / Host / Narrator	60
39	1987	Wall Street	Lynch	72
40	1988	Return of the Living Dead Part II	Ed	63
41	1989	Cult People	Himself	0
42	1989	The Roommate		0
43	1989	Girlfriend from Hell	Carl's Dad	46
44	1990	The Heart of the Deal		0
45	1990	The Closer	Ned Randall	50
46	1990	Rich Men, Single Women		0
47	1990	Vital Signs	Dean of Students	49
48	1990	Shattered Dreams	Charles O'Donnell	55
49	1990	Road Lawyers and Other Briefs	Judge Bowelmore	20
50	1990	Thanksgiving Day	Averill Crandall	60
51	1990	The Willies	Jenkins / Uncle Harry	56
52	1991	Lies Before Kisses	Arthur	0
53	1991	The Unborn	Dr. Richard Meyerling	49
54	1991	Absolute Strangers	Dr. X	0
55	1993	A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion	Assistant District Attorney Al Sampson	75
56	1993	Staying Afloat	George	0
57	1994	Future Shock	Kafka	40
58	1994	Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love		46
59	1994	A Kiss Goodnight	Sam Mosbach	33
60	1994	The Companion	Peter Franklin	55
61	1995	Bonanza: Under Attack	Mr. Stewart	67
62	1995	Tough and Deadly	Winston Briggers	54
63	1995	Congo	College President / Elliot's Boss	56
64	1995	Piranha	Governor	47
65	1995	Nixon	Bill Rogers	69
66	1996	Up Close & Personal	Tom Orr	63
67	1997	Behind Enemy Lines	TV Reporter	49
68	1997	A Little Romance	William Tager	28
69	1997	River Made to Drown In	Ray	50
70	1997	Joyride	The Client / Mayor	50
71	1997	Nightman	Secretary of Defense Laughton	62
72	1998	Shadow of Doubt	Norman Calloway	46
73	1998	The Cowboy and the Movie Star	Brad Peters	90
74	1998	Freedom Strike	President Mitchell	46
75	1998	Universal Horror	Self - Interviewee	72
76	1998	Apt Pupil	Victor Bowden	65
77	1998	Girl	Dad	51
78	1999	Mulholland Dr.	Wally Brown (uncredited)	78
79	1999	My Last Love	Phil Morton	56
80	1999	One Last Flight		0
81	1999	Any Given Sunday	Christina's Advisor	68
82	2000	Thirteen Days	George Ball	70
83	2001	Mulholland Drive	Wally Brown	78
84	2002	Fatal Kiss	Larry Jacobs	0
85	2003	A House on a Hill	Sy	0
86	2004	The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent	Self	80
87	2004	The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy	Self	60
88	2004	So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM	Self - Host / Narrator	70
89	2006	Superman Returns	Ben Hubbard	58
90	2006	The Pursuit of Happyness	Martin Frohm	79
91	2007	Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream	Self	90
92	2007	Trail of the Screaming Forehead	Reverend Beaks	49
93	2009	Dark and Stormy Night	Seyton Ethelquake	62
94	2009	Jack and the Beanstalk	Saddius	53
95	2010	Sympathy for Delicious	Father Rohn	59
96	2011	More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead	Himself	76
97	2011	They Won't Stay Dead: A Look at 'Return of the Living Dead Part II'	Himself	57
98	2011	Pride	Anthony	20
99	2012	The Butterfly Room	Sales Clerk	58
100	2013	America's Most Haunted	Ralph George	44
101	2013	Green Briefs	Anthony	26
102	2014	Drew Peterson: Untouchable	Pastor Tom Keller	53
103	2015	Notfilm	Self	50
104	2016	Bender	Old Man Bender	50
105	2017	Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk	Interviewee #1	48
106	2018	Cynthia	Frank Teague	51
107	2018	The Great Buster: A Celebration	Self	72
108	2021	Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!	Self	40

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Llewellyn	60
2	1961	The Defenders	Paul Damon	62
3	1961	The Defenders	Rabbi Fine	62
4	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Wingfield	71
5	1971	McMillan & Wife		73
6	1971	McMillan & Wife	George Pauling	73
7	1972	The Waltons		71
8	1972	MAS*H	Dr. Chesler	79
9	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		70
10	1974	Police Woman		63
11	1974	The Rockford Files	John LaPointe	75
12	1974	The Rockford Files	Martin Horvath	75
13	1974	Police Woman	Driver	63
14	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Carter	72
15	1975	One Day at a Time		67
16	1976	The Bionic Woman		70
17	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
18	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Dr. Chet Rawlings	75
19	1976	Gibbsville		0
20	1977	Eight Is Enough		61
21	1977	The Kallikaks		50
22	1977	Lucan		60
23	1977	Lou Grant		73
24	1979	Knots Landing	Max Craig	68
25	1980	Magnum, P.I.		73
26	1981	Dynasty		65
27	1981	Simon & Simon	Insurance Agent	67
28	1982	Herbie, the Love Bug		57
29	1982	The Powers of Matthew Star	Major Wymore	56
30	1982	Family Ties	Philip	73
31	1982	Cheers	Dr. Ludlow	76
32	1982	Tucker's Witch		40
33	1983	Hardcastle and McCormick		64
34	1984	Highway to Heaven		74
35	1984	Who's the Boss?		74
36	1984	Charles in Charge	Austin Miller	61
37	1984	Charles in Charge	Mr. Bartlett	61
38	1985	Moonlighting	Alan	75
39	1985	The Golden Girls	Raymond	75
40	1985	227		68
41	1985	MacGyver	Robert Sanborn / Papillon	77
42	1985	Amazing Stories	Richard Whelan	75
43	1986	Melba		100
44	1986	Matlock		72
45	1986	L.A. Law	Dr. Everett Kyle	71
46	1986	Sledge Hammer!		79
47	1986	Designing Women		67
48	1987	Jake and the Fatman		60
49	1987	Jake and the Fatman	The Mayor	60
50	1987	Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow		76
51	1988	Murphy Brown	Arvin	64
52	1989	Coach	James Armstrong	69
53	1989	Seinfeld	Mr. Canterman	83
54	1989	The New Lassie		70
55	1989	Booker		51
56	1989	Mancuso, F.B.I.		60
57	1990	Beverly Hills, 90210		74
58	1991	Sisters		73
59	1991	The Commish	Jimmy Malloy	72
60	1992	Bodies of Evidence		75
61	1992	Melrose Place	Judge Mike Thomas	59
62	1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Sheldon Davidoff	77
63	1992	Hearts Afire	Norman Lynch	80
64	1993	Class of '96	Prof. Drake	50
65	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Senator	70
66	1994	Touched by an Angel	Mark Abernathy	72
67	1995	Ned and Stacey	Patrick Kirkland	72
68	1995	JAG	Senator Barrington	73
69	1995	JAG	Former COMSUBPAC	73
70	1996	Dark Skies		73
71	1997	The Practice	Judge M. Knapp	77
72	1999	The Parkers		82
73	1999	Judging Amy	Dr. Irwin Garner	75
74	2001	The Nightmare Room	Tobias Langley (uncredited)	78
75	2002	First Monday	Justice Michael Bancroft	60
76	2003	Cold Case	Steve Pratt (2008)	78
77	2005	Unscripted	Dante's Friend	80
78	2005	American Dad!	Larry Herman (voice)	70