Emmy Winning Actor Jack Warden Dead at 85

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Emmy Winning Actor Jack Warden Dead at 85
By Valerie J. Nelson, Times Staff Writer
3:21 PM PDT, July 21, 2006

Jack Warden, the gravely voiced character actor and two-time Oscar nominee who appeared in almost 100 feature films, has died. He was 85.

Warden, who won an Emmy award for his portrayal of crusty football coach George Halas in the 1971 television movie "Brian's Song," died Wednesday at a New York City hospital, Sidney Pazoff, his Los Angeles-based business manager, said today.

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Warden first made his mark in the movies in 1957 as the sports-obsessed juror in "12 Angry Men" and received two Academy Award nominations for his work on two Warren Beatty vehicles, "Shampoo" (1975) and "Heaven Can Wait" (1978). His small-screen resume was just as deep with featured roles in a dozen series and appearances in about 100 shows and made-for-TV movies that stretched back to television's golden age and included "Mr. Peepers" (1952-55) on NBC, "N.Y.P.D." on ABC (1967-69) and "Crazy Like a Fox" (1984-86) on CBS.

From the moment Warden broke through on Broadway in 1955 in Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge," he said he never stopped working.

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1. That's Sad

I wish his family well. He has always been one of my favorite actors. What an awesome career he had.