Jack Klugman Biography

Fast Facts

• Shared the 2004 TV Land Award for Quintessential Non-Traditional Family with Tony Randall at the TV Land Awards
• Won the Audience Award in Silver as Favorite TV Doctor on "Quincy M․E․" at the 1997 Golden Cable, Germany
• Served in the United States Army during the Second World War
• Quote: "Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot․"
• Best known for playing Oscar Madison on the 1970s television series "The Odd Couple․"
• Notorious among producers and crewmembers for being difficult to work with, at one point threatening to boycott the TV series "The Odd Couple" unless the laugh track was removed and publicly complaining about their creative decisions
• Loved thoroughbred racing and even owned his own horse, Jaklin Klugman, which rose from humble beginnings to finish third in the 1980 Kentucky Derby
• Out-survived all of the other jurors on the cast of the original "12 Angry Men․"
• Though it appeared that he was involved in a multi-decade-long feud with fellow actor Norman Fell, the two eventually revealed that it was nothing but a friendly rivalry
• Used to sell pints of his blood for cash when he was struggling to make it as an actor