Otto Kruger Biography

Fast Facts

• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Oh Pop!" in 1911
• Quote: "(On his unorthodox line delivery in a Broadway production of "Young America" in 1913): "Very soon after that, the idea spread - that is, that actors could talk like people, and all of them began doing it․""
• Quote: "For a while I played sad husbands, then I got nothing but lawyers․ Then I was a doctor, and during the war I specialized in Nazis․ Lately I've been playing sugar daddies․"
• Best known for his role as Judge Percy Mettrick in "High Noon" and as Tobin in "Saboteur․"
• Was the host of the TV series "Lux Video Theatre" from 1955 to 1956