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Otto Kruger(1885-1974)

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Otto Kruger
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The Colossus of New York (1958)
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The grandnephew of South African pioneer and former president Paul Krüger, Otto Kruger trained for a musical career from childhood, but after enrolling in Columbia University he switched his career choice to acting. Making his Broadway debut in 1915, at 30, he shortly became a matinée idol of the day, specializing in sophisticated leading roles. He made his film debut in 1915 in The Runaway Wife (1915), but it was in the 1930s that Kruger's polished, urbane characterizations came into full swing. Although he occasionally played a hero, as in Corregidor (1943) he was often cast as the amoral villain or a charming but corrupt businessman (usually a banker), a task at which he excelled. Kruger was one of the industry's busiest character actors until a series of strokes brought about his retirement in the mid-1960s.
BornSeptember 6, 1885
DiedSeptember 6, 1974(89)
BornSeptember 6, 1885
DiedSeptember 6, 1974(89)
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Ruth Chatterton and Otto Kruger in Lady of Secrets (1936)
Ruth Chatterton and Otto Kruger in Lady of Secrets (1936)
Ruth Chatterton and Otto Kruger in Lady of Secrets (1936)
Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, and Otto Kruger in Men in White (1934)
Ann Harding and Otto Kruger in Gallant Lady (1933)
Ruth Chatterton and Otto Kruger in Lady of Secrets (1936)
Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, and Otto Kruger in Chained (1934)
Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, and Otto Kruger in Chained (1934)
Joyce Bulifant, Otto Kruger, Richard Long, and Joan Tetzel in Thriller (1960)
Otto Kruger in The Women in His Life (1933)
Otto Kruger and Una Merkel in The Women in His Life (1933)
Muriel Evans and Otto Kruger in The Women in His Life (1933)

Known for

Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in Saboteur (1942)
Saboteur
7.1
  • Charles Tobin
  • 1942
Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Lee Van Cleef, Katy Jurado, Ian MacDonald, Robert J. Wilke, and Sheb Wooley in High Noon (1952)
High Noon
8.0
  • Judge Percy Mettrick
  • 1952
Dick Powell and Claire Trevor in Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Murder, My Sweet
7.5
  • Jules Amthor
  • 1944
Gloria Holden in Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Dracula's Daughter
6.3
  • Jeffrey Garth
  • 1936

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  • Diane Baker, Joan Crawford, and Paul Burke in Della (1965)
    Della
  • Natalie Wood and Tony Curtis in Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
    Sex and the Single Girl
  • Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    • ...
  • The Dick Powell Theatre (1961)
    The Dick Powell Theatre
  • Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, and Pernell Roberts in Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
  • Sam Benedict (1962)
    Sam Benedict
  • Dr. Kildare (1961)
    Dr. Kildare
  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
  • Sebastian Cabot, Anthony George, and Doug McClure in Checkmate (1960)
    Checkmate
  • Thriller (1960)
    Thriller
  • The Investigators (1961)
    The Investigators
  • John Derek, Richard Jaeckel, and Chill Wills in Frontier Circus (1961)
    Frontier Circus
  • The Law and Mr. Jones (1960)
    The Law and Mr. Jones
  • Cash McCall (1960)
    Cash McCall
  • Grand Jury (1959)
    Grand Jury

Soundtrack

  • The Desert Song (1955)
    The Desert Song
    • (uncredited)
  • Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery in Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935)
    Vanessa, Her Love Story
    • (uncredited)
  • Barbara Stanwyck and Otto Kruger in Ever in My Heart (1933)
    Ever in My Heart
    • (uncredited)

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The Colossus of New York
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The Colossus of New York
The Colossus of New York
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The Colossus of New York
Treasure Island
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Treasure Island
711 Ocean Drive
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711 Ocean Drive
Murder, My Sweet
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Murder, My Sweet
Magnificent Obsession
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Magnificent Obsession
Saboteur
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Saboteur

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    • September 6, 1885
    • Toledo, Ohio, USA
    • September 6, 1974
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(stroke and cerebral vascular complications)
    • September 30, 1919 - September 6, 1974 (his death, 1 child)
    • DeeDee Rescher(Grandchild)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    • 6 Articles

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    Died on his 89th birthday.
    • Ever in My Heart
      (1933)
      $4,550

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