James Karen is an American character actor of Broadway, film and television. Karen was born Jacob Karnofsky in Wilkes-Barre, Northeastern Pennsylvania, the son of Russian-born Jewish immigrants Mae and Joseph H. Karnofsky, a produce dealer. As a young man, Karen was encouraged to be an actor by U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood, who was an amateur thespian himself, recruiting him into a production at the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre.

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  • James Karen is an American character actor of Broadway, film and television. Karen was born Jacob Karnofsky in Wilkes-Barre, Northeastern Pennsylvania, the son of Russian-born Jewish immigrants Mae and Joseph H. Karnofsky, a produce dealer. As a young man, Karen was encouraged to be an actor by U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood, who was an amateur thespian himself, recruiting him into a production at the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre. He attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. His big break came when he was asked to understudy Karl Malden in the original Broadway production of A Streecar Named Desire . On the television soap operas, he played Dr. Burke on As the World Turns and was the original Lincoln Tyler on All My Children. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role on the television series Eight Is Enough and for his role in the 1985 horror film cult classics The Return of the Living Dead and Poltergeist .. He is also well-known on the east coast for his 20 years as television and radio spokesman for the Pathmark supermarket chain. Among his other notable film credits include roles as finance executives in Wall Street as the two-faced boss to Charlie Sheen's stockbroker and a kindly superior in The Pursuit of Happyness. He was married, for a time, to recording folk singer Susan Reed.
  • James Karen ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.
  • James Karen on yhdysvaltalainen näyttelijä. Hän syntyi venäjänjuutalaisille vanhemmille Pennsylvanian osavaltiossa. Karen on esiintynyt näyttämöllä, elokuvissa ja televisiossa. Tunnettuja rooleja on ollut muiden muassa sarjoissa As the World Turns, All My Children ja Eight Is Enough sekä kauhuelokuvassa Elävien kuolleiden paluu.
  • James Karen (născut cu numele de Jacob Karnofsky) este un celebru actor american.
  • Джеймс Карен - американский актёр.
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  • James Karen is an American character actor of Broadway, film and television. Karen was born Jacob Karnofsky in Wilkes-Barre, Northeastern Pennsylvania, the son of Russian-born Jewish immigrants Mae and Joseph H. Karnofsky, a produce dealer. As a young man, Karen was encouraged to be an actor by U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood, who was an amateur thespian himself, recruiting him into a production at the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre.
  • James Karen ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.
  • James Karen on yhdysvaltalainen näyttelijä. Hän syntyi venäjänjuutalaisille vanhemmille Pennsylvanian osavaltiossa. Karen on esiintynyt näyttämöllä, elokuvissa ja televisiossa. Tunnettuja rooleja on ollut muiden muassa sarjoissa As the World Turns, All My Children ja Eight Is Enough sekä kauhuelokuvassa Elävien kuolleiden paluu.
  • James Karen (născut cu numele de Jacob Karnofsky) este un celebru actor american.
  • Джеймс Карен - американский актёр.
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