Berry Kroeger
Acting
Born 1912-10-16
Died 1991-01-04
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Berry Kroeger was an American film, television and stage actor.
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Kroeger got his acting start on radio as an announcer on Suspense and as an actor, playing for a time The Falcon in the radio series. Kroeger was a regular as Sam Williams on the radio daytime drama Young Doctor Malone. He was discovered by filmmaker William Wellman while performing on Broadway and began appearing in films in 1948 with his role in The Iron Curtain.
Kroeger specialized in playing slimy bad guys in films like Act of Violence (1948) and The Iron Curtain (1948), a crooked lawyer in Cry of the City (1948) and a heavy in Joseph H. Lewis' cult crime classic, Gun Crazy (1949). His flair for decadent leering and evil scowls often led to his being cast in "schlock fare", like 1966's Chamber of Horrors and 1971's The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant. He appeared in a small role as a village elder in Young Frankenstein (1974).
He appeared in dozens of television programs. He guest starred on seven episodes of Perry Mason, including murderer Edgar Whitehead in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff," and murder victim Kirk Cameron in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Illicit Illusion." He also appeared in shows such as Hawaiian Eye, Get Smart (as a character spoofing actor Sydney Greenstreet) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. His last major film role was in 1977's The Demon Seed.
On Broadway, Kroeger portrayed the High Lama in the ill-fated 1956 musical adaptation of Lost Horizon entitled Shangri-La.
On January 4, 1991, Berry Kroeger died of kidney failure.
*Source:* **Wikipedia**
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Perry Mason
The Rifleman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Get Smart
Peter Gunn
The F.B.I.
Burke's Law
Studio One
Daniel Boone
Thriller
Four Star Playhouse
Run for Your Life
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Surfside 6
Mister Ed
Suspense
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Adventures in Paradise
Hawaiian Eye
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Ed Sullivan Show
77 Sunset Strip
Bronco
Omnibus
Lights Out
The Tall Man
Mr. Lucky
Young Frankenstein
Pete and Gladys
Lux Video Theatre
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Garrison's Gorillas
The Thin Man
Tightrope
The Roaring 20's
Inner Sanctum
The Chevy Mystery Show
Demon Seed
Behind Closed Doors
Blood Alley
The Americans
Man with a Camera
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Gun Crazy
Black Magic
Cry of the City
Pets
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Seven Thieves
The Story of Ruth
The Seven Minutes
Chamber of Horrors
Act of Violence
World of Giants
Down to the Sea in Ships
The Dark Past
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Mephisto Waltz
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
Fighting Man of the Plains
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