His death was announced Friday by Sidney Pazoff, his longtime business manager. And the late actor Rod Steiger once pronounced him one of the few human beings I know who still understands what friendship and honor mean.. Mr. Jack Warden was born John Warden Lebzelter, Jr. on September 18, 1920 in Newark, After several years in small, local productions, he made both his Broadway debut in the 1952 Broadway revival of Odets' "Golden Boy" and, three years later, originated the role of "Marco" in the original Broadway production of Miller's "A View From the Bridge". He was married to French stage actress Wanda Ottoni, best known for her role as the object of Joe Besser's desire in The Three Stooges short, Fifi Blows Her Top (1958). Peepers (1952-55) on NBC, N.Y.P.D. on ABC (1967-69), Jigsaw John (1976) on NBC and Crazy Like a Fox (1984-86) on CBS. The gruff yet often engaging characters he became known for could have been lifted from his rough-and-tumble early life. He made a third stab at TV, again appearing as a detective in Crazy Like a Fox (1984) in the mid-1980s. His father was of German and Irish ancestry and his mother was of Irish descent. On film, he and fellow World War II veteran, Lee Marvin (Marine Corps, South Pacific), made their debut in You're in the Navy Now (1951) (a.k.a. Film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). Jack Warden (John Warden Lebzelter; September 18, 1920 - July 19, 2006) was an American actor. Good with his fists, he turned professional, boxing as a welterweight under the name "Johnny Costello", adopting his mother's maiden name. Many of his comrades lost their lives during the Normandy invasion, but the future Jack Warden was spared that ordeal. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of seventeen, young Jack Lebzelter was expelled from Louisville's DuPont Manual High School for repeatedly fighting. Warden graduated with a BA in English from the University of Virginia and received a Masters in Journalism from American University. welterweight under the name "Johnny Costello", adopting his mother's His father Other memorable roles in the period were as the metro news editor of the "Washington Post" in All the President's Men (1976), the German doctor in Death on the Nile (1978), the senile, gun-toting judge in And Justice for All (1979), the President of the United States in Being There (1979), the twin car salesmen in Used Cars (1980) and Paul Newman's law partner in The Verdict (1982). As "James Corry", Warden created a sensitive portrayal of a convicted felon marooned on an asteroid, sentenced to serve a lifetime sentence, who falls in love with a robot. In 1941, he joined the United States Merchant Marine but he quickly tired of the long convoy runs, and in 1942 he moved to the United States Army, where he served as a paratrooper in the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, with the 101st Airborne Division in World War II. Warden can play intense melodrama, yet he plays farce with infallible timing, said Danny Arnold, who told TV Guide that he wrote the part of the gruff and cynical major on Wackiest with Warden in mind. on ABC (1967-69) and "Crazy Like a Fox" (1984-86) on CBS. This was the peak of Warden's career, as he entered his early sixties.

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