Jack Warden was born John H. Lebzelter on September 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey to Laura M. (Costello) and Jack Warden Lebzelter. His father was of German and Irish descent, and his mother was of Irish ancestry. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of 17, young Jack Lebzelter was expelled from Louisville's DuPont Manual High School for ...
Du Pont Manuel High School, Du Pont Manuel High School
Nationality
American, American
Spouse
Vanda Dupre ; child
Children
Christopher Lebzelter, Christopher Lebzelter
Parents
Laura M. Lebzelter, John Warden Lebzelter, Laura M. Lebzelter, John Warden Lebzelter
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Obie Award for Performance, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Obie Award for Performance
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstan...
Movies
12 Angry Men, All the President's Men, The Verdict, Problem Child, Being There, Heaven Can Wait, While You Were Sleeping, From Here to Eternity, Problem Child 2, Brian's Song, ...And Justice for All, Shampoo, Run Silent, Run Deep, Donovan's Reef, Used Cars, The Replacements, Dirty Work, Bulworth, De...
TV Shows
Mister Peepers, The Asphalt Jungle, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, N.Y.P.D., The Bad News Bears, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby, Jigsaw John, Knight & Daye, Crazy Like a Fox, The Bad News Bears, N.Y.P.D., The Wackiest Ship in the Army, The Asphalt Jungle, Mister Peepers, Norby, Knight & Daye, Jigsaw John
Was the original Cpl. Steve Henshaw in the unaired pilot of The Phil Silvers show, Sgt. Bilko.
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Parents are John Warden Lebzelter and Laura M. Costello.
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Jack's father was of German and Irish ancestry, and Jack's mother was of Irish ancestry. Jack's paternal grandfather, Phillip Lebzelter, was the son of German immigrants, Johann Wilhelm Lebzelter and Martha Ackerman. Jack's three other grandparents (paternal grandmother Catherine O'Brien, and maternal grandparents Edward F. Costello and Mary H. McGrath) were all of Irish origin.
Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Lt. Mike Haines on N.Y.P.D. (1967).
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He and Gilbert Gottfried are the only two actors to appear in all three Problem Child films. Unlike Gottfried, Warden did not participate in the animated series.
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Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).
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Separated from wife Wanda Ottoni some time in the mid 1970s. However, they never got divorced and were still legally married at the time of his death.
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Fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.
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He served in the United States Navy from 1938-1941 then joined the Merchant Marine as water tender in the engine room but disliked convoy duty because of Axis aircraft attacks and his location three decks below the main deck -- this, as he says, ended his "romance with the life of a sailor". He left the Merchant Marine in 1942, joined the United States Army and became a platoon sergeant and parachute jump master in the 101st Airborne. While hospitalized with a leg injury sustained in a jump, Warden read a play written by Clifford Odets and decided to become an actor.
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Fought on the same card as Charles Durning in Madison Square Garden.
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Boxed as a welterweight under the name "Johnny Costello" in his youth.
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Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, as a youth to live with his grandparents. He graduated from DuPont Manual High School in Louisville.
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