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Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman (born April 27, 1922) is an American stage, film and television actor known for his roles in sitcoms, movies, and television and on Broadway. He is perhaps best known for his role as actor Tony Randall's sloppy roommate Oscar Madison in the American television series The Odd Couple during the 1970s and for his starring role in Quincy, M.E. in the 1970s and 1980s. Klugman attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, (now Carnegie Mellon University) and graduated in 1948. In 1957, he appeared in the film 12 Angry Men as Juror #5 and is the last surviving actor who... MORE

Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman (born April 27, 1922) is an American stage, film and television actor known for his roles in sitcoms, movies, and television and on Broadway. He is perhaps best known for his role as actor Tony Randall's sloppy roommate Oscar Madison in the American television series The Odd Couple during the 1970s and for his starring role in Quincy, M.E. in the 1970s and 1980s. Klugman attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, (now Carnegie Mellon University) and graduated in 1948. In 1957, he appeared in the film 12 Angry Men as Juror #5 and is the last surviving actor who played a juror in that movie. He will be returning to 12 Angry Men and the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey. Born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Jack Klugman began acting after serving in the United States Army during World War II. A struggling actor in New York City, Klugman was a roommate of fellow actor Charles Bronson before he and Bronson became well known. In 1954, Klugman played Jim Hanson on the soap opera The Greatest Gift. Also in 1954 Klugman made multiple appearances on the NBC legal drama Justice, starring Gary Merrill and Dane Clark, that was based on cases of the Legal Aid LESS