Otto Kruger

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
September 6, 1885 (89 years old)
Died
September 6, 1974
Place of Birth
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Career Span
1923 – 1964

Otto Kruger

6 wins
38 nominations
6 Oscars
86 credits

Otto Kruger (1885–1974) was an American actor who began his career in 1915. His career was most prolific during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Personal Info

Born
Sep 6, 1885
From
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1923 – 1964

Award Recognition

6
Wins
38
Nominations
6
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1964

Sex and the Single Girl as Dr. Anderson
Della as Walter Garrick

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The King (segment "The Singing Bone") Award

1960

Cash McCall as Will Atherson Award

1959

The Young Philadelphians as John Marshall Wharton Award

1958

The Colossus of New York as Dr. William Spensser

1955

The Last Command as Stephen F. Austin Award
The Desert Song as General Birabeau

1954

Black Widow as Gordon Ling Award
Magnificent Obsession as Edward Randolph

1952

High Noon as Judge Percy Mettrick Award

1951

Payment on Demand as Ted Prescott Award
Valentino as Mark Towers

1950

711 Ocean Drive as Carl Stephans Award

1948

Romance on the High Seas as Wedding Guest (uncredited) Award
Smart Woman as D.A. Bradley Wayne Award
Lulu Belle as Harry Randolph

1947

Love and Learn as Andrew Wyngate

1946

Duel in the Sun as Mr. Langford Award
The Fabulous Suzanne as Hendrick Courtney Sr.

1945

Wonder Man as District Attorney
Earl Carroll Vanities as Earl Carroll
The Jungle Captive as Dr. Stendahl
The Chicago Kid as John Mitchell
On Stage Everybody as James Carlton
Escape in the Fog as Paul Devon
The Great John L. as Richard Martin
Woman Who Came Back as Rev. Jim Stevens
Allotment Wives as Whitey Colton

1944

Murder, My Sweet as Jules Amthor Award
Cover Girl as John Coudair Award
Storm Over Lisbon as Alexis Vanderlyn
Knickerbocker Holiday as Roosevelt
They Live in Fear as Matthew Van Camp

1943

Stage Door Canteen as Otto Kruger Award
Corregidor as Dr. Jan Stockman
Tarzan's Desert Mystery as Paul Hendrix
Power of the Press as Howard Raskin
Hitler's Children as Colonel Henkel
Night Plane from Chungking as Albert Pasavy

1942

Saboteur as Charles Tobin Award
Secrets of a Co-Ed as James Reynolds
Friendly Enemies as Anton Miller

1941

The Big Boss as Jim Maloney
The Men in Her Life as Victor
Mercy Island as Dr. Sanderson

1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Dr. Emil Von Behring Award
A Dispatch from Reuters as Dr. Magnus
The Man I Married as Heinrich Hoffman
Seventeen as Sylvanus Baxter, Sr.

1939

Another Thin Man as Van Slack Award
A Woman is the Judge as Steven Graham
Disbarred as Tyler Craden
Scandal Sheet as Jim Stevenson
The Zero Hour as Julian Forbes
The Gang's All Here as Mike Chadwick
Black Eyes as Ivan Ivanovich Petroff

1938

Thanks for the Memory as Gil Morrell Award
I Am the Law as Eugene Ferguson
Exposed as William Reardon
Star of the Circus as Garvin
Housemaster as Charles Donkin

1937

They Won't Forget as Michael Gleason
Counsel for Crime as William Mellon
Glamorous Night as King Stefan
The Barrier as Stark

1936

Dracula's Daughter as Dr. Jeffrey Garth
Lady of Secrets as David Eastman
Living Dangerously as Dr. David Stanley Norton

1935

Vanessa: Her Love Story as Ellis Herries
Two Sinners as Henry Vane

1934

Chained as Richard I. Field Award
Treasure Island as Doctor Livesey Award
The Crime Doctor as Dan Gifford
Men in White as Dr. Levine
Paris Interlude as Sam
Springtime for Henry as Henry Dewlip

1933

Ever in My Heart as Hugo Wilbrandt
The Women in His Life as Kent 'Barry' Barringer
The Prizefighter and the Lady as Willie Ryan
Turn Back the Clock as Ted Wright
Beauty for Sale as Mr. Sherwood
Gallant Lady as Phillip Lawrence

1930

Mr. Intruder

1928

The Home Girl

1923

Under the Red Robe as Henri de Cocheforet

Photos & Videos

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Murder, My Sweet
Saboteur
Romance on the High Seas
Black Widow
High Noon
Duel in the Sun
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Payment on Demand
Cover Girl

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