Actor Jack Warden, 85
Posted: Friday, July 21st, 2006 6:15 pmJack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85.
Warden, who lived in Manhattan, died Wednesday at a hospital in New York, Sidney Pazoff, his longtime business manager, said here Friday. …
Warden was nominated twice for best supporting actor Oscars in two Warren Beatty movies. He was nominated for his role as a businessman in 1975’s “Shampoo” and the good-hearted football trainer Max in 1978’s “Heaven Can Wait.”
He won a supporting actor Emmy Award for his role as Chicago Bears coach George Halas in the 1971 TV movie “Brian’s Song” and was twice nominated in the 1980s for best leading actor in a comedy for his show “Crazy Like a Fox.”
Warden, with his wild white hair, weathered face and gravelly voice, was in demand for character parts for decades. … Read full obituary
