Jack Gilford

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Born: 7/25/1907

Biography: Jack Gilford grew up in a tough section of Brooklyn, where his Rumanian-born mother Sophie supported her family by working as a bootlegger. In 1934, Gilford won an amateur-night contest, launching a career that would span 5 1/2 decades. He often performed in reknowed bohemia …

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Enter Laughing [Movie] as Mr. Foreman

2009

Harry and Walter Go to New York [Movie] as Mischa

2008

Hey, Rookie [Movie] as Specialty

2007

Cocoon [Movie] as Bernie Lefkowitz

2006

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [Movie] as Hysterius

2002

Catch-22 [Movie] as Doc Daneeka

1996

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Year
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Award
Movie

1973
Won
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Save the Tiger

1973
Won
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Best Supporting Actor
Save the Tiger

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