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| - He appeared in four episodes of The Twilight Zone. Klugman is perhaps best-remembered for his role as Oscar Madison on the television series The Odd Couple. He is tied with Burgess Meredith for the most guest-starring roles on the original series.
- He is best known for his role on the ABC, television series, "The Odd Couple" for which he won two emmy awards. In the Shining Time Station, Family Special Second Chances he played Max Okowsky.
- Jack Klugman (born Jacob Joachim Klugman; April 27, 1922-December 24, 2012) was a television, stage and film actor. Klugman began his career in 1950. He later moved on to television and film work with roles in 12 Angry Men and Cry Terror!. During the 1960s, he guest-starred on numerous television series. Klugman won his first Primetime Emmy Award for his guest-starring role on The Defenders in 1964; he also made a total of four appearances on The Twilight Zone from 1960 to 1963.
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| - Jack Klugman (born Jacob Joachim Klugman; April 27, 1922-December 24, 2012) was a television, stage and film actor. Klugman began his career in 1950. He later moved on to television and film work with roles in 12 Angry Men and Cry Terror!. During the 1960s, he guest-starred on numerous television series. Klugman won his first Primetime Emmy Award for his guest-starring role on The Defenders in 1964; he also made a total of four appearances on The Twilight Zone from 1960 to 1963. In 1970, Klugman reprised his Broadway role of Oscar Madison in the television adaptation of The Odd Couple opposite Tony Randall. The series aired from 1970 to 1975. Klugman won his second and third Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his work on the series. From 1976 to 1983, he starred in the title role in Quincy M.E., for which he earned four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 1985, he appeared in an episode of The Love Boat entitled "Scandinavian Cruise" (Parts 1 & 2). Klugman married actress and future Match Game panelist Brett Somers in 1953. The couple had two children before separating in 1974. They were never divorced and were still married when Somers died in 2007. The following year, he married Peggy Crosby, with whom he had lived since 1988. A longtime smoker, Klugman was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1974. The cancer returned in 1989. During the course of treatment, Klugman lost a vocal cord which left him with a raspy voice.
- He appeared in four episodes of The Twilight Zone. Klugman is perhaps best-remembered for his role as Oscar Madison on the television series The Odd Couple. He is tied with Burgess Meredith for the most guest-starring roles on the original series.
- He is best known for his role on the ABC, television series, "The Odd Couple" for which he won two emmy awards. In the Shining Time Station, Family Special Second Chances he played Max Okowsky.
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