Awards & Winners

Jack Klugman

Date of Birth 27-April-1922
Place of Birth Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Jacob Joachim Klugman, Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman, Jacob Joachim Klugman, Jacob Joachim Klugman, Jacob Joachim Klugman
Profession Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Television Director
Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman was an American stage, film and television 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 Awards and a 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. 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. Klugman married actress Brett Somers in 1953. The couple had two children before separating in 1974. They never divorced and were still married when Somers died in 2007. He married Peggy Crosby, with whom he had lived since 1988, the following year.

Awards by Jack Klugman

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jack Klugman.

2004


TV Land Quintessential Non-Traditional Family Award
Honored for : The Odd Couple

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
TV Land Quintessential Non-Traditional Family Award The Odd Couple

1997


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Gypsy: A Musical Fable

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series Quincy, M.E.

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series Quincy, M.E.

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series Quincy, M.E.

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series Quincy, M.E.

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series The Odd Couple

1974


Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
Honored for : The Odd Couple

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series The Odd Couple
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy The Odd Couple

1973


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series
Honored for : The Odd Couple

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series The Odd Couple

1972


Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series The Odd Couple
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy The Odd Couple

1971


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series
Honored for : The Odd Couple

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series The Odd Couple

1970


Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Goodbye, Columbus

1964


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
Honored for : The Defenders
(Blacklist)

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role The Defenders
Blacklist

1960


Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical Gypsy