Berry Kroeger
Acting • Born 1912-10-16 – Died 1991-01-04
Biography
Berry Kroeger was an American film, television and stage actor. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Kroeger got his acting start on radio as an announcer on Suspense and as an actor, playing for a time The Falcon in the radio series. Kroeger was a regular as Sam Williams on the radio daytime drama Young Doctor Malone. He was discovered by filmmaker William Wellman while performing on Broadway and began appearing in films in 1948 with his role in The Iron Curtain. Kroeger specialized in playing slimy bad guys in films like Act of Violence (1948) and The Iron Curtain (1948), a crooked lawyer in Cry of the City (1948) and a heavy in Joseph H. Lewis' cult crime classic, Gun Crazy (1949). His flair for decadent leering and evil scowls often led to his being cast in "schlock fare", like 1966's Chamber of Horrors and 1971's The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant. He appeared in a small role as a village elder in Young Frankenstein (1974). He appeared in dozens of television programs. He guest starred on seven episodes of Perry Mason, including murderer Edgar Whitehead in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff," and murder victim Kirk Cameron in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Illicit Illusion." He also appeared in shows such as Hawaiian Eye, Get Smart (as a character spoofing actor Sydney Greenstreet) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. His last major film role was in 1977's The Demon Seed. On Broadway, Kroeger portrayed the High Lama in the ill-fated 1956 musical adaptation of Lost Horizon entitled Shangri-La. On January 4, 1991, Berry Kroeger died of kidney failure. *Source:* **Wikipedia**
Filmography
104 credits
The Story of Ruth
Movie • 1960
Huphim
Young Frankenstein
Movie • 1974
First Village Elder (uncredited)
Cry of the City
Movie • 1948
W. A. Niles
Act of Violence
Movie • 1949
Johnny
Nightmare in Wax
Movie • 1969
Max Black
The Iron Curtain
Movie • 1948
John Grubb, aka 'Paul'
Chicago Deadline
Movie • 1949
Solly Wellman
The Mephisto Waltz
Movie • 1971
Raymont
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Movie • 1961
Surgeon
Blood Alley
Movie • 1955
Old Feng
The Dark Past
Movie • 1948
Mike
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1951
Minister Charles La Roche
Seven Thieves
Movie • 1960
Hugo Baumer
Man in the Vault
Movie • 1956
Willis Trent
The Time Travelers
Movie • 1964
Preston
Gun Crazy
Movie • 1950
Packett
Demon Seed
Movie • 1977
Petrosian
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie • 1970
U.S. Army General (uncredited)
Black Magic
Movie • 1949
Alexandre Dumas, Sr.
Hitler
Movie • 1962
Ernst Röhm
The Walking Target
Movie • 1960
Arnie Hoffman
Down to the Sea in Ships
Movie • 1949
Manchester
Yellowneck
Movie • 1955
Plunkett
The Wild Scene
Movie • 1970
Tim O'Shea
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Movie • 1952
Col. von Weber
Chamber of Horrors
Movie • 1966
Chun Sing
Guilty of Treason
Movie • 1950
Hungarian State Police Col. Timar
Pets
Movie • 1973
The Art Connoisseur
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
Movie • 1971
Max
The Seven Minutes
Movie • 1971
Paul Van Fleet
Fighting Man of the Plains
Movie • 1949
Cliff Bailey
Pontius Pilate
Movie • 1952
Caiaphas
Youngblood Hawke
Movie • 1964
Jock Maas
Tom, Dick and Harry
Movie • 1941
Boy Lead in Movie (uncredited)
Womanhunt
Movie • 1962
The Man in the Glass Booth
Movie • 1975
Joachim Berger
Little Women: Meg's Story
Movie • 1950
Mr. Lawrence
Little Women: Jo's Story
Movie • 1950
Mr. Lawrence
Mayerling
Movie • 1957
Headwaiter
A Passenger to Bali
Movie • 1950
Mr. Walkes
The Centerfold Murders
Movie • 1975
Von Hecht
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Garrison's Gorillas
TV • 1967
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
General Henri Zachron
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Alvin Holmquist
Mr. Lucky
TV • 1959
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Eugene Jarech
Studio One
TV • 1948
Baron Tito Belcredi
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Man with a Camera
TV • 1958
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Goya
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Fat Man
The Tall Man
TV • 1960
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Mr. Klein
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Governor of Virginia
Thriller
TV • 1960
Paul Mowry
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
The Thin Man
TV • 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Raoul Lopez
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Inspector Riebold
Pete and Gladys
TV • 1960
Bronco
TV • 1958
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Suspense
TV • 1949
Lord Sannox
Inner Sanctum
TV • 1954
Tightrope
TV • 1959
Lights Out
TV • 1949
The Roaring 20's
TV • 1960
Behind Closed Doors
TV • 1958
The Americans
TV • 1961
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
M. Didot
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Detmar
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Gen. Feng
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Walter Pomeroy
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Nick
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
General Bell
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
Bermudez
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
Commissioner of Police
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
Colonel Geraldine
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
William Creighton
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Ernest Wray
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Donald J. Evanson
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Edgar Whitehead
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Darius Tyson
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Kirk Cameron
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Rexford Wyler
Studio One
TV • 1948
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Studio One
TV • 1948
Mr. Walkes
Studio One
TV • 1948
Studio One
TV • 1948
Mr. Lawrence
Studio One
TV • 1948
Caiaphas
Studio One
TV • 1948
Sir Sagramor
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Benedict Arnold
Suspense
TV • 1949
Suspense
TV • 1949
Fulco
World of Giants
TV • 1959
Dugger
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV • 1964
Chairman
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
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