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Jason Wingreen (born October 9, 1919) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he lent his voice to Boba Fett
Boba Fett

Boba Fett is a fictional character from the Star Wars Star Wars galaxy, having taken on the roles of both Villain and Anti-Hero, being one of two antagonists in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back along with Darth Vader....
 in the original and 1997 theatrical versions of The Empire Strikes Back. His voice was replaced by the voice of Temuera Morrison
Temuera Morrison

Temuera Derek Morrison is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series....
 (who portrayed Jango Fett
Jango Fett

Jango Fett is a fictional character and supporting villain in the Star Wars fictional universe. He first appeared in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Bounty Hunter the video game, in which he was played by Temuera Morrison....
 and the clone troopers in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 in film space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales....
) in the 2004 DVD version of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.

Wingreen is best known for his role as Harry Snowden on the classic television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off series, Archie Bunker's Place.






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Jason Wingreen (born October 9, 1919) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he lent his voice to Boba Fett
Boba Fett

Boba Fett is a fictional character from the Star Wars Star Wars galaxy, having taken on the roles of both Villain and Anti-Hero, being one of two antagonists in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back along with Darth Vader....
 in the original and 1997 theatrical versions of The Empire Strikes Back. His voice was replaced by the voice of Temuera Morrison
Temuera Morrison

Temuera Derek Morrison is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series....
 (who portrayed Jango Fett
Jango Fett

Jango Fett is a fictional character and supporting villain in the Star Wars fictional universe. He first appeared in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Bounty Hunter the video game, in which he was played by Temuera Morrison....
 and the clone troopers in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 in film space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales....
) in the 2004 DVD version of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.

Wingreen is best known for his role as Harry Snowden on the classic television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off series, Archie Bunker's Place. He played the character from 1977 until 1983. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is the fifth feature film based on the Star Trek: The Original Series science fiction television series....
 actor Bill Quinn
Bill Quinn

Bill Quinn was an United States actor.Quinn appeared in more than 150 acting roles starting in the 20's in silent films and ending in the digital age in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier....
 also had a role in both of these series.

Prior to this, Wingreen was regular during the 1960-61 season of The Untouchables, playing Police Captain Dorsett. TNG
TNG

'TNG' may refer to:* Samba TNG, a fork of Samba* ...
 guest star Nehemiah Persoff
Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff Born in what is now part of Israel, Persoff emigrated with hisfamily to the United States in 1929. He began to take an interest in acting in the 1940s, and after serving in the Army during World War II, he began to pursue his acting career in the New York Theatre District....
 had a recurring role on this show. Wingreen performed in "A Stop at Willoughby", a classic first-season episode and "The Midnight Sun" a (1961) episode of the original Twilight Zone
Twilight zone

Twilight Zone may refer to:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and franchise*The Twilight Zone -1964, the original classic television series...
 series. He also appeared on the original Star Trek
Star Trek

Star Trek is an American Science fiction on television entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek: The Original Series, in addition to ten feature films with Star Trek to be released on May 8,...
 series, making him one of the few people involved with both Star Wars and Star Trek. Wingreen also had a recurring role as Judge Arthur Beaumont in the series Matlock, and has guest-starred in numerous other series, including Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible began as an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret United States government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force ....
, The Outer Limits, Bonanza, The Rockford Files, and The Fugitive.

In 1979, he was a part of the ensemble cast of the acclaimed TV mini-series Roots: The Next Generations.

He also has several film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
s to his credit, most of which feature him in small, often uncredited roles. These include The True Story of Jesse James (1957, with Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter

Jeffrey Hunter was a film and television actor....
, Frank Overton
Frank Overton

Frank Emmons Overton was an United States of America actor.Born in Babylon, New York, he appeared in countless television programs during the early 1950s through the late 1960s....
, Frank Gorshin
Frank Gorshin

Frank John Gorshin, Jr. was an United States actor and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist , with many guest appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show ....
, Biff Elliot, and Clegg Hoyt
Clegg Hoyt

Clegg Hoyt was an American actor....
), The Bravados (1958, with Joan Collins
Joan Collins

Joan Henrietta Collins Order of the British Empire is a Golden Globe Award-winning English actress, bestselling author and columnist....
), A Guide for the Married Man (1967, with Majel Barrett
Majel Barrett

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry was an United States Actor and Executive producer. She was also the wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry....
 and Jeffrey Hunter), Marlowe (1969, with Kenneth Tobey
Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey was an United States stage, television, and film actor....
), The Dunwhich Horror (1970, with Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-nominated, Best Actor Award and Golden Globe-winning United States actor of film and television, active for over 60 years....
), The Magnificent Seven Ride (1972, with William Lucking
William Lucking

William Lucking is an United States film, television, and theatre actor....
, James B. Sikking, and Ed Lauter
Ed Lauter

Edward Lauter is an United States actor. He has appeared in numerous movies and was a stand up comic before getting into acting.Lauter was born in Long Beach, New York, Long Island, New York....
), The Terminal Man (1974, with James B. Sikking, Ian Wolfe
Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe was an United States actor whose films date from 1934 to 1990. Until 1934, he worked as a theatre actor. Wolfe mostly found work as a character actor, appearing in over 270 films....
, and Robert Ito
Robert Ito

Robert Ito is a voice, television, and movie actor.Of Japanese descent, Robert Ito was, for many years, a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada before turning to acting in the mid-1960s....
), Airplane! (1980, with Jonathan Banks
Jonathan Banks

Jonathan Banks is an US character actor in film and television. He tends to play villains.Probably his most well-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop....
, Gregory Itzin
Gregory Itzin

Gregory Itzin is an Emmy Award-nominated American film and television actor, best known for his role on the series 24 as President Charles Logan ....
, and Kenneth Tobey), Oh, God! You Devil (1984, with Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo

Robert Picardo is an Emmy Award-nominated United States actor. He may be best known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on American Broadcasting Corporation's China Beach, the Emergency Medical Hologram also known as The Doctor , on United Paramount Network's Star Trek: Voyager, as The Cowboy in Innerspace, as Joe "The Meat...
 and James Cromwell
James Cromwell

James Oliver Cromwell is an American film and television actor. He has been nominated for an Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards during his career....
), and Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988, with Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman

Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Jr. is an American actor, film director, and narrator. Freeman is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice....
 and Ron Canada
Ron Canada

Ron Canada is an United States actor. He began as a television newscaster during the 1970s in the Baltimore-Washington area mainly on WBAL-TV Channel 11 in Baltimore, until the early 1980s when he became an actor....
).

Filmography


Film

  • Oh, God! You Devil (1984
    1984 in film

    Events* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*TriStar Entertainment, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
    ) .... Hotel Manager
  • Airplane!
    Airplane!

    Airplane! is a Cinema of the United States comedy film directed and written by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lorna Patterson....
     (1980
    1980 in film

    The year 1980 in film involved some significant events....
    ) .... Dr. Brody (Mayo Clinic)
  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (voice) (uncredited) .... Boba Fett
  • Marlowe
    Marlowe

    Marlowe is a name of England origin. It can refer to:...
     (1969
    1969 in film

    The year 1969 in film involved some significant events....
    ) (uncredited) .... Camera Store Clerk
  • The Dunwich Horror
    The Dunwich Horror

    "The Dunwich Horror" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928 in literature, it was first published in the April 1929 in literature issue of Weird Tales ....
     (1970
    1970 in film

    The year 1970 in film involved some significant events....
    ) .... Sheriff Harrison


Television

  • General Hospital
    General Hospital

    General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
     (1963
    1963 in television

    The year 1963 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1963....
    ) TV Series .... Judge Matson (1991
    1991 in television

    The year 1991 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1991.For the American TV schedule, see: 1991-92 United States network television schedule....
    )
  • Mama's Family
    Mama's Family

    Mama's Family is an American television Situation comedy that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. It ended its run on that network in May 1984 when it was cancelled, but NBC would continue to air reruns until September 1985....
     (1989) ..... Fred Gebhardt
  • Captain America
    Captain America

    Captain America is a Character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character First appearance in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby....
     (1979
    1979 in television

    The year 1979 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1979.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1979-80 American network television schedule....
    ) (TV
    Television

    Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
    ) .... Doctor #2
  • Vega$
    Vega$

    Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on American Broadcasting Company between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling....
     (1978
    1978 in television

    The year 1978 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1978.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1978-79 American network television schedule....
    ) (TV) (uncredited) .... Hank Adamek
  • All in the Family
    All in the Family

    All in the Family is an United States situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979....
     (1971
    1971 in television

    The year 1971 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1971.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1971-72 American network television schedule....
    ) and     Archie Bunker's Place
    Archie Bunker's Place

    Archie Bunker's Place is an United States sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 in television as a continuation of All in the Family....
     (1979
    1979 in television

    The year 1979 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1979.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1979-80 American network television schedule....
    ). TV Series .... Harry Snowden (1977-1983)
  • Hustle
    Hustle

    Hustle may mean:...
     (1975
    1975 in television

    The year 1975 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1975.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1975-76 American network television schedule....
    ) .... Jim Lang
  • Honky Tonk
    Honky tonk

    A honky tonk is a type of bar with musical entertainment that is common in the Southwestern United States and Southern United States United States....
     (1974
    1974 in television

    The year 1974 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1974.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1974-75 American network television schedule....
    ) (TV)
  • The Terminal Man
    The Terminal Man (film)

    The Terminal Man is a 1974 in film film directed by Mike Hodges and based on the 1972 The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton. The plot centers around the immediate dangers of mind control and the power of computers....
     (1974) .... Instructor
  • Miracle on 34th Street
    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 film written by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton, and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne , Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn....
     (1973
    1973 in television

    The year 1973 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1973....
    ) (TV) .... Halloran
  • Outrage
    Outrage

    Outrage may refer to:* in culture:** Outrage , a Japanese heavy metal band.** Outrage , an album by punk band Oi Polloi.** Outrage! , a board game where players burglarize the Tower of London....
     (1973) (TV) .... Mr. Bunce
  • Twilight Zone
    Twilight zone

    Twilight Zone may refer to:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and franchise*The Twilight Zone -1964, the original classic television series...
     (1959) and (1961)


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