Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 16, 1912
Died
Jan 04, 1991
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Credits
81 titles
Berry Kroeger
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**
Known For
Filmography
Demon Seed
Petrosian
The Centerfold Murders
Von Hecht
The Man in the Glass Booth
Joachim Berger
Young Frankenstein
First Village Elder (uncredited)
Pets
The Art Connoisseur
The Seven Minutes
Paul Van Fleet
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
Max
The Mephisto Waltz
Raymont
The Wild Scene
Tim O'Shea
Tora! Tora! Tora!
U.S. Army General (uncredited)
Nightmare in Wax
Max Black
Garrison's Gorillas
Chamber of Horrors
Chun Sing
The F.B.I.
Alvin Holmquist
Get Smart
Fat Man
Run for Your Life
Mr. Klein
Youngblood Hawke
Jock Maas
The Time Travelers
Preston
Daniel Boone
Governor of Virginia
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Frame
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Chairman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Burke's Law
General Henri Zachron
Womanhunt
Hitler
Ernst Röhm
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Surgeon
The Americans
Mister Ed
The Roaring 20's
Surfside 6
The Walking Target
Arnie Hoffman
Pete and Gladys
Thriller
Paul Mowry
The Tall Man
The Story of Ruth
Huphim
The Chevy Mystery Show
General Bell
Seven Thieves
Hugo Baumer
Mr. Lucky
Hawaiian Eye
Adventures in Paradise
Inspector Riebold
Tightrope
World of Giants
Dugger
77 Sunset Strip
Man with a Camera
Behind Closed Doors
The Rifleman
Bronco
Peter Gunn
Perry Mason
Eugene Jarech
The Thin Man