Berry Kroeger
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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 17.957 |
Birthday | 1912-10-16 |
Place of Birth | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
Also Known As | Walker Berry Kroeger, Barry Kroeger, Berry Kroger, Barry Kroger, |
1974
Young Frankenstein
7.883/3052
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1948
Cry of the City
6.8/61
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Cry of the City
1949
Act of Violence
6.869/84
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Act of Violence
1948
The Iron Curtain
5.8/25
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The Iron Curtain
1949
Chicago Deadline
6/11
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Chicago Deadline
1969
Nightmare in Wax
3.4/10
The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.
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Nightmare in Wax
1971
The Mephisto Waltz
6.137/61
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The Mephisto Waltz
1961
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
5.2/41
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Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1955
Blood Alley
5.9/45
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Blood Alley
1948
The Dark Past
5.843/35
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The Dark Past
1951
The Sword of Monte Cristo
3.5/4
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The Sword of Monte Cristo
1960
Seven Thieves
6.6/29
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1956
Man in the Vault
5.5/13
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Man in the Vault
1964
The Time Travelers
4.9/68
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The Time Travelers
1950
Gun Crazy
7.5/265
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1977
Demon Seed
5.9/223
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1949
Black Magic
6.3/20
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1962
Hitler
5.4/15
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Hitler
1960
The Walking Target
5/4
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The Walking Target
1949
Down to the Sea in Ships
6.9/14
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Down to the Sea in Ships
1970
The Wild Scene
3/4
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The Wild Scene
1971
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
3.4/33
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The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
1952
Battles of Chief Pontiac
5.8/4
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Battles of Chief Pontiac
1955
Yellowneck
4.3/7
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Yellowneck
1950
Guilty of Treason
6/5
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Guilty of Treason
1973
Pets
5.5/29
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1971
The Seven Minutes
5.6/13
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1949
Fighting Man of the Plains
5.7/12
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Fighting Man of the Plains
1952
Pontius Pilate
0/0
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Pontius Pilate
1964
Youngblood Hawke
6.1/11
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Youngblood Hawke
1941
Tom, Dick and Harry
5.2/15
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Tom, Dick and Harry
1962
Womanhunt
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Womanhunt
1975
The Man in the Glass Booth
6/21
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The Man in the Glass Booth
1950
Little Women: Meg's Story
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Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in...
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1950
Little Women: Jo's Story
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1957
Mayerling
5.5/6
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Mayerling
1950
A Passenger to Bali
4/1
Captain English permits Mr. Walkes to board his ship bound for Bali, only to learn Walkes is unwelcome at virtually every port, forcing English to end...
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1960
The Story of Ruth
7.3/43
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The Story of Ruth
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.2/521
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1922
Nanook of the North
7.105/290
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Chamber of Horrors
5.5/24
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