Berry Kroeger (October 16, 1912 â€" January 4, 1991) was an American
film, television and stage actor.The San Antonio, Texas-born 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 Also on
radio, he portrayed Dr. Reed Bannister on Big Sister, narrated Salute
to Youth,:293 and was a regular as Sam Williams on Young Doctor
Malone.He debuted on Broadway in The World's Full of Girls (1943) and
went on to appear in Reclining Figure (1954), Julius Caesar (1950),
and The Tempest (1944). He portrayed the High Lama in the 1956 musical
adaptation of Lost Horizon titled Shangri-La.Kroeger was discovered by
filmmaker William Wellman while performing on Broadway and began
appearing in films with his role in The Iron Curtain (1948). He
specialized in playing slimy bad guys in films like Act of Violence
(1948), The Iron Curtain (1948), a crooked lawyer in Cry of the City
(1948) and a heavy in Joseph H. Lewis' crime film, Gun Crazy (1949).
film, television and stage actor.The San Antonio, Texas-born 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 Also on
radio, he portrayed Dr. Reed Bannister on Big Sister, narrated Salute
to Youth,:293 and was a regular as Sam Williams on Young Doctor
Malone.He debuted on Broadway in The World's Full of Girls (1943) and
went on to appear in Reclining Figure (1954), Julius Caesar (1950),
and The Tempest (1944). He portrayed the High Lama in the 1956 musical
adaptation of Lost Horizon titled Shangri-La.Kroeger was discovered by
filmmaker William Wellman while performing on Broadway and began
appearing in films with his role in The Iron Curtain (1948). He
specialized in playing slimy bad guys in films like Act of Violence
(1948), The Iron Curtain (1948), a crooked lawyer in Cry of the City
(1948) and a heavy in Joseph H. Lewis' crime film, Gun Crazy (1949).
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