Joseph Ruskin (born Joseph Richard Schlafman; April 14, 1924 â€"
December 28, 2013) was an American character actor.Ruskin was born in
Haverhill, Massachusetts. After graduating high school in Cleveland,
he served in the U.S. Navy and studied drama at Carnegie Mellon
University and began acting at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Although he
gained his greatest recognition in television and film, he continued
to appear on stage throughout his career.Ruskin appeared in an episode
of The Outer Limits, called "Production and Decay of Strange
Particles". He played in The Time Tunnel episode, "Revenge of the
Gods", as well as two separate, two-part Mission: Impossible episodes:
"Old Man Out" and "The Slave". He had a non-credited voice role of one
of the Kanamits in The Twilight Zone episode, "To Serve Man", a season
after playing the genie in another episode, "The Man in the Bottle".
Ruskin also appeared in the Hogan's Heroes episode "The Gestapo
Takeover". In 1960, Ruskin appeared as Reed Benton in the TV western
series Lawman in the episode titled "The Escape of Joe Killmer". In
1964, he appeared in an episode of the comedy-drama Kentucky Jones.His
film appearances include The Magnificent Seven (1960), Prizzi's Honor
(1985), Indecent Proposal (1993) and Smokin' Aces (2006).
December 28, 2013) was an American character actor.Ruskin was born in
Haverhill, Massachusetts. After graduating high school in Cleveland,
he served in the U.S. Navy and studied drama at Carnegie Mellon
University and began acting at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Although he
gained his greatest recognition in television and film, he continued
to appear on stage throughout his career.Ruskin appeared in an episode
of The Outer Limits, called "Production and Decay of Strange
Particles". He played in The Time Tunnel episode, "Revenge of the
Gods", as well as two separate, two-part Mission: Impossible episodes:
"Old Man Out" and "The Slave". He had a non-credited voice role of one
of the Kanamits in The Twilight Zone episode, "To Serve Man", a season
after playing the genie in another episode, "The Man in the Bottle".
Ruskin also appeared in the Hogan's Heroes episode "The Gestapo
Takeover". In 1960, Ruskin appeared as Reed Benton in the TV western
series Lawman in the episode titled "The Escape of Joe Killmer". In
1964, he appeared in an episode of the comedy-drama Kentucky Jones.His
film appearances include The Magnificent Seven (1960), Prizzi's Honor
(1985), Indecent Proposal (1993) and Smokin' Aces (2006).
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