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Jack Klugman  (April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. He began his career in 1950 and started television and film work with roles in 12 Angry Men  (1957) and Cry Terror!  (1958). During the 1960s, he guest-starred on numerous television series. Klugman won his first Primetime Emmy Award  for his guest-starring role on The Defenders  in 1964. He also made a total of four appearances on The Twilight Zone  from 1960 to 1963. In 1965, Klugman replaced Walter Matthau  as Oscar Madison  in the Broadway  play The Odd Couple . Five years later, he reprised that role in the television adaptation of The Odd Couple  opposite Tony Randall . The series aired from 1970 to 1975. Klugman won his second and third Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award  for his work on the series. From 1976 to 1983, he starred in the title role in Quincy, M.E. , for which he earned four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Klugman was born in Philadelphia , the youngest of six children born to Rose, a hat maker, and Max Klugman, a house painter. His parents were Russian-Jewish  immigrants. Klugman served in the United States Army  during World War II . He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University , in Pittsburgh . While there, his drama teacher told him, "Young man, you are not suited to be an actor. You are suited to be a truck driver." After the war, he pursued acting roles in New York City while sharing an apartment with friend and fellow actor Charles Bronson . Klugman was active in numerous stage, television, and film productions during the 1950s and '60s. In 1950, he had a small role in the Mr. Roberts  road company production at the Colonial Theatre  in Boston. Later that same year, he made his television debut in an episode of Actors Studio .  In March 1952, Klugman made his Broadway debut in Golden Boy  as Frank Bonaparte. In 1954, he played Jim Hanson on the soap opera  The Greatest Gift . The following year, he appeared in the live television broadcast of Producers' Showcase  in the episode "The Petrified Forest" with Humphrey Bogart  and Henry Fonda . Klugman later said the experience was the greatest thrill of his career. He went on to appear in several classic films, including as juror number five in 12 Angry Men  (1957) -the last surviving cast member. In 1959, he returned to Broadway in the original production of Gypsy: A Musical Fable .  In 1960, Klugman was nominated for a Tony Award  for Best Featured Actor (Musical) for his role in the show but lost to Tom Bosley  in Fiorello!  He remained with Gypsy  until it closed in March 1961. From 1960 to 1963, Klugman appeared in four episodes of The Twilight Zone  series: "A Passage for Trumpet " (1960), "A Game of Pool " (1961), "Death Ship " (1963), and "In Praise of Pip " (1963), tying Burgess Meredith  for the most appearances in a starring role on the series. In 1964, he won his first Primetime Emmy Award  for his guest-starring role on The Defenders .  That same year, Klugman landed the starring role in the sitcom Harris Against the World.  The series was a part of an experimental block of sitcoms that aired on NBC  entitled 90 Bristol Court .  Harris Against the World,  along with the other sitcoms that aired in the block, were cancelled the following year due to low ratings . Klugman continued the decade with multiple guest roles on television, including The F.B.I. ,  Ben Casey ,  The Name of the Game ,  and Insight .  He also appeared on Broadway in Tchin-Tchin  from October 1962 to May 1963. From 1960 to 1963, Klugman appeared in two episodes of the series The Untouchables : "Loophole" (1961) and "An Eye for an Eye" (1963). In 1965, Klugman replaced Walter Matthau  in the lead role of Oscar Madison  in the original Broadway  production of The Odd Couple . He reprised the role when the play was adapted as a television series , which was broadcast on ABC  from 1970 to 1975. Over the course of the show's five-year, 114-episode run, Klugman won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on the series. In 1973, during the run of the series, Klugman and Odd Couple  co-star Randall recorded an album titled The Odd Couple Sings  for London Records . Roland Shaw  and The London Festival Orchestra and Chorus  provided the music and additional vocals.