Through the lives of some people, you can trace the history of an entire country - for example, through the life of actor Jack Warden. He survived the Great Depression, the Great War, saw the restoration of the world after the fascist plague, and lived for a long time in peacetime. Perhaps such an eventful life helped him to embody the images of different characters on the screen after he became an actor.
Biography
Jack Warden was born in 1920 in Newark. He did not live with his parents, because they gave their son to his grandmother in Louisville. An elderly woman spoiled her grandson, and he grew up cocky and desperate. Jack did not give rest to children at school, constantly got into fights, and he knew how to fight well. For this behavior, he was expelled from school when he moved to high school.
The young man went to do what he knew best - to fight. He fought with professional boxers, and they paid him mere crumbs. Having endured many fights, Jack realized that he was not earning money for himself, but for an agent, so he left the sport.
He worked wherever he could, and in 1938 he was recruited into the US Navy. Right before the war, he transferred to the merchant fleet, and then went to serve in the army, in the landing troops. The war circled around Jack, instilling horror with the number of deaths, but his fate kept him: once he injured his leg and ended up in the hospital for six months without ever getting to the front. He later learned that many of his fellow soldiers had died on the landing in Normandy.
In the hospital, Warden read plays by Clifford Odets, and he was seized by the desire to become an actor. After demobilization, he went to New York to study acting.
Film career
Only in 1948 did Jack get the opportunity to appear on television in the show "Studio One". Later there was a project called "Filko's Television Theater" and a full-length film "You Are Now in the Navy". Unfortunately, in the film he had such a small role that his last name was not even in the credits. However, the handsome actor was noticed, and very quickly offered a role in the film "The Man with My Face", and six months later he was expected to work in the television project "Mister Peepers".
A notable leap in Warden's career came after the release of 12 Angry Men. The film is still in the top 250 best films. In subsequent years, he starred a lot, and the result of his work were nominations for prestigious awards, including an Oscar for the films "Shampoo" and "Heaven Can Wait." He also won an Emmy for his role in Brian's Song.
The best creative works of the actor are considered roles in the films "While You Slept", "Verdict", "All the President's Men", "Being There" and "Justice for All".
Jack Warden is a long-lived film industry. He played his last role in the comedy "Doubles" when he was 79 years old.
Personal life
For a long time, Jack Warden did not marry, and the reasons for this are unknown. He married Wanda Dupre in 1958. They lived together for twelve years, and then separated. In this marriage, Warden had a son, Christopher.
The spouses did not formalize the divorce, sometimes they communicated. After this marriage, Warden did not marry again. We can say that his family is colleagues in the shop.
In 2000, his health began to falter and he left his acting career. It took six years of treatment, which did not work, and in 2006 Jack Warden passed away.
