Otto Kruger
Date of birth: 1885-09-06
Place of birth: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Отто Крюгер
Biography
Otto Kruger (September 6, 1885 – September 6, 1974) was an American actor who began his career in 1915. His career was most prolific during the 1930s and 1940s.
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High Noon
1952-06-09
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has b
Murder, My Sweet
1944-12-14
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply compl
Mr. Intruder
1930-10-01
A magazine editor gets a good story when he comes home to find his wife with his best friend.
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944-03-17
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide th
Escape in the Fog
1945-04-05
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees tw
Cover Girl
1944-03-22
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Dracula's Daughter
1936-05-11
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
Saboteur
1942-04-24
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of sta
Duel in the Sun
1946-12-31
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself
Magnificent Obsession
1954-08-07
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s on
Another Thin Man
1939-11-17
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a
Allotment Wives
1945-11-08
Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay.
Cash McCall
1960-01-20
Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them int
711 Ocean Drive
1950-07-01
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a bet
The Young Philadelphians
1959-05-21
Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climb
Treasure Island
1934-08-17
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is c
Black Widow
1954-10-28
When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway produ
They Won't Forget
1937-07-14
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration D
Chained
1934-08-31
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to div
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943-12-26
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum e
Payment on Demand
1951-02-03
David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorc
The Jungle Captive
1945-06-25
Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured
The Colossus of New York
1958-06-18
A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933-11-10
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
The Women in His Life
1933-12-08
An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves his
Power of the Press
1943-01-29
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940-02-23
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syph
Hitler's Children
1943-01-06
This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American girl declared legally German b
Men in White
1934-04-06
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his soc
Woman Who Came Back
1945-12-13
A young woman is tormented by the belief that she is the victim of a witch's curse.
I Am the Law
1938-08-25
With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organi
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news age
Storm Over Lisbon
1944-10-16
A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.
Turn Back the Clock
1933-08-25
While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams what
Smart Woman
1948-04-30
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
Gallant Lady
1933-12-07
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
Scandal Sheet
1939-10-16
The crimes of a tabloid publisher are exposed by a reporter, his secret illegitimate son.
The Big Boss
1941-04-28
Two brothers are separated after the death of their father. One grows up to be a politician, while t
Counsel for Crime
1937-10-14
Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger p
Ever in My Heart
1933-10-28
World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935-03-01
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
Beauty for Sale
1933-09-01
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen
The Chicago Kid
1945-06-29
The story of Joe Ferrill, whose efforts to raise enough money so that his imprisoned father can live
Seventeen
1940-03-01
A high-school student in a small town becomes smitten with the sophisticated new girl who's just arr
The Man I Married
1940-08-09
An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
Thanks for the Memory
1938-11-11
Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to
The Crime Doctor
1934-03-14
When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect murder--and
Della
1964-08-08
Della Chappell is a very wealthy and incredibly reclusive woman. When a big company wants to develop
Exposed
1938-11-05
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue
Disbarred
1939-01-06
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of
Night Plane from Chungking
1943-05-31
Without lights and in a driving rain, a bus is lumbering along the muddy Assam Road en route from Ch
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945-04-05
Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring a
Mercy Island
1941-10-09
The beautiful Florida Keys provide the setting of this adventure that tells the tale of a fun-filled
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962-08-07
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have
Valentino
1951-03-08
Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling betw
Springtime for Henry
1934-08-22
A rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him away
The Gang's All Here
1939-03-04
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that
Sex and the Single Girl
1964-12-25
A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to
Wonder Man
1945-06-08
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten
Paris Interlude
1934-07-27
Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...
The Zero Hour
1939-05-26
A celebrated Broadway actress and a wealthy widowed businessman are brought together through their s
The Barrier
1937-12-10
Gale, a store owner, lives in an Alaskan village with his grown ward, Necia, whom he had rescued yea
Secrets of a Co-Ed
1942-10-26
An attorney's immature college-student daughter becomes romantically involved with a mobster, unawar
The Last Command
1955-08-03
During the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads for
The Great John L.
1945-05-25
Portrait of legendary fighter John L. Sullivan, aka "The Boston Strong Boy", and his meteoric rise
Living Dangerously
1936-03-08
The dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate thoughts of
Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars o
They Live in Fear
1944-10-06
After witnessing the killing of a professor in concentration camp "Dachau" German student Paul emigr
Lady of Secrets
1936-02-21
Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the res
Corregidor
1943-03-29
A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japane
The Men in Her Life
1941-10-30
A circus performer becomes a ballerina and then begins her life of a career versus marriage and a ho
Black Eyes
1939-04-08
Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fa
Glamorous Night
1937-04-28
Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue their ki
Lulu Belle
1948-08-15
Lulu Belle is singing in a cheap dive in Natchez, Mississippi in the early 1900's when she meets ris
Love and Learn
1947-05-02
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the
Friendly Enemies
1942-06-21
During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on
Under the Red Robe
1923-11-12
A young man is tasked by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu to capture one of the cardinal's enemies bu
Housemaster
1938-01-31
Three girls arrive at a stuffy English public school and cause all sorts of problems with both the s
The Fabulous Suzanne
1946-12-15
Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when
A Woman is the Judge
1939-10-03
Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woma
On Stage Everybody
1945-07-13
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
Two Sinners
1935-09-12
An ex-convict gets released after shooting a fellow who made a play for his wife. When he meets Slee
The Desert Song
1955-05-07
Live television version of the classic musical.
Star of the Circus
1938-01-01
English-language version or remake of the German film, TRUXA (1937).
Romance on the High Seas
1948-06-25
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself whil
The Home Girl
1928-12-01
A short film featuring the debut of actress Miriam Hopkins.