Berry Kroeger

Berry Kroeger was an American film television and stage actor Born in San Antonio Texas 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 Kroeger was a regular as Sam Williams on the radio daytime drama Young Doctor Malone He was discovered by filmmaker William Wellman while performing on Broadway and began appearing in films in 1948 with his role in The Iron Curtain Kroeger specialized in playing slimy bad guys in films like Act of Violence 1948 and The Iron Curtain 1948 a crooked lawyer in Cry of the City 1948 and a heavy in Joseph H Lewis cult crime classic Gun Crazy 1949 His flair for decadent leering and evil scowls often led to his being cast in schlock fare like 1966s Chamber of Horrors and 1971s The Incredible TwoHeaded Transplant He appeared in a small role as a village elder in Young Frankenstein 1974 He appeared in dozens of television programs He guest starred on seven episodes of Perry Mason including murderer Edgar Whitehead in the 1961 episode The Case of the Blind Mans Bluff and murder victim Kirk Cameron in the 1964 episode The Case of the Illicit Illusion He also appeared in shows such as Hawaiian Eye Get Smart as a character spoofing actor Sydney Greenstreet and The Man from UNCLE His last major film role was in 1977s The Demon Seed On Broadway Kroeger portrayed the High Lama in the illfated 1956 musical adaptation of Lost Horizon entitled ShangriLa On January 4 1991 Berry Kroeger died of kidney failure Source Wikipedia