Jack Kosslyn

Jack Kosslyn

Born: December 28, 1920
Died: June 24, 2005
in New London, Connecticut, USA
Jack Kosslyn was a drama coach in the Los Angeles area for over forty years and taught classes at his own studio in Hollywood. He also worked for Universal Studios and Warner Brothers, and coached performers including David Janssen, Mary Tyler Moore and John Travolta. He spent six years with Clint Eastwood's Malpaso Productions as a casting director, dialogue coach, and actor, appearing in small parts in several of Eastwood's films. In the 1980s, he helped form OPACT, the Organization of Professional Acting Coaches and Teachers.

Movies for Jack Kosslyn...

Empire of the Ants
Title: Empire of the Ants
Character: Thomas Lawson
Released: June 29, 1977
Type: Movie
A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.
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The Death of Richie
Title: The Death of Richie
Character: The Principal
Released: January 10, 1977
Type: Movie
A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
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The Eiger Sanction
Title: The Eiger Sanction
Character: Reporter
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
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Magnum Force
Title: Magnum Force
Character: Walter
Released: December 13, 1973
Type: Movie
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
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Breezy
Title: Breezy
Character: Driver
Released: November 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.
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High Plains Drifter
Title: High Plains Drifter
Character: Saddlemaker
Released: April 19, 1973
Type: Movie
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
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Play Misty for Me
Title: Play Misty for Me
Character: Cab Driver
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.
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Didn’t You Hear?
Title: Didn’t You Hear?
Character: Higby
Released: December 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Kevin is wandering through the confused haze that most college students pass through at one time or another: lectures that make little - if any - sense, pranks by the fraternities and sororities, deep yet meaningless discussions on philosophy with ones friends. Through all of this, Kevin passes in and out of a dream-like fantasy world, in which he and his friends sail the ship 'Queen of Sheba' to a variety of islands, with natives both friendly and hostile.
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The Magic Sword
Title: The Magic Sword
Character: The Ogre
Released: April 1, 1962
Type: Movie
The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, goes on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.
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Title: Bourbon Street Beat
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk
Released: October 5, 1959
Type: TV
"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960. It featured Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which they worked. The show is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and revolves around the lives of Rex Randolph (Long) and Cal Calhoun (Duggan), who run a detective agency called Randolph and Calhoun — Special Services. The agency is based in the Absinthe House, a French Quarter nightclub on Bourbon Street.
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The Spider
Title: The Spider
Character: Mr. Fraser
Released: September 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Teenagers from a small town and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider, living in a cave nearby and getting hungry.
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War of the Colossal Beast
Title: War of the Colossal Beast
Character: Newscaster
Released: June 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colossal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very angry.
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Attack of the Puppet People
Title: Attack of the Puppet People
Character: Sgt. Paterson
Released: April 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A deranged scientist creates a ray that can shrink people down to doll size.
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The Amazing Colossal Man
Title: The Amazing Colossal Man
Character: Lieutenant in Briefing Room
Released: October 25, 1957
Type: Movie
Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast and although he sustains burns over 90% of his body, he survives. Then he begins to grow, but as he grows he starts losing his mind. By the time he stops he is 50 ft tall, insane and is on the rampage.
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The Devil's Hairpin
Title: The Devil's Hairpin
Character: Tony Botari
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him.
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The Devil's Hairpin
Title: The Devil's Hairpin
Character: Tony Boari
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him.