15 Facts About James Karen

James Karen is known for his recurring television role as Tom Bradford's boss, Eliot Randolph, in Eight Is Enough.

James Karen was nominated for a Saturn Award for his 1985 role in The Return of the Living Dead.

James Karen appeared in an episode of Cheers as Frasier's mentor and the father of Carla's sixth child.

James Karen's uncle was Morris Carnovsky, a prominent actor and co-founder of the Group Theatre.

James Karen attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York.

James Karen served in the US Army Air Forces during World War II.

James Karen was perhaps best known for his recurring role on the television series Eight Is Enough.

James Karen is well-known on the East Coast for his 20 years as television and radio spokesman for the Pathmark supermarket chain.

James Karen is known for having played Herbert Purcell, a businessman and leader of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter, in a 1981 episode of The Jeffersons; and the evil tycoon Nathan Lassiter, who killed the town of Walnut Grove in the final TV movie of Little House on the Prairie.

James Karen was set to appear in Superman Returns as Ben Hubbard, but his scenes were ultimately cut.

Later in his career, James Karen was recognized for his role as Martin Frohm in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness.

James Karen was married to Susan Reed, the actress and folk singer, with whom he had one son, Reed.

James Karen died on October 23,2018, at his home in Los Angeles, at the age of 94.

James Karen was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actor for his role in The Return of the Living Dead in 1985.

James Karen was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Unborn in 1991.