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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 14, 1924
Place of Birth:
Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
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Joseph Ruskin
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Joseph Ruskin (born April 14, 1924 - December 28, 2013) is an American character actor.
Ruskin is one of only 4 actors or actresses to have starred in both the original Star Trek (1966) (up to and including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)) and then in one of the spin offs. Along with Majel Barrett, Clint Howard and Jack Donner, he is one of only four actors to appear in both the original Star Trek series and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). He also played a Vulcan Master in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Ruskin was also in an episode of The Outer Limits called "Production and Decay of Strange Particles". Ruskin was also in a movie called Smokin' Aces.
Joseph Ruskin was the uncredited voice of the Kanamits from the Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". He also may be remembered as the Genie from the 1960 episode of the Twilight Zone, "The Man in the Bottle".
He married Patricia Herd in 1959 and was later divorced in 1976.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Primo Sparazza |
| 2005 | Diamond Zero | Quentin Leeds |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King | Tribal Leader |
| 2002 | Wishcraft | Taxidermist |
| 1999 | King Cobra | Dr. Irwin Burns |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Son'a Officer #3 |
| 1994 | CyberTracker | J. Craig Rounds |
| 1993 | The Criminal Mind | Manny Kohen |
| 1993 | Firepower | Drexal |
| 1993 | Indecent Proposal | Pit Boss |
| 1993 | Deadly Exposure | Abe |
| 1989 | Original Sin | |
| 1988 | Saturday the 14th Strikes Back | Kharis |
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Marxie Heller |
| 1983 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Hassan Khaffri |
| 1982 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | Malcolm |
| 1981 | The Munsters' Revenge | Paulo |
| 1980 | Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | Daku |
| 1979 | Captain America | Rudy Sandrini |
| 1978 | Dr. Scorpion | Lt. Reed |
| 1978 | The Gypsy Warriors | Grenault |
| 1976 | Panache | Cardinal Richelieu |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Twitch |
| 1963 | Diary of a Madman | The Horla (voice) |
| 1960 | The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Matt Moran |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven | Flynn |
| 1960 | Hell Bent for Leather | Shad |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Bones | William Grayson |
| 2001 | That's My Bush! | Dr. Jack Kevorkian |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Suliban Doctor |
| 2001 | Alias | Alain Christophe |
| 1997 | Brooklyn South | Chaim Rosenthal |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | County Mystery's Owner (segment "Count Mystery") |
| 1997 | The Last Don | Don Santadio |
| 1997 | USA High | Monsieur LeBeau |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Vulcan Master |
| 1994 | Spider-Man | Lewald (voice) |
| 1994 | ER | Mr. Kingsley |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Informant |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Tumek |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | Tonio Sebastian |
| 1987 | DuckTales | |
| 1987 | Max Headroom | Promoter |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Pappas |
| 1985 | Stingray | |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Cooper |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Ivanov |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Jonas Wisner |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Jerome Valentine |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Bubba |
| 1982 | Hotel | David Levite |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Torriello |
| 1979 | B. J. and the Bear | Dr. Mason |
| 1979 | Mrs. Columbo | Sid Russell |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | Hassan |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Rawlins |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Koslo |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Danny Barr |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Rodell |
| 1975 | Switch | Roebuck |
| 1974 | Planet of the Apes | Daku |
| 1974 | Harry O | Jack Macay |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Markos |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Le Duc |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Vinnie Venizelos |
| 1973 | Police Story | Captain Edward Ferguson |
| 1973 | The Magician | Hassid |
| 1972 | Cool Million | President Chaambes |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Marioni |
| 1970 | McCloud | Balwant Dari |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Fanatic |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | Carlos |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | George Bates |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Korlik |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | General Aza |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show | Harry |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Ainsworth Pardee |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel | Sardis |
| 1966 | Star Trek | Galt |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | King Ibn Borca |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | Leo Braden |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Colonel Scutari |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Colonel Hatafis |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Khalid |
| 1965 | Hogan's Heroes | Major Strauss |
| 1965 | Get Smart | Ehrlich |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Munez |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Viper Black |
| 1964 | Mickey | Chief |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | French |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Jason Sutro |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mr. Brown |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Inspector Falazir |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Sir Tristan Voss |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | The Rider |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Collins |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Director |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Gabby Donovan |
| 1961 | Mister Ed | Nobleman |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Hirsh (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Donnell |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre | Slatter |
| 1960 | Outlaws | Kopek |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Christy |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary | Hadjii |
| 1960 | Hong Kong | Captain |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Blinky Ober |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Clyde Hardisty |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | Leo Martin |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Kanamit (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Genie |
| 1959 | The Lawless Years | |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Guard |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Crow |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Happy Levinsky |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Alexander Stavro |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Fred Metcalf (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Moro |
| 1959 | The Troubleshooters | Kalang |
| 1959 | The Detectives | B. J. Anthony |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Lepke Buchalter (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Alexander Raeder |
| 1958 | Naked City | 'Count' John Baker |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Gus Vogel |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Dimitri (uncredited) |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Gregory |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Lawman | Reed Benton |
| 1958 | Lawman | Ed James |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Chick |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Apache Leader |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Curt Hansen |
| 1955 | The Honeymooners | Raccoon Lodge Member (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Judge |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Man Entering Shop (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days | Jeb Daley |
| 1952 | Omnibus |