Joseph Ruskin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-04-14
Day of Death
2013-12-28 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
Joseph Ruskin
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Joseph Ruskin (born April 14, 1924) 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
Acting
(2006)
Smokin' Aces
as Primo Sparazza
(2005)
Diamond Zero
as Quentin Leeds
(2002)
The Scorpion King
as Tribal Leader
(2002)
Wishcraft
as Taxidermist
(1999)
King Cobra
as Dr. Irwin Burns
(1998)
Star Trek: Insurrection
as Son'a Officer #3
(1994)
CyberTracker
as J. Craig Rounds
(1993)
Indecent Proposal
as Pit Boss
(1993)
The Criminal Mind
as Manny Kohen
(1993)
Firepower
as Drexal
(1993)
Deadly Exposure
as Abe
(1989)
(1988)
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back
as Kharis
(1985)
Prizzi's Honor
as Marxie Heller
(1983)
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Hassan Khaffri
(1982)
The Sword and the Sorcerer
as Malcolm
(1981)
The Munsters' Revenge
as Paulo
(1980)
Power
as Bill Davis
(1980)
(1979)
Captain America
as Rudy Sandrini
(1978)
Dr. Scorpion
as Lt. Reed
(1978)
The Gypsy Warriors
as Grenault
(1976)
Panache
as Cardinal Richelieu
(1971)
Banyon
as Carl Horner
(1964)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Twitch
(1963)
Diary of a Madman
as The Horla (voice)
(1960)
The Magnificent Seven
as Flynn
(1960)
Hell Bent for Leather
as Shad
(1960)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
as Matt Moran