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Show Pipof IS m Jack Rlugman i I Three-time Emmy winner Jack Klugman, title star of V 'Quincy,' is a gambler. He gambles in Los Angeles on the , horses, in Las Vegas on the dice, and in Hollywood on his i TV career. ' ' If his luck at the track or in the casinos has not been i entirely successful, at least his gamble to sit out an entire , i TV season has paid off. V Klugman, following his success in 'The Odd Couple' 1 1 as sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison, received,1: numerous pilot scripts in 1975-76 for situation comedies. 1 He held out for a dramatic show with a medical thrust. ' ; When he was offered a medical detective concept, he, , was overjoyed. As he begins his second season as the' hard-driving Dr. Quincy, Klugman is a winner. Since his commitment to take the plunge into acting ' , 30 years ago, he has worked as a postal employee and i housepainter. Jobs were few and far between, but he ' managed to survive by sharing a $14-a-week apartment i; ,;ih nnhnr rlrnnnlinn alnr Pharloc Rrnncnn I . ; , with another struggling actor, Charles Bronson. ( i His first real break in acting was a stage appearance i with Kim Stanley in 'St. Joan'; his second opposite Rod Steiger in 'Stevedore.' i Later he spent 10 years in summer stock, gaining in-1 i i valuable experience and shining in such plays as 'The ; ' 1 Petrified Forest,' 'Born Yesterday,' and 'Mr. Roberts,' i ! first as an understudy, then in the role of the Navy doctor. His entrance into TV began with a featured role in the acclaimed production of 'The Velvet Alley' on 'Playhouse1 90.' He considers his work during the 'Golden Age' of live i television one of the most rewarding periods in his; 1 career. To date, he has more than 400 TV credits in- eluding his 1963 Emmy-winning portrayal of a blacklisted , i I actor in the 'Blacklist' episode of 'The Defenders.' Between TV assignments, Klugman starred on 1 Broadway in such productions as the revival of 'Golden 1 Boy,' with Lee J. Cobb and John Garfield, and 'Gypsy,'! i I with Ethel Merman. Among his many motion picture credits are 'Twelve , Angry Men,' 'Days of Wine and Roses,' 'Goodbye Colum-, bus' and more recently, 'Two Minute Warning.' i 1 Klugman, a down-to-earth, forthright person, lives quietly in a Malibu condominium with his dog, Angel, and K it I enjoys those flirtatious outings with lady luck.. 1 5 ) |