Jack Kosslyn
- Acting
- December 28, 1920 · New London, Connecticut, USA
- June 24, 2005
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Cheers · Bill
- Empire of the Ants · Thomas Lawson
- The Death of Richie · The Principal
- The Outlaw Josey Wales · Casting
- The Eiger Sanction · Reporter, Dialogue Coach
- Magnum Force · Walter
- Breezy · Driver, Dialogue Coach
- High Plains Drifter · Saddlemaker
- Emergency! · Harry
- Play Misty for Me · Cab Driver, Dialogue Coach
- Didn’t You Hear? · Higby
- Hawaii Five-O · Negotiator
- The Magic Sword · The Ogre
- Bourbon Street Beat · Hotel Desk Clerk
- Earth vs. the Spider · Mr. Fraser
- Attack of the Puppet People · Sgt. Paterson
- War of the Colossal Beast · Newscaster
- Thunder Road · Location Casting
- The Amazing Colossal Man · Lieutenant in Briefing Room
- The Devil's Hairpin · Tony Botari, Tony Boari