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Joseph Ruskin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1924-04-14

Day of Death

2013-12-28

Place of Birth

Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Ruskin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography (29)

⭐ 6.5 Role: Primo Sparazza

Smokin' Aces

2006
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⭐ 9.0 Role: Quentin Leeds

Diamond Zero

2005
⭐ 5.0 Role: Taxidermist

Wishcraft

2002
⭐ 5.6 Role: Tribal Leader

The Scorpion King

2002
⭐ 4.8 Role: Dr. Irwin Burns

King Cobra

1999
⭐ 6.4 Role: Son'a Officer #3

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998
⭐ 4.1 Role: J. Craig Rounds

CyberTracker

1994
⭐ 3.8 Role: Manny Kohen

The Criminal Mind

1993
⭐ 5.0 Role: Drexal

Firepower

1993
⭐ 4.0 Role: Abe

Deadly Exposure

1993
⭐ 6.4 Role: Pit Boss

Indecent Proposal

1993
⭐ 4.8 Role: Unknown

Original Sin

1989
⭐ 4.2 Role: Kharis

Saturday the 14th Strikes Back

1988
⭐ 6.4 Role: Marxie Heller

Prizzi's Honor

1985
⭐ 4.4 Role: Hassan Khaffri

The Man Who Wasn't There

1983