Joseph Ruskin

Joseph Ruskin

Actor

Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
April 14, 1924

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

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Representative Works

Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal
6.4
/ English
The Scorpion King
The Scorpion King
5.6
/ English
Smokin' Aces
Smokin' Aces
6.5
/ English
Prizzi's Honor
Prizzi's Honor
6.4
/ English
Diamond Zero
Diamond Zero
9.0
/ English
Wishcraft
Wishcraft
5.2
/ English
King Cobra
King Cobra
4.8
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Magnificent Seven
1960Nominee

Best Performance

The Magnificent Seven

Indecent Proposal
1993Nominee

Best Performance

Indecent Proposal

The Scorpion King
2002Nominee

Best Performance

The Scorpion King

Career Highlights

Smokin' Aces
2006Highlight

Best Performance

Smokin' Aces

Star Trek: Insurrection
1998Highlight

Best Performance

Star Trek: Insurrection