Joan jurgensen alex karras biography

Alexander George "Alex" Karras (July 15, &#; October 10, ) was an American football player, wrestler, movie, television, stage, voice actor, and writer who is known for his role as George Papadapolis in the television series Webster.

Karras was born on July 15, in Gary, Indiana. He studied at the University of Chicago. Karras was married to Joan Jurgensen from until they divorced in Then he was married to Susan Clark from until his death in With Jurgensen, he has five children. Then with Clark he has one child. Karras died on October 10, in Los Angeles, California from kidney failure, aged ^[1]

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Alex Karras, who has died of kidney failure at the age of 77, followed one successful career, in professional football, with another, in films and television, notably play-punching a horse in one of the signature madcap scenes of Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles.

He had been part of the mass concussion lawsuit more than 3, former players filed against the National Football League. Though he portrayed his share of heavies, Karras, a lb defensive lineman with the Detroit Lions, also pulled off comedy roles in films including Victor/Victoria () and, from to , as an adoptive father in the television series Webster."

"Before I was a football player, I wanted to be an actor," he recalled. "My dad was an actor, and inom used to sit in the theatre in the front row and fantasise about being an actor." After his father's death when he was a boy, he said, "my whole family had to change what their intentions were." His became f

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