Jon Korkes

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Jon Korkes
Born (1945-12-04) December 4, 1945 (age 75)
OccupationFilm, stage and television actor
Years active1968–present

Jon Korkes (born December 4, 1945) [1] is an American film, stage, and television actor.

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Korkes was born in Manhattan, New York. He first worked in the theater in Jules Feiffer's Little Murders , directed by Alan Arkin, in 1968. [2] Korkes later began acting in film and television, as his credits includes, All in the Family (and its spin-off Maude ), The Front Page , Dr. Vegas , The Day of the Dolphin , Two-Minute Warning , The Mary Tyler Moore Show , Getting Away with Murder , Starsky & Hutch , Riding in Cars with Boys , Catch-22 , The Outside Man , The Larry Sanders Show , The Out-of-Towners , Homicide: Life on the Street and The Rookies . [1] [3] He also played the recurring role of "Officer Tom Robinson" on six episodes in Oz , from 2001 to 2003. [4]

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