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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lyle S. Bettger (February 13, 1915 – September 24, 2003) was a character actor known most for his Hollywood roles from the 1950s, typically portraying villains. He is perhaps most recognisable as the wrathfully jealous elephant handler Klaus from the Oscar winning film The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lyle was the son…
Known for
- La Classe américaine — Famous Man (archive footage) (uncredited)1993
- M Station: Hawaii — Adm. Lincoln1980
- Police Story1973
- The Hawaiians — Janders1970
- Impasse — Hansen1969
- Hawaii Five-O — Otis Klepper1969
- Hawaii Five-O — Dr. Sartain1969
- Hawaii Five-O — Jonathan Kaye1969
- Hawaii Five-O — Malcolm Rhodes1969
- Hawaii Five-O — Dr. Fleming1969
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Atascadero
- Father
- Frank Bettger
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Lyle Bettger 1957.JPG
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- cause of death
- disease
- date of birth
- 1915-01-01
- date of death
- 2003-01-01
- Commons category
- Lyle Bettger
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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