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name: "Warren Berlinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/warren-berlinger"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 August 1937"
died: "2 December 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:23:59.109392+00:00"
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# Warren Berlinger

Actor. Born 31 August 1937 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 2 December 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 August 1937, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 2 December 2020

## Biography

Warren Berlinger (31 August 1937 – 2 December 2020) was an American character actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began his career as a child performer on Broadway in the original 1946 production of *Annie Get Your Gun*.

He appeared in further Broadway productions including *Blue Denim* and *Come Blow Your Horn*. His film credits included *Teenage Rebel* (1956), Morgan in *The Long Goodbye* (1973), Shakey Finch in *The Cannonball Run* (1981), Stew Percy in *The World According to Garp* (1982) and the Polaroid television host in *That Thing You Do!* (1996). On television he had guest roles in *Friends* (1994), *Columbo* (1971), *Murder, She Wrote* (1984) and *Grace and Frankie* (2015).

Berlinger was married to actress Betty Lou Keim from 1960 until her death in 2010; they had four children.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Long Goodbye* (1973), Fi1m 86, as Morgan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-goodbye.md)

## Also known for

- *Friends* (1994), Bob
- *The A-Team* (1983), E. Robert Colton
- *That Thing You Do!* (1996), Polaroid T.V. Host
- *Columbo* (1971), Jack Stroller
- *The Cannonball Run* (1981), Shakey Finch
- *Hero* (1992), Judge Goines
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Jim Ingram, Sugarman, Pat Patillo
- *The World According to Garp* (1982), Stew Percy

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