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Joseph Henry Ploski (April 16, 1904 – May 17, 1993) was a Polish-American film and television actor. Born in Poland.[1] He was known for his appearance in the 1953 film Stalag 17, which starred William Holden, Don Taylor and Otto Preminger.[2]

Joe Ploski
Ploski in Man with a Camera, 1958
Born	Joseph Henry Ploski (1904-04-16)April 16, 1904 Poland
Died	May 17, 1993(1993-05-17) (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film and television actor
Years active	1932–1970

Ploski worked as a baker.[1] When he worked as a baker, he saved his money to attend at a drama school for which it was his dream to work as an actor.[1] Ploski performed in vaudeville in Hollywood, California.[1] He began his career in 1932, first appearing in a Broadway play.[3] He was also considered as a straight man for comedian Joe Lewis.[3]

Ploski made his appearance to films for which his first credit was the 1936 film Lady Be Careful. He had made an appearance in the 1938 film There Goes My Heart, which starred Fredric March and Virginia Bruce. In the same year, Ploski appeared in the film Romance in the Dark, which starred Gladys Swarthout, John Boles and John Barrymore. There was a place that lyricist, composer and producer Sylvia Fine had worked, in which Ploski was considered as one of the presented comedians.[4] He was also considered as one of the funniest people along with Imogene Coca and Danny Kaye.[4]

Ploski appeared in numerous notable films including Dr. Broadway (1942), starring Macdonald Carey and Jean Phillips; The Dark Corner (1946), starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix and Mark Stevens; The Reckless Moment (1949), starring James Mason and Joan Bennett and Experiment Alcatraz (1950), starring John Howard and Joan Dixon. He appeared in over 200 films until 1970, in which his final credit was from the film Airport, which starred Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin. Ploski guest-starring appearances in television programs included Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Tales of Wells Fargo, Wagon Train, The Fugitive, 77 Sunset Strip, The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason and also appeared in the McHale's Navy 1965 film McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force.[5]

Ploski died in May 1993 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 89.[6]

References

External links

• Joe Ploski at IMDb
• Joe Ploski at the TCM Movie Database
• Joe Ploski at AllMovie
• Rotten Tomatoes profile

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