Known for:	12 Angry Men, All the President's Men, Being There
Birth name:	John H. Lebzelter
Birthday:	18 September 1920, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Height:	5' 9" (1.75 m)

Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, as a youth to live with his grandparents. He graduated from Du Pont Manuel High School in Louisville. Boxed as a welterweight under the name "Johnny Costello" in his youth. Fought on the same card as Charles Durning in Madison Square Garden. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1938-1941 then joined the Merchant Marine as water tender in the engine room but disliked convoy duty because of Axis aircraft attacks and his location 30 decks below the main deck -- this, as he says, ended his "romance with the life of a sailor." He left the Merchant Marine in 1942, joined the Army and became a platoon sergeant and parachute jumpmaster in the 101st Airborne. While hospitalized with a leg injury sustained in a jump, Warden read a play written by Clifford Odets and decided to be come an actor. Fought in The Battle of the Bulge during WWII. Separated from wife Vanda Dupre some time in the mid 1970s. However, they never got divorced and were still legally married at the time of his death. Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch)

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