Mr. Klugman attained stardom in 1970 as the slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison in the TV version of Neil Simon's
The Odd Couple, which enjoyed a five-year run. It also earned him two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe award. Klugman and his co-star Tony Randall reunited for a TV movie,
The Odd Couple in 1993. But perhaps his greatest success was a crime-solving medical examiner on TV's
Quincy between 1976-83. His key film roles include
12 Angry Men,
Days of Wine and Roses,
The Detective , and
Goodbye Columbus. In the...
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