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. He first worked in the theater in

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's '' Little Murders'', directed by Alan Arkin, in 1968. Korkes later began acting in film and television, as his credits includes, ''

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'', '' The Day of the Dolphin'', ''

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'', '' The Out-of-Towners'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and '' The Rookies''. He also played the recurring role of "Officer Tom Robinson" on six episodes in the

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television series '' Oz'', from 2001 to 2003.

Filmography

* '' The Out-of-Towners'' (1970) as Looter * ''

'' (1970) as Snowden * '' Little Murders'' (1971) as Kenny Newquist * ''

'' (1972) as First Hawk * '' Cinderella Liberty'' (1973) as Dental Corpsman * '' The Day of the Dolphin'' (1973) as David * '' The Front Page'' (1974) as Rudy Keppler * ''

'' (1976) as Jeffrey * '' Between the Lines'' (1977) as Frank * ''

Jaws of Satan ''Jaws of Satan'', also called by its working title ''King Cobra'', is a 1982 American horror film directed by Bob Claver, and starring Fritz Weaver, Gretchen Corbett, Jon Korkes, and Christina Applegate, in her feature film debut. Its plot fol ...

'' (1981) as Dr. Paul Hendricks * ''

Worth Winning ''Worth Winning'' is a 1989 romantic comedy film directed by Will Mackenzie and starring Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe and Lesley Ann Warren. It was written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott, based on the novel by Dan Lewandowski. Plot Tay ...

'' (1989) as Sam * ''

Syngenor ''Syngenor'' (also known as ''Scared To Death 2'') is a 1990 B horror/science fiction film that was a sequel to the 1980 film '' Scared to Death''. The film was directed by George Elanjian Jr and written by Michael Carmody and Brent V. Friedm ...

'' (1990) as Tim Calhoun * ''

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'' (1990) as Fuzby Robinson * '' Getting Away with Murder'' (1996) as Chemistry Lab Professor * '' Riding in Cars with Boys'' (2001) as Counselor * '' The Double'' (2013) as Detective

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* * American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Living people 1945 births Male actors from New York (state) Male actors from Manhattan 20th-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1940s-stub