James Karen (28 November 1923 – 24 Oktober 2018) was 'n Amerikaanse akteur. Hy is bekend vir sy rolle in die rolprente Poltergeist (1982), The Return of the Living Dead (1985), Mulholland Dr. (2001), en The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). 1965: Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster 1970: Hercules in New York 1982: Poltergeist 1985: The Return of the Living Dead 1986: Hardbodies 2 1987: Drive-In Madness! 1988: Return of the Living Dead II 1990: The Closer 1990: The Willies 1990: Heart of the Deal 1991: The Unborn 1993: Stone Soup 2001: Mulholland Dr. 2003: A House on a Hill 2006: The Pursuit of Happyness 2013: America's Most Haunted 2016: Bender 2018: Marilyn!