Talk:Jack Warden

message: I have changed the date of his death. MSNBC reported his death as occurring on Wednesday. Capitalistroadster 21:51, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Hard to believe that this article was just created today. Here's a great bio/obit — http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-072106warden,1,5410883.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews&track=crosspromo Jimcripps 01:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great Talent; Little Page 

message: Of all the movies Jack Warden acted in, why does one scene from a sequel to a forgotten movie merit such attention? The "Weren't you ever hungry?" speech asking Jason Robards' Ben Bradlee to give young reporters Woodward and Bernstein a chance to break Watergate in "All The President's Men" certainly strikes me as a more memorable screen moment from Warden's illustrious career, and I'm sure there are many others.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.49.228 (talk) 02:52, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem Child 2? 

message: The article says he injured his leg "on the eve of the D-Day invasion", spent almost a year in hospital, and then took part in the Battle of the Bulge - but D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge were only six months apart. GregorB (talk) 22:27, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: [to All Hallow's Wraith]  Hi - may I ask why are you so sure that the Guardian source is incorrect?  The 1958 article that's referenced is not available for verification, so I don;'t actually know what it says, but assuming it says that his ancestry was PA Dutch, why are you certain that it is more reliable than the Guardian? And if you check IMDb now, it has a rather extensive discussion of his Jewish roots - are you sure that's incorrect?  Would appreciate some sourcing.  Thanks Tvoz/talk 07:00, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you for the detailed explanation - clearly this was not an off-hand edit on your part.  Your research is pretty convincing - although I'm never too comfortable with the approach of trying to find RSes to support OR,  I did find it odd that there was not any other independent discussion of his background out there, as just about all of the Google hits could be traced back to the earlier Wiki article wording and therefore irrelevant.  The Hopwood IMDB piece is the one that I do wonder about, as it goes into some detail - conjured up from where? I'm not ready to dismiss it out of hand (I know nothing about Hopwood), but unless we locate that interview, I agree that Hopwood's bio is not enough on its own.  I think it might be helpful to re-post this exchange on the article talk page, if that's ok with you,  so if anyone else comes along wondering about this, your reasoning will be available to them.  Tvoz/talk 19:59, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's a great idea, please do so. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 20:06, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnicity question copied from user talk 

message: His middle name (from birth) is, IMO, subject to dispute. Some sources cite "Warden"; but other sources cite just "H." His German Jewish father would not likely have given his exact name to his son as this contradicts Jewish child naming practises which discourage or outright prohibit naming one's child after a living person. Otherwise Warden would have been John Warden Lebzelter, Jr. or John Warden Lebzelter, II. Also, according to sources he was of German Jewish paternal descent, not Mennonite. Quis separabit? 12:43, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  OK I checked and found that during WWII Warden's U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 indicate he was listed as "John W. Lebzelter Junior" or "John W. Lebzelter, Jr." so I guess he is John Warden Lebzelter, Jr. Quis separabit? 13:22, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: German Jews did sometimes give their children "Jr." names in the U.S. But Jack Warden's father wasn't Jewish. He (Warden's father) was half German Lutheran and half or so Irish. The discussion above addresses this. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 04:03, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Middle name; ethnic background

message: There’s contradictory information in the early life section. Was Warden Jewish or Pennsylvania Dutch/Irish? There was discussion above on this topic over 10 years ago, and it seemed like there was very little reason to believe wardens father was of a Jewish background 193.116.198.10 (talk) 15:38, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnic background