1. – Walter Matthau, The Odd Couple, 1968. Klugman was considered when Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau were too expensive a couple – if Billy Wilder was directing. In his first run-in with Paramount, new production chief Robert Evans refused cut-price stars. He cut Billy Wilder, instead! In 1970, Klugman beat Mickey Rooney to the Oscar role for five Paramount TV years – and on stage again in the 90s – with Tony Randall.
2. – Jackie Cooper, Superman, 1978.
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