‘Catch-22’ and ‘Oz’ Star Passed Away At 80

Tiphero | 18:22 05-01-2026 | US Today

Jon Korkes, a longtime character actor and acting teacher, has died at age 80. He was best known for his work with director Alan Arkin in Little Murders on both stage and screen, and for playing the doomed turret gunner alongside Arkin in Mike Nichols’ Catch-22. According to his cousin Nancy Drinkwater, Korkes died peacefully [&hellip

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