Will Kuluva

Will Kuluva (May 2, 1917 – November 6, 1990) was an American actor.

Kuluva was born on May 2, 1917, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kuluva. His father owned a department store. He graduated from Central High School. After enrolling at St. Louis University, he went to the University of Kansas City, where he majored in dramatics and graduated with an A. B. degree in 1937. He was also educated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

During World War II Kuluva was a first lieutenant in the Fifth Army. He was wounded and received a Purple Heart. Following his release from a hospital, he served in an entertainment troup that toured battle fronts until the war ended.

Kuluva's Broadway credits included Steel (1939), Hold on to Your Hats (1940), The Wanhope Building (1947), Open House (1947), The Alchemist (1948), King Richard III (1949), That Lady (1949), Arms and the Man (1950), Darkness at Noon (1951), The Shrike (1952), My 3 Angels (1953), and A Very Special Baby (1956).

His film debut came in Abandoned. Other films in which he appeared included Viva Zapata!, Operation Manhunt, The Shrike, Crime in the Streets, Odds Against Tomorrow, Go Naked in the World, The Spiral Road and The Missiles of October. He appeared in the television series The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Hawaii Five-O, Perry Mason, It Takes a Thief, Primus, Mission: Impossible, and Quincy, M.E., among others.

He died on November 6, 1990, in Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at age 73.