- Died on his 89th birthday.
- Daughter Ottilie Kruger was a stage actress who performed with Marlon Brando on Broadway in the 1944 production of "I Remember Mama." She also appeared in two plays with her father -- "Little A" (1947) and "Time for Elizabeth" (1948). She died of pancreatic cancer on May 12, 2005, at age 78.
- His family had educated him as a musician, but he entered acting with a bit part in "Quo Vadis?" for a local stock company, eventually becoming its leading juvenile.
- Great-nephew of Paul Krüger.
- A 1960 stroke forced his sudden retirement when he no longer could remember lines.
- Kruger made his Broadway debut in "The Natural Law" in 1915.
- Interred at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Churchyard, plot #4266.
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