article_snippet: (CNN)Daniel von Bargen, the talented character actor perhaps best known for playing George Costanza's imbecilic boss Mr. Kruger during the last season of "Seinfeld," has died.
article_snippet: Von Bargen, who also stood out as Commandant Edwin Spangler on the ABC sitcom
article_snippet: On "Seinfeld," his Mr. Kruger was the incompetent owner of Kruger Industrial Smoothing (a company that tried and failed to remove the green tint from the Statue of Liberty) and the boss of George (Jason Alexander)
article_snippet: And on "Malcolm in the Middle," von Bargen played the hard-nosed, eyepatch-wearing Spangler, the head of cadets at Marlin Academy.
article_snippet: von Bargen clashed often with the troublemaking Francis (Christopher Masterson), the oldest of Malcolm's (Frankie Muniz) brothers.
highlights_snippet: Character actor Daniel von Bargen played George's boss Mr. Kruger on "Seinfeld"
  Character actor Daniel von Bargen was Commandant Edwin Spangler on "Malcolm in the Middle" 