Daniel von Bargen
Daniel von Bargen (born June 5, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American film, stage, and television actor.
While probably best known as Commandant Edwin Spangler in the TV comedy Malcolm in the Middle, Von Bargen's film credits include RoboCop, A Civil Action, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Super Troopers. He also played Kruger, George Costanza's boss at Kruger Industrial Smoothing, on the final season of Seinfeld, appearing in the famous "Festivus" episode. His distinguished stage career includes a long residency with Trinity Repertory in Providence, Rhode Island; he appeared in the premiere of Larry Gelbart's Mastergate and other plays at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and made his Broadway debut when the show went to New York.