Prof. A.R. Kraal — Blackboard Jungle Character Profile

About Prof. A.R. Kraal

A former teacher of Dadier and principal of a disciplined, academically superior school. He offers Dadier a job, which Dadier declines to stay at North Manual Trades High School.

Character Facts

Played by

Basil Ruysdael

Appears in

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Role

Supporting

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