Seinfeld star Daniel von Bargen survives suicide attempt

 

THE actor who played George Costanza's boss on Seinfeld is fighting for his life after surviving a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, TMZ reports. 
 
"I've shot myself in the head ... and I need help," Daniel von Bargen says in a chilling 911 call after what is believed to have been a suicide attempt at his apartment in Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

The 61-year-old tells the 911 operator: "I was supposed to go to the hospital and I didn't want to", adding fragmented details about doctors planning to "amputate at least a few toes" due to his diabetes.

Audio of the 911 call suggests that when emergency crews arrived at his apartment the actor could still have been armed as he was ordered to keep his hands where they were visible.

 

Von Bargen was admitted to a local hospital and remains in critical condition.

In addition to his role as Mr Kruger on Seinfeld, von Bargen also appeared on Malcolm in the Middle as Commandant Edwin Spangler and in the 2001 film Super Troopers as Chief Grady.