Jackie Gleason

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Actor:

Nothing in Common (1986)

Izzy & Moe (1985) (TV)

Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983) (TV)

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)

The Sting II (1983)

The Toy (1982)

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners' Christmas (1978) (TV)

The Honeymooners Valentine Special (1978) (TV)

The Honeymooners Christmas Special (1977) (TV)

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Mr. Billion (1977)

"The Captain and Tennille" (1 episode, 1976)

The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon (1976) (TV)

A Lucille Ball Special Starring Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason (1975) (TV)

The Jackie Gleason Special (1973) (TV)

How Do I Love Thee? (1970)

"The Jackie Gleason Show" (44 episodes, 1966-1970)

Don't Drink the Water (1969)

How to Commit Marriage (1969)

Skidoo (1968)

"Here's Lucy" (1 episode, 1968)

"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1 episode, 1966)

"Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine" (5 episodes, 1962-1966)

Soldier in the Rain (1963)

Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Gigot (1962)

The Hustler (1961)

The Red Skelton Hour (2 episodes, 1955-1961)

The Big Sell (1960) (TV)

The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960) (TV) Narrator

"Playhouse 90" (1 episode, 1958)

"The Jackie Gleason Show" (74 episodes, 1952-1957)

The Honeymooners (39 episodes, 1955-1956)

"Studio One in Hollywood" (3 episodes, 1953-1955)

"The Best of Broadway" (1 episode, 1955)

"Cavalcade of Stars" (1 episode, 1951)

"The James Melton Show" (1 episode, 1951)

"Musical Comedy Time" (1 episode, 1951)

"The Frank Sinatra Show" (1 episode, 1951)

The Desert Hawk (1950)

"The Life of Riley" (12 episodes, 1949-1950)

Springtime in the Rockies (1942) (uncredited)

Orchestra Wives (1942) (uncredited)

Escape from Crime (1942)

Larceny, Inc. (1942)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)

Lady Gangster (1942)

Steel Against the Sky (1941) (uncredited)

All Through the Night (1941)

Navy Blues (1941)

Writer:

The Wool Cap (2004) (TV) (story "Gigot")

Gigot (1962) (writer)

The Million Dollar Incident (1961) (TV) (story)

"Studio One in Hollywood" (2 episodes, 1955-1956)

Director:

Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners' Christmas (1978) (TV)

The Honeymooners Christmas Special (1977) (TV)

The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon (1976) (TV)

Producer:

"The Jackie Gleason Show" (1966) TV series (executive producer)

"The Jackie Gleason Show" (1961) TV series (executive producer)

"Stage Show" (1954) TV series (executive producer)

Appearances

The Honeymooners: The Really Lost Debut Episodes (1994) (TV)

Gleason: In His Own Words (1986) (TV)

The Honeymooners Anniversary Celebration (1985) (TV)

The 39th Annual Tony Awards 1985 (TV)

The Honeymooners Reunion (1985) (TV)

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1984) (TV)

Bing Crosby's White Christmas (1976) (TV)

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jackie Gleason (1975) (TV)

Julie and Jackie: How Sweet It Is (1974) (TV)

"The David Frost Show" (3 episodes, 1970)

"The Jackie Gleason Show" (38 episodes, 1966-1970)

"Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine" (115 episodes, 1962-1966)

The Million Dollar Incident (1961) (TV)

"The Jackie Gleason Show" (2 episodes, 1961)

The Arthur Godfrey Show (1960) (TV)

The Fabulous Fifties (1960) Narrator

"Timex All-Star Jazz Show" (1 episode, 1959)

The Ed Sullivan Show (7 episodes, 1949-1958)

"The Herb Shriner Show" (1 episode, 1956)

Person to Person (1 episode, 1956)

What's My Line? (2 episodes, 1953-1955)

"The Jackie Gleason Show" (4 episodes, 1952-1955)

"The Jack Benny Program" (1 episode, 1955)

"I've Got a Secret" (1 episode, 1955)

"This Is Show Business" (1 episode, 1953)

"Cavalcade of Stars" (93 episodes, 1950-1952)

"The Kate Smith Evening Hour" (1 episode, 1951)

"The Colgate Comedy Hour" (2 episodes, 1951)

"Cavalcade of Bands" (1 episode, 1951)

"Ford Star Revue" (1 episode, 1951)

1952 Music for Lovers Only

1953 Lover's Rhapsody

1953 Music to Make You Misty

1954 Tawny

1954 And Awaaay We Go!

1954 Music, Martinis and Memories

1955 Lonesome Echo

1955 Music for Lovers Only

1955 Music to Make You Misty

1955 And Awaaay We Go!

1955 Romantic Jazz

1955 Music to Remember Her

1955 Lonesome Echo

1956 Music to Change Her Mind

1956 Night Winds

1956 Merry Christmas

1957 Music for the Love Hours

1957 Velvet Brass

1957 Jackie Gleason Presents "Oooo!"

1958 The Torch With the Blue Flame

1958 Riff Jazz

1959 Rebound

1959 That Moment

1959 Take Me Along (original cast)

1960 Aphrodisia

1960 Opiate D'Amour

1961 Lazy Lively Love

1961 The Gentle Touch

1962 A Lover's Portfolio (two records in a "briefcase")

1962 Love, Embers and Flame

1963 Gigot (soundtrack)

1963 Champagne, Candlelight & Kisses

1963 Movie Themes For Lovers Only

1963 Today's Romantic Hits/For Lovers Only

1964 A Lover's Portfolio Vol. 1 (Music for Sippin' & Dancin')

1964 A Lover's Portfolio Vol. 2 (Music for Listenin' & Lovin')

1964 Today's Romantic Hits/For Lovers Only Vol. 2

1965 Last Dance For Lover's Only

1965 Silk 'N' Brass

1966 Music from Around the World – For Lovers Only

1966 How Sweet It Is For Lovers

1967 A Taste of Brass For Lovers Only

1967 Tis the Season

1968 The Best of Jackie Gleason

1968 Doublin' In Brass

1969 The Best of Jackie Gleason, vol. 2

1969 Irving Berlin's Music For Lovers Only

1969 The Now Sound

1969 Close Up

1969 All I Want for Christmas

1970 Romeo & Juliet

1970 Come Saturday Morning

1971 Words of Love

Academy Awards

1962 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Hustler (1961)

Emmy Awards

1956 Nominated Emmy Best Actor - Continuing Performance for: "The Honeymooners" (1955)

1955 Nominated Emmy Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series for: "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952)

1955 Nominated Emmy Best Written Comedy Material for: "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952)

1954 Nominated Emmy Best Male Star of Regular Series for: "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952)

1953 Nominated Emmy Best Comedian

Golden Globes

1964 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Star - Male for: "Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine" (1962)

1963 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: Gigot (1962)

1962 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor for: The Hustler (1961)

Laurel Awards

1962 Won Golden Laurel Top Male Supporting Performance for: The Hustler (1961)

National Board of Review, USA

1961 Won NBR Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Hustler (1961)

Peabody Awards

1956 Won Personal Award Shared with: Perry Como For television entertainment.

TV Land Awards

2004 Nominated TV Land Award Favorite Cantankerous Couple for: "The Honeymooners" (1955) Shared with: Audrey Meadows

2003 Nominated TV Land Award Working Stiff of the Year for: "The Honeymooners" (1955)

Walk of Fame

Star on the Walk of Fame Television At 6310 Hollywood Blvd.

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Jackie Gleason is so identified with TV and his iconic character of Ralph Kramden and the antics featured on The Honeymooners (1955-1956) that it's easy to forget he possessed film credits. He appeared with virtually no professional success in nine films released in 1941 and 1942. They include two Warner Brothers releases: All Through the Night (1942) with Humphrey Bogart and Larceny, Inc. (1942) with Edward G. Robinson. He capped off this period with two releases featuring the Glenn Miller orchestra, which included Gleason playing the bass: Orchestra Wives (1942) and Springtime in the Rockies (1942).

Thereafter, Gleason rose to TV stardom, initially as the replacement for William Bendix on The Life of Riley (1949), then as the host of the Du Mont network Cavalcade of Stars (1950). CBS wooed him on board in 1952. The Kramden character first appeared on Cavalcade, but Gleason brought him over to CBS's The Jackie Gleason Show, with Art Carney as his sidekick, Ed Norton, and various women as his wife, Alice, until Audrey Meadows became identified with the part.

This meteoric success led to achievements in other media. Gleason received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1960, appearing in Take Me Along. Hollywood beckoned once again, as Robert Rossen cast Gleason as the pool champion Minnesota Fats in The Hustler (1961), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He followed up these triumphs with the lauded dramatic performance in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962). Gleason ended his long career with the commercially successful trio of Burt Reynolds's Smokey and the Bandit movies (1977, 1980, and 1983) and last appeared as an aging deadbeat father alongside Tom Hanks in Nothing in Common (1986). The film proved to be Gleason's final film role, as he was suffering from colon cancer, liver cancer, and thrombosed hemorrhoids during production.

Gleason was a heavy drinker, and smoked five packs of cigarettes a day. Years of those habits finally caught up with him in 1986, when he was diagnosed with diabetes and phlebitis, but he knew his condition was more serious. “I won’t be around much longer,” he told his daughter at dinner one evening after a day of filming Nothing In Common. A year later, on June 24, 1987 Gleason died peacefully, at his Florida home. He was 71 years old.

Gleason is interred in an outdoor mausoleum at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery in Miami, Florida. At the base is the inscription of one of his catchphrases, "And Away We Go."

Drinking removes warts and pimples. Not from me. But from those I look at.

How sweet it is!"

Grandfather of actor Jason Patric.

Had an interest in the occult as well as an extensive collection of books on the paranormal.

Once said that Orson Welles bestowed his "The Great One" nickname upon him.

On August 2000, cable television station TvLand unveiled an eight-foot bronze statue of Gleason as Ralph Kramden. The statue was placed in the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City.

The Miami Beach Auditorium was re-named the Jackie Gleason Theater and is located on 17th Street and Washington Avenue on South Beach.

Was a mentor and frequent drinking buddy of Frank Sinatra. It was Gleason who first introduced Sinatra to Jack Daniels whiskey, which became Sinatra's signature drink.

Salary

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) $1,200,000

"The Jackie Gleason Show" (1966) $50,000/week

The Fabulous Fifties (1960) $50,000

Springtime in the Rockies (1942) $250/week

Orchestra Wives (1942) $250/week

Larceny, Inc. (1942) $250/week

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942) $250/week

All Through the Night (1941) $250/week

Navy Blues (1941) $250/week