Jackie Gleason
Acting
🎂 1916-02-26
John Herbert Gleason was an American actor, comedian, writer, and composer known affectionately as "The Great One". He developed a style and characters from growing up in Brooklyn, New York and was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy, exemplified by his city bus driver character Ralph Kramden in the television series The Honeymooners. He also developed The Jackie Gleason Show, which maintained high ratings from the mid-1950s through 1970. The series originated in New York City, but videotaping moved to Miami Beach, Florida in 1964 after Gleason took up permanent residence there. Among his notable film roles were Minnesota Fats in 1961's The Hustler (co-starring with Paul Newman) and Buford T. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit series from 1977 to 1983 (co-starring Burt Reynolds).
Cast credits(71)
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self - Presenter
1956
Jerry Giles
1948
Sam Wheeler
1948
Uncle Eddie Doyle
1948
Reginald van Gleason III / cameo
1951
Self
1950
Self
1948
Self
1950
Jackie Gleason
1950
Self
1950
Self
1973
Self
1959
Minnesota Fats
1961
Sheriff Buford T. Justice
1977
Ralph Kramden
1955
Sheriff Buford T. Justice / Gaylord Justice / Reginald Van Justice
1980
Self
1974
Self (archive footage)
2019
Self
1976
Buford T. Justice
1983
Fargo Gondorff
1983
Ernest Johnson
1983
Himself
1962
Max Basner
1986
Commissioner (uncredited)
1942
Self (archive footage)
1998
Self (archive footage)
1988
Izzy Einstein
1985
Self (archive footage)
1968
Buford T. Justice (archive footage)
2004
Jack Griffith
1963
Walter Hollander
1969
Aladdin
1950
Maish Rennick
1962
Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates
1982
Starchy
1942
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
Ralph Kramden
1978
Oliver Poe
1969
Maxwell Slaughter
1963
Self - Host
1966
Ben Beck
1942
Chester A. Riley
1949
Self
1981
John Cutler
1977
Cliff (uncredited)
1941
Wilson
1942
Tough Tony Banks
1968
2005
Stanley Waltz
1970
Ralph Kramden
2000
Ralph Kramden
1977
Hank
1942
Ralph Kramden
1976
Hobart
1942
Gigot
1962
Ralph Kramden
1978
Self (archive footage)
2006
Self
1960
Self
1958
Fenwick Babbitt
1949
Herb / Fred / Mike
1975
Self (archive footage)
2001
Host
1961
Self (archive footage)
2001
Evans - Convict Getting Mug Shot (as Jackie C. Gleason)
1942
'Tubby' (as Jackie C. Gleason)
1941
Reginald Van Gleason III / the Poor Soul / Joe the Bartender / Charlie Bratton (the Loudmoth / Rudy the Repairman / Fenwick Babbit (archive footage)
1994
Self (archive footage)
2002
Ralph Kramden
