Jack Albertson
Acting
Biography
Jack Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) was an American character actor dating to vaudeville. A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Grandpa Joe in the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Amos Slade in the 1981 animated film "The Fox and the Hound" (1981), and as Ed Brown in the 1974-1978 television sitcom Chico and the Man. For contributions to the television industry, Jack Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6253 Hollywood Boulevard.
As actor 142
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tony Awards
1956
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Ironside
1967
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Wagon Train
1957
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Charlie's Angels
1976
I Love Lucy
1951
Love, American Style
1969
Matinee Theater
1955
The Twilight Zone
1959
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Lucy Show
1962
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Big Valley
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
Run for Your Life
1965
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Night Gallery
1970
Gunsmoke
1955
The Defenders
1961
Land of the Giants
1968
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Harder They Fall
1956
Dinah!
1974
Mister Ed
1961
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
December Bride
1954
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
Chico and the Man
1974
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
87th Precinct
1961
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
Riverboat
1959
Here Come the Brides
1968
The Fox and the Hound
1981
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Startime
1959
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Sword in the Stone
1963
The Thin Man
1957
Donny & Marie
1976
Bus Stop
1961
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
Pete and Gladys
1960
Yancy Derringer
1958
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
Temperatures Rising
1972
Tightrope
1959
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
The Lieutenant
1963
Inner Sanctum
1954
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
Man Against Crime
1949
CBS Playhouse
1966
Ensign O'Toole
1962
Cher
1975
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
Dead & Buried
1981
The Captain and Tennille
1976
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Immortal
1970
Saints and Sinners
1962
Doctor Simon Locke
1971
Room for One More
1962
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
Broadway Jamboree
1948
After They Were Famous
2002
Son of Flubber
1963
How to Murder Your Wife
1965
General Electric Theater
1953
Lover Come Back
1961
Teacher's Pet
1958
Glynis
1963
The Patsy
1964
The Shaggy Dog
1959
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
Kissin' Cousins
1964
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
Roustabout
1964
Who's Got the Action?
1962
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Joys
1976
Little Amy
1962
The Flim-Flam Man
1967
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
Montserrat
1971
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
Top Banana
1954
A Tiger Walks
1964
Rabbit, Run
1970
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
Don't Go Near the Water
1957
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
The Monk
1969
The Late Liz
1971
Justine
1969
Convicts 4
1962
Never Steal Anything Small
1959
Period of Adjustment
1962
Mickey's 50
1978
Next Time I Marry
1938
A Clear and Present Danger
1970
The Unguarded Moment
1956
Once Upon a Dead Man
1971
The Flim Flam Man
1972
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960
Over-Exposed
1956
Strike Up the Band
1940
The George Raft Story
1961
Monkey on My Back
1957
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
Valentine
1979
Bring Your Smile Along
1955
The Big Slide
1956
Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980
Pickup on 101
1972
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
1971
Lock, Stock and Barrel
1971
The Comedy Company
1978
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
1983
The Subject Was Roses
1968
Pat Neal Is Back
1968
My Body, My Child
1982
Squeeze a Flower
1970
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
1981
All I Need Is a Conference!
1954
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
2023
Changes
1969