Jack Albertson

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Albertson, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

Honest Trailers

2012 • as Grandpa Joe (archive footage)

Love, American Style

1969 • as Archie

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

The Twilight Zone

1959 • as Jerry Harlowe

Filmography

2023

Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 12/20/2023

2012

Honest Trailers

as Grandpa Joe (archive footage)

TV - Released: 2/13/2012

2002

After They Were Famous

as Self (archive footage)

TV - Released: 3/30/2002

1983

Movie

Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?

as Self - Sketch Performer

Movie - Released: 5/1/1983

1982

Terror at Alcatraz

as George 'Deacon' Wheeler

Movie - Released: 7/4/1982

My Body, My Child

as Poppa MacMahon

Movie - Released: 4/11/1982

1981

The Fox and the Hound

as Amos Slade (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/10/1981

Dead & Buried

as William G. Dobbs

Movie - Released: 5/29/1981

Movie

Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase

as Charlie Bartlett

Movie - Released: 7/12/1981

1980

Marriage Is Alive and Well

as Manny Wax

Movie - Released: 1/25/1980

1979

Valentine

as Pete Ferguson

Movie - Released: 12/7/1979

1978

The Comedy Company

as Barney Bailey

Movie - Released: 7/21/1978

Mickey's 50

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/19/1978

Grandpa Goes to Washington

TV - Released: 9/7/1978

1976

Joys

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/5/1976

NBC: The First Fifty Years

Movie - Released: 11/21/1976

The Sonny and Cher Show

TV - Released: 2/1/1976

Charlie's Angels

as Edward Jordan

TV - Released: 9/22/1976

Donny & Marie

as Self

TV - Released: 1/23/1976

The Captain and Tennille

as Self

TV - Released: 9/20/1976

1975

Mitzi & 100 Guys

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/24/1975

Cher

as Self

TV - Released: 2/16/1975

1974

Chico and the Man

as Ed Brown

TV - Released: 9/13/1974

Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self

TV - Released: 12/4/1974

Dinah!

as Self

TV - Released: 10/21/1974

1973

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

TV - Released: 9/14/1973

1972

The Poseidon Adventure

as Manny Rosen

Movie - Released: 12/1/1972

Pickup on 101

as Jedediah Bradley

Movie - Released: 5/1/1972

The Streets of San Francisco

TV - Released: 9/23/1972

Temperatures Rising

as Senator Farmstick

TV - Released: 9/12/1972

Temperatures Rising

as Senator Farnstock

TV - Released: 9/12/1972

1971

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

as Grandpa Joe

Movie - Released: 6/29/1971

Congratulations, It's a Boy!

as Al Gaines

Movie - Released: 9/21/1971

Montserrat

as Salas Ina

Movie - Released: 3/2/1971

The Late Liz

as Gordon Rogers

Movie - Released: 9/1/1971

Once Upon a Dead Man

as Chief Andrew Yeakel

Movie - Released: 9/17/1971

Lock, Stock and Barrel

as Brucker

Movie - Released: 9/24/1971

Alias Smith and Jones

TV - Released: 1/5/1971

Doctor Simon Locke

as Dr. Andrew Sellers

TV - Released: 9/13/1971

1970

Rabbit, Run

as Marty Tothero

Movie - Released: 10/1/1970

Squeeze a Flower

as Alfredo Brazzi

Movie - Released: 2/12/1970

A Clear and Present Danger

as Dr. Chanute

Movie - Released: 3/21/1970

Night Gallery

TV - Released: 12/16/1970

The Immortal

TV - Released: 9/24/1970

Nanny and the Professor

TV - Released: 1/21/1970

1969

Justine

as Cohen

Movie - Released: 8/6/1969

Changes

as Kent's father / Interviewer

Movie - Released: 2/11/1969

The Monk

as Tinker

Movie - Released: 10/22/1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Mr. Chambers

TV - Released: 9/23/1969

Love, American Style

as Archie

TV - Released: 9/29/1969

1968

The Subject Was Roses

as John Cleary

Movie - Released: 10/13/1968

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

as Slotkin

Movie - Released: 1/17/1968

Movie

Pat Neal Is Back

as Self

Movie - Released: 4/7/1968

Land of the Giants

as Inidu

TV - Released: 9/22/1968

Here Come the Brides

TV - Released: 9/25/1968

Land of the Giants

as Prof. Kirmus

TV - Released: 9/22/1968

1967

The Flim-Flam Man

as Mr. Packard

Movie - Released: 8/22/1967

Ironside

TV - Released: 3/28/1967

The Second Hundred Years

TV - Released: 9/6/1967

1966

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

TV - Released: 9/17/1966

Run, Buddy, Run

TV - Released: 9/12/1966

CBS Playhouse

TV - Released: 12/8/1966

1965

How to Murder Your Wife

as Dr. Bentley

Movie - Released: 1/26/1965

Run for Your Life

as Joe Murray

TV - Released: 9/13/1965

The Big Valley

as Judge Ben Moore

TV - Released: 9/15/1965

Run for Your Life

as Harry Krissel

TV - Released: 9/13/1965

1964

Kissin' Cousins

as Captain Robert Salbo

Movie - Released: 3/6/1964

A Tiger Walks

as Sam Grant

Movie - Released: 4/12/1964

Roustabout

as Lou

Movie - Released: 11/11/1964

The Patsy

as Theatergoer with Helen

Movie - Released: 6/24/1964

Daniel Boone

as Shem Sweet

TV - Released: 9/24/1964

1963

Days of Wine and Roses

as Trayner

Movie - Released: 2/4/1963

The Sword in the Stone

as Knight in Crowd #1(uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/25/1963

Son of Flubber

as Mr. Barley

Movie - Released: 1/16/1963

Glynis

TV - Released: 9/25/1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV - Released: 10/4/1963

The Lieutenant

TV - Released: 9/14/1963

1962

Period of Adjustment

as Desk Sergeant

Movie - Released: 10/31/1962

Convicts 4

as Teach

Movie - Released: 9/15/1962

Who's Got the Action?

as Officer Hodges

Movie - Released: 12/25/1962

Little Amy

as The Reporter

Movie - Released: 1/1/1962

The Lucy Show

as Herbert

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

Saints and Sinners

as Dr. Felixson

TV - Released: 9/17/1962

Room for One More

TV - Released: 1/27/1962

Ensign O'Toole

as Lieutenant Commander Virgil Stoner

TV - Released: 9/23/1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

Lover Come Back

as Fred

Movie - Released: 12/20/1961

Mister Ed

TV - Released: 1/5/1961

87th Precinct

TV - Released: 9/25/1961

Bus Stop

TV - Released: 10/1/1961

Dr. Kildare

as Cary Fain

TV - Released: 9/27/1961

The Defenders

as Roger Bailey Sr.

TV - Released: 9/16/1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Mr. Eisenbauer

TV - Released: 10/3/1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

The Slowest Gun in the West

as Col. Carl Dexter

Movie - Released: 5/7/1960

The Andy Griffith Show

as Bradford J. Taylor

TV - Released: 10/3/1960

Pete and Gladys

TV - Released: 9/19/1960

The Tab Hunter Show

TV - Released: 9/18/1960

1959

Never Steal Anything Small

as Sleep-Out Charlie Barnes

Movie - Released: 2/11/1959

The Shaggy Dog

as Reporter (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 3/19/1959

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

TV - Released: 9/29/1959

The Twilight Zone

as Jerry Harlowe

TV - Released: 10/2/1959

The Twilight Zone

as Genie

TV - Released: 10/2/1959

Riverboat

as Sampson J. Binton

TV - Released: 9/13/1959

Tightrope

TV - Released: 9/8/1959

Startime

TV - Released: 10/6/1959

1958

Teacher's Pet

as Guide

Movie - Released: 4/1/1958

Yancy Derringer

as Blind Bill

TV - Released: 10/2/1958

The Donna Reed Show

TV - Released: 9/24/1958

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Tintac Ping Foo

TV - Released: 1/12/1958

1957

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Dr. J. Wilson Shiels

Movie - Released: 8/15/1957

Monkey on My Back

as Sam Pian

Movie - Released: 5/29/1957

Don't Go Near the Water

as Rep. George Jansen

Movie - Released: 11/14/1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV - Released: 9/14/1957

The Thin Man

as Lt. Harry Evans

TV - Released: 9/20/1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Fernando Faillace

TV - Released: 7/1/1957

1956

The Harder They Fall

as Pop

Movie - Released: 5/8/1956

The Unguarded Moment

as Prof

Movie - Released: 12/27/1956

Over-Exposed

as Les Bauer (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 4/1/1956

The Eddy Duchin Story

as Piano Tuner (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 5/2/1956

You Can't Run Away from It

as Third Proprietor

Movie - Released: 10/30/1956

Hey, Jeannie!

as Immigration man

TV - Released: 9/8/1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1955

Bring Your Smile Along

as Mr. Jenson

Movie - Released: 6/22/1955

Gunsmoke

as Danny Wilson

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV - Released: 10/5/1955

Matinee Theater

TV - Released: 10/31/1955

Gunsmoke

as Lucius Prince

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Moses Darby

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Harry

TV - Released: 10/2/1955

1954

Top Banana

as Vic Davis

Movie - Released: 2/22/1954

Movie

All I Need Is a Conference!

as Cliff Miller, Shipping

Movie - Released: 1/1/1954

December Bride

TV - Released: 10/4/1954

Inner Sanctum

TV - Released: 1/9/1954

1953

General Electric Theater

as Herb

TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1951

I Love Lucy

as Helicopter Dispatcher

TV - Released: 10/15/1951

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

TV - Released: 9/10/1950

1948

Broadway Jamboree

TV - Released: 5/10/1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

TV - Released: 6/20/1948

1947

Miracle on 34th Street

as Postal Sorter Al (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/4/1947

1940

Strike Up the Band

as Barker (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 9/27/1940

1938

Next Time I Marry

as Reporter

Movie - Released: 12/9/1938