Jackie Gleason(1916-1987)

Music Department
Actor
Writer

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Comedian, actor, composer and conductor, educated in New York public schools. He was a master of ceremonies in amateur shows, a carnival barker, daredevil driver and a disc jockey, and later a comedian in night clubs. By the mid-1950s he had turned to writing original music and recording a series of popular and best-selling albums with his orchestra for Capitol Records. Joining ASCAP in 1953, his instrumental compositions include "Melancholy Serenade", "Glamour", "Lover's Rhapsody", "On the Beach" and "To a Sleeping Beauty", among numerous others.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 16 nominations total

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Known for

The Hustler

7.9

Minnesota Fats

1961

Smokey and the Bandit

7.0

Sheriff Buford T. Justice of Portague County

1977

The Honeymooners

8.6

TV Series

Music Department(theme music)

Smokey and the Bandit II

5.3

Sheriff Buford T. Justice
Gaylord Justice
Reginald Van Justice

1980

Credits

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Music Department

Toen was geluk heel gewoon
6.8
TV Series
- composer: additional music
- 2009
The Break-Up
5.8
- musician: "Tenderly"
- 2006
Izzy & Moe
6.3
TV Movie
- conductor
- 1985
The Honeymooners
8.2
TV Special
- conductor
- 1978
The Honeymooners
8.0
TV Special
- composer: score
- 1977
The Honeymooners
7.9
TV Special
- conductor
- 1976
The Jackie Gleason Show
7.9
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- composer: theme "Melancholy Serenade"
- 1966–1970
Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine
8.6
TV Series
- composer: theme "Melancholy Serenade"
- 1966
The Secret World of Eddie Hodges
8.2
TV Movie
- composer: theme music
- 1960
The Jackie Gleason Show
8.5
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1952–1958
The Honeymooners
8.6
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1955–1956

Actor

Nothing in Common
5.9
- Max Basner
- 1986
Izzy & Moe
6.3
TV Movie
- Izzy Einstein
- 1985
Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson
7.7
TV Movie
- Ernest Johnson
- 1983
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
3.5
- Buford T. Justice
- 1983
The Sting II
4.9
- Fargo Gondorff
- 1983
The Toy
5.8
- U.S. Bates
- 1982
Smokey and the Bandit II
5.3
- Sheriff Buford T. Justice
- Gaylord Justice
- Reginald Van Justice
- 1980
Smokey and the Bandit
7.0
- Sheriff Buford T. Justice of Portague County
- 1977
Mr. Billion
5.4
- John Cutler
- 1977
Three for Two
6.8
TV Movie
- Fred
- Herb
- Mike
- 1975
How Do I Love Thee?
5.0
- Stanley Waltz
- 1970
Don't Drink the Water
5.5
- Walter Hollander
- 1969
How to Commit Marriage
5.3
- Oliver Poe
- 1969
Skidoo
4.7
- Tony Banks
- 1968
Here's Lucy
6.9
TV Series
- Ralph Kramden (uncredited)
- 1968

Writer

The Wool Cap
7.1
TV Movie
- story "Gigot"
- 2004
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
3.5
- dialogue collaboration
- 1983
Gigot
7.1
- original story
- 1962
The Million Dollar Incident
7.1
TV Movie
- story
- 1961
The Honeymooners
8.6
TV Series
- created by (creator, uncredited)
- 1955–1956
Studio One
7.5
TV Series
- story
- 1955–1956
Cavalcade of Stars
7.8
TV Series
- Writer
- 1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
7.7
TV Series
- Writer
- 1951

Personal details

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Alternative name
- Jackie C. Gleason
Height
- 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
Born
- February 26, 1916
- Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
- June 24, 1987
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA(colon and liver cancer)
Spouses
Children
Relatives
Other works
Album: "And Awaaay We Go!". NOTE: This album features his only vocal performances.
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Trivia
The popular Hanna-Barbera character Fred Flintstone was based on him, as "The Flintstones" animated series was loosely based on "The Honeymooners". Upon realizing this, Gleason tried to file a lawsuit against Hanna-Barbera but was dissuaded from doing so by friends and colleagues who advised him that it would be bad for his reputation if he became known as "the man who killed Fred Flintstone.".