Jack Albertson
Born: 1907-06-16 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1981-11-25
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2023
- Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr. as Self (archive footage)
2002
- After They Were Famous as Self (archive footage)
1983
- Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? as Self - Sketch Performer
1982
- My Body, My Child as Poppa MacMahon
- Terror at Alcatraz as George 'Deacon' Wheeler
1981
- The Fox and the Hound as Amos Slade (voice)
- Dead & Buried as William G. Dobbs
- Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase as Charlie Bartlett
1980
- Marriage Is Alive and Well as Manny Wax
1979
- Valentine as Pete Ferguson
- All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self
1978
- Mickey's 50 as Self
- The Comedy Company as Barney Bailey
- Grandpa Goes to Washington
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Edward Jordan
- Donny & Marie as Self
- Joys as Self
- The Sonny and Cher Show
- The Captain and Tennille as Self
- NBC: The First Fifty Years
1975
- Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- Cher as Self
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Chico and the Man as Ed Brown
- Tony Orlando and Dawn as Self
1973
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Temperatures Rising as Senator Farmstick
- The Poseidon Adventure as Manny Rosen
- Pickup on 101 as Jedediah Bradley
1971
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Grandpa Joe
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Congratulations, It's a Boy! as Al Gaines
- Lock, Stock and Barrel as Brucker
- Once Upon a Dead Man as Chief Andrew Yeakel
- Montserrat as Salas Ina
- The Late Liz as Gordon Rogers
- Doctor Simon Locke as Dr. Andrew Sellers
1970
- Night Gallery
- Rabbit, Run as Marty Tothero
- Nanny and the Professor
- A Clear and Present Danger as Dr. Chanute
- The Immortal
- Squeeze a Flower as Alfredo Brazzi
1969
- Love, American Style as Archie
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Mr. Chambers
- Justine as Cohen
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Ira Goldberg
- The Monk as Tinker
- Changes as Kent's father / Interviewer
1968
- Land of the Giants as Inidu
- How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Slotkin
- Here Come the Brides
- The Subject Was Roses as John Cleary
- Pat Neal Is Back as Self
1967
- Ironside
- The Flim-Flam Man as Mr. Packard
1965
- The Big Valley as Judge Ben Moore
- Run for Your Life as Joe Murray
- How to Murder Your Wife as Dr. Bentley
1964
- Daniel Boone as Shem Sweet
- Kissin' Cousins as Captain Robert Salbo
- Roustabout as Lou
- The Patsy as Theatergoer with Helen
- A Tiger Walks as Sam Grant
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- The Sword in the Stone as Knight in Crowd #1(uncredited)
- The Lieutenant
- Son of Flubber as Mr. Barley
- Glynis
- Days of Wine and Roses as Trayner
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Lucy Show as Herbert
- Convicts 4 as Teach
- Period of Adjustment as Desk Sergeant
- Saints and Sinners as Dr. Felixson
- Little Amy as The Reporter
- Ensign O'Toole as Lieutenant Commander Virgil Stoner
- Who's Got the Action? as Officer Hodges
- Room for One More
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Dick Van Dyke Show as Mr. Eisenbauer
- Dr. Kildare as Cary Fain
- Mister Ed
- The Defenders as Roger Bailey Sr.
- Bus Stop
- Lover Come Back as Fred
- 87th Precinct
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Bradford J. Taylor
- Incident at a Corner as harry
- Pete and Gladys
- The Slowest Gun in the West as Col. Carl Dexter
- The Tab Hunter Show
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Jerry Harlowe
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- Riverboat as Sampson J. Binton
- Tightrope
- Never Steal Anything Small as Sleep-Out Charlie Barnes
- Startime
- The Shaggy Dog as Reporter (uncredited)
1958
- The Donna Reed Show as Jack Richards
- Shirley Temple's Storybook as Tintac Ping Foo
- Yancy Derringer as Blind Bill
- Teacher's Pet as Guide
1957
- Wagon Train as Jebediah Giddings
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Fernando Faillace
- Man of a Thousand Faces as Dr. J. Wilson Shiels
- The Thin Man as Lt. Harry Evans
- Don't Go Near the Water as Rep. George Jansen
- Monkey on My Back as Sam Pian
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Host
- Over-Exposed as Les Bauer (uncredited)
- The Eddy Duchin Story as Piano Tuner (uncredited)
- The Unguarded Moment as Prof
- You Can't Run Away from It as Third Proprietor
- Hey, Jeannie! as Immigration man
- The Harder They Fall as Pop
- The Big Slide as Al St. George
1955
- Gunsmoke as Danny Wilson
- Matinee Theater
- The 20th Century Fox Hour
- Bring Your Smile Along as Mr. Jenson
1954
- Inner Sanctum
- December Bride
- Top Banana as Vic Davis
- All I Need Is a Conference! as Cliff Miller, Shipping
1953
- General Electric Theater as Herb
1951
- I Love Lucy as Helicopter Dispatcher
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1948
1947
- Miracle on 34th Street as Postal Sorter Al (uncredited)
1940
- Strike Up the Band as Barker (uncredited)
1938
- Next Time I Marry as Reporter (uncredited)