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
- Terror at Alcatraz as George 'Deacon' Wheeler
- My Body, My Child as Poppa MacMahon
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
- All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self
- Valentine as Pete Ferguson
1978
- Grandpa Goes to Washington
- Mickey's 50 as Self
- The Comedy Company as Barney Bailey
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Edward Jordan
- Donny & Marie as Self
- The Sonny and Cher Show
- The Captain and Tennille as Self - Guest
- Joys as Self
- NBC: The First Fifty Years
1975
- People's Choice Awards as Self - Host
- Cher as Self
- Mitzi & 100 Guys 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
- The Flim Flam Man as Me. Packard
1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Grandpa Joe
- Doctor Simon Locke as Dr. Andrew Sellers
- Montserrat as Salas Ina
- Congratulations, It's a Boy! as Al Gaines
- Lock, Stock and Barrel as Brucker
- Once Upon a Dead Man as Chief Andrew Yeakel
- The Late Liz as Gordon Rogers
1970
- Night Gallery
- Nanny and the Professor
- The Immortal
- Rabbit, Run as Marty Tothero
- A Clear and Present Danger as Dr. Chanute
- Squeeze a Flower as Alfredo Brazzi
1969
- Love, American Style as Archie
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Mr. Chambers
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Ira Goldberg
- Justine as Cohen
- The Monk as Tinker
- Changes as Kent's father / Interviewer
1968
- Land of the Giants as Inidu
- Here Come the Brides
- How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Slotkin
- Pat Neal Is Back as Self
- The Subject Was Roses as John Cleary
1967
- Ironside
- The Flim-Flam Man as Mr. Packard
1966
- CBS Playhouse as Joe Singer
- Pistols 'n' Petticoats
- Run, Buddy, Run
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
- Roustabout as Lou
- Kissin' Cousins as Captain Robert Salbo
- The Patsy as Theatergoer with Helen
- A Tiger Walks as Sam Grant
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- The Lieutenant
- The Sword in the Stone as Knight in Crowd #1(uncredited)
- Glynis
- Days of Wine and Roses as Trayner
- Son of Flubber as Mr. Barley
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Lucy Show as Herbert
- Ensign O'Toole as Lieutenant Commander Virgil Stoner
- Saints and Sinners as Dr. Felixson
- Room for One More
- Period of Adjustment as Desk Sergeant
- Who's Got the Action? as Officer Hodges
- Convicts 4 as Teach
- Little Amy as The Reporter
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Dr. Kildare as Cary Fain
- The Dick Van Dyke Show as Mr. Eisenbauer
- The Defenders as Roger Bailey Sr.
- Mister Ed
- 87th Precinct
- Bus Stop
- Lover Come Back as Fred
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Bradford J. Taylor
- Pete and Gladys
- The Tab Hunter Show
- The Slowest Gun in the West as Col. Carl Dexter
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Jerry Harlowe
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- Startime as Harry
- Riverboat as Sampson J. Binton
- Tightrope
- The Shaggy Dog as Reporter (uncredited)
- Never Steal Anything Small as Sleep-Out Charlie Barnes
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
- The Thin Man as Lt. Harry Evans
- Man of a Thousand Faces as Dr. J. Wilson Shiels
- Don't Go Near the Water as Rep. George Jansen
- Monkey on My Back as Sam Pian
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Host
- Hey, Jeannie! as Immigration man
- The Harder They Fall as Pop
- The Eddy Duchin Story as Piano Tuner (uncredited)
- You Can't Run Away from It as Third Proprietor
- The Unguarded Moment as Prof
- Over-Exposed as Les Bauer (uncredited)
- 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
- December Bride
- Inner Sanctum
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Reporter (uncredited)
- 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
1949
- Man Against Crime as Jerry
1948
1947
- Miracle on 34th Street as Al (uncredited)
1940
- Strike Up the Band as Barker (uncredited)
1938
- Next Time I Marry as Reporter (uncredited)