Jack Albertson(1907-1981)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
A former song-and-dance man and veteran of vaudeville, burlesque and
Broadway, Jack Albertson is best known to audiences as "The Man" in the
TV series Chico and the Man (1974), for which he won an Emmy. In 1968 Albertson, the
brother of actress Mabel Albertson, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in
The Subject Was Roses (1968), a part which also won him the Tony award during its Broadway
run.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 4 nominations total
Actor
Soundtrack
- 2007
- 1981
- 1977
- The Bob Hope Show7.4TV Series
- performer: "Me and My Shadow / When My Baby Smiles at Me", "Who Taught Us Everything?", "If You Knew Susie"
- 1977
- Chico and the Man6.8TV Series
- performer: "Margie", "Darktown Strutters' Ball", "Mademoiselle from Armentières", "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile", "Try to Remember", "Gila, Galah, Galoo"
- 1975
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson8.5TV Series
- performer: "Ev'ry Street's a Boulevard (in Old New York)"
- 1974
- 1971
- The Subject Was Roses7.0
- performer: "Sunbonnet Sue", "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", "Me and My Shadow", "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" ("Pretty Baby", uncredited)
- 1968
- 1964
- 1962
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis7.7TV Series
- performer: "Bison Lodge Song"
- performer: "Deck the Halls" (uncredited)
- 1959–1961
- 1947
- Alternative names
- Jack Silbertson
- Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
- Born
- Died
- November 25, 1981
- Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(colon cancer)
- Spouse
- June Wallace ThomsonOctober 31, 1952 - November 25, 1981 (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsLeopold Albertson
- RelativesMabel Albertson(Sibling)
- Other worksActive on Broadway in the following productions:
- Publicity listings
- TriviaOne of only nine actors to have won both the Tony and the Oscar for the same role on stage and film. The others are Yul Brynner (The King and I (1956)), Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady (1964)), Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker (1962)), Joel Grey (Cabaret (1972)), Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons (1966)), Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)), José Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)) and Viola Davis (Fences (2016)).
- QuotesNinety per cent of the things you do in this business are crap.
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