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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Malden, Massachusetts, USA, 1907-06-16

Died: 1981-11-25

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1938	Next Time I Marry	Reporter	68
2	1940	Strike Up the Band	Barker (uncredited)	62
3	1947	Miracle on 34th Street	Postal Sorter Al (uncredited)	74
4	1954	All I Need Is a Conference!	Cliff Miller, Shipping	0
5	1954	Top Banana	Vic Davis	50
6	1955	Bring Your Smile Along	Mr. Jenson	60
7	1956	Over-Exposed	Les Bauer (uncredited)	51
8	1956	The Eddy Duchin Story	Piano Tuner (uncredited)	62
9	1956	The Harder They Fall	Pop	71
10	1956	You Can't Run Away from It	Third Proprietor	43
11	1956	The Unguarded Moment	Prof	62
12	1957	Monkey on My Back	Sam Pian	64
13	1957	Man of a Thousand Faces	Dr. J. Wilson Shiels	67
14	1957	Don't Go Near the Water	Rep. George Jansen	51
15	1958	Teacher's Pet	Guide	68
16	1959	Never Steal Anything Small	Sleep-Out Charlie Barnes	80
17	1959	The Shaggy Dog	Reporter (uncredited)	61
18	1960	The Slowest Gun in the West	Col. Carl Dexter	20
19	1961	Lover Come Back	Fred	70
20	1962	Convicts 4	Teach	54
21	1962	Period of Adjustment	Desk Sergeant	57
22	1962	Who's Got the Action?	Officer Hodges	52
23	1963	Son of Flubber	Mr. Barley	59
24	1963	Days of Wine and Roses	Trayner	75
25	1963	The Sword in the Stone	Knight in Crowd #1(uncredited)	72
26	1964	Kissin' Cousins	Captain Robert Salbo	47
27	1964	A Tiger Walks	Sam Grant	57
28	1964	The Patsy	Theatergoer with Helen	62
29	1964	Roustabout	Lou	59
30	1965	How to Murder Your Wife	Dr. Bentley	63
31	1967	The Flim-Flam Man	Mr. Packard	70
32	1968	How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life	Slotkin	58
33	1968	Pat Neal Is Back	Self	70
34	1968	The Subject Was Roses	John Cleary	62
35	1969	Changes	Kent's father / Interviewer	50
36	1969	Justine	Cohen	41
37	1969	The Monk	Tinker	75
38	1970	Squeeze a Flower	Alfredo Brazzi	0
39	1970	A Clear and Present Danger	Dr. Chanute	0
40	1970	Rabbit, Run	Marty Tothero	35
41	1971	Montserrat	Salas Ina	0
42	1971	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory	Grandpa Joe	75
43	1971	The Late Liz	Gordon Rogers	0
44	1971	Once Upon a Dead Man	Chief Andrew Yeakel	70
45	1971	Congratulations, It's a Boy!	Al Gaines	60
46	1971	Lock, Stock and Barrel	Brucker	0
47	1972	Pickup on 101	Jedediah Bradley	35
48	1972	The Poseidon Adventure	Manny Rosen	71
49	1975	Mitzi & 100 Guys	Self	0
50	1976	Joys	Self	40
51	1976	NBC: The First Fifty Years		0
52	1978	The Comedy Company	Barney Bailey	0
53	1979	Valentine	Pete Ferguson	0
54	1980	Marriage Is Alive and Well	Manny Wax	0
55	1981	Dead & Buried	William G. Dobbs	64
56	1981	The Fox and the Hound	Amos Slade (voice)	71
57	1981	Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase	Charlie Bartlett	0
58	1982	My Body, My Child	Poppa MacMahon	90
59	1982	Terror at Alcatraz	George 'Deacon' Wheeler	0
60	1983	Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?	Self - Sketch Performer	0
61	2023	Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Broadway Jamboree		0
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
3	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
4	1951	I Love Lucy	Helicopter Dispatcher	80
5	1953	General Electric Theater	Herb	60
6	1954	Inner Sanctum		70
7	1954	December Bride		55
8	1955	Gunsmoke	Danny Wilson	66
9	1955	Gunsmoke	Lucius Prince	66
10	1955	Gunsmoke	Moses Darby	66
11	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Harry	77
12	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		52
13	1955	Matinee Theater		46
14	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host	46
15	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Immigration man	55
16	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Fernando Faillace	62
17	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
18	1957	The Thin Man	Lt. Harry Evans	76
19	1958	Shirley Temple's Storybook	Tintac Ping Foo	58
20	1958	The Donna Reed Show		63
21	1958	Yancy Derringer	Blind Bill	60
22	1959	Tightrope		55
23	1959	Riverboat	Sampson J. Binton	62
24	1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis		59
25	1959	The Twilight Zone	Jerry Harlowe	84
26	1959	The Twilight Zone	Genie	84
27	1959	Startime		60
28	1960	The Tab Hunter Show		50
29	1960	Pete and Gladys		65
30	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Bradford J. Taylor	76
31	1961	Mister Ed		67
32	1961	The Defenders	Roger Bailey Sr.	62
33	1961	87th Precinct		75
34	1961	Dr. Kildare	Cary Fain	54
35	1961	Bus Stop		0
36	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Mr. Eisenbauer	74
37	1962	Room for One More		0
38	1962	Saints and Sinners	Dr. Felixson	60
39	1962	Ensign O'Toole	Lieutenant Commander Virgil Stoner	65
40	1962	The Lucy Show	Herbert	71
41	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
42	1963	The Lieutenant		60
43	1963	Glynis		0
44	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		55
45	1964	Daniel Boone	Shem Sweet	69
46	1965	Run for Your Life	Joe Murray	72
47	1965	Run for Your Life	Harry Krissel	72
48	1965	The Big Valley	Judge Ben Moore	61
49	1966	Run, Buddy, Run		0
50	1966	Pistols 'n' Petticoats		75
51	1966	CBS Playhouse		70
52	1967	Ironside		69
53	1967	The Second Hundred Years		60
54	1968	Land of the Giants	Inidu	67
55	1968	Land of the Giants	Prof. Kirmus	67
56	1968	Here Come the Brides		60
57	1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Mr. Chambers	65
58	1969	Love, American Style	Archie	60
59	1970	Nanny and the Professor		60
60	1970	The Immortal		74
61	1970	Night Gallery		78
62	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
63	1971	Doctor Simon Locke	Dr. Andrew Sellers	0
64	1972	Temperatures Rising	Senator Farmstick	50
65	1972	Temperatures Rising	Senator Farnstock	50
66	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		70
67	1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self	53
68	1974	Chico and the Man	Ed Brown	58
69	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
70	1974	Tony Orlando and Dawn	Self	35
71	1975	Cher	Self	63
72	1976	Donny & Marie	Self	65
73	1976	The Sonny and Cher Show		60
74	1976	The Captain and Tennille	Self	55
75	1976	Charlie's Angels	Edward Jordan	67
76	1978	Grandpa Goes to Washington		50
77	2002	After They Were Famous	Self (archive footage)	60
78	2012	Honest Trailers	Grandpa Joe (archive footage)	64