Jackie Gleason

John Herbert Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, writer, and composer known affectionately as "The Great One". He developed a style and characters from growing up in Brooklyn, New York and was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy, exemplified by his city bus driver character Ralph Kramden in the television series The Honeymooners. He also developed The Jackie Gleason Show, which maintained high ratings from the mid-1950s through 1970. The series originated in New York City, but videotaping moved to Miami Beach, Florida in 1964 after Gleason took up permanent residence there. Among his notable film roles were Minnesota Fats in 1961's The Hustler (co-starring with Paul Newman) and Buford T. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit series from 1977 to 1983 (co-starring Burt Reynolds).

Works

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

Release Date1948-11-07

Charactersd Jerry Giles

Episode Count1

Vote Count13

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.

Release Date1951-09-30

Charactersd Reginald van Gleason III

Episode Count1

Vote Count19

Here's Lucy

Lucille Ball's third network sitcom, following I Love Lucy (1951–57) and The Lucy Show (1962–68).

Release Date1968-09-23

Charactersd Ralph Kramden (uncredited)

Episode Count1

Vote Count31

The Jack Benny Program

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.

Release Date1950-10-28

Charactersd Jackie Gleason

Episode Count1

Vote Count17

The Honeymooners

A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.

Release Date1955-10-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Ralph Kramden

Vote Count69

Smokey and the Bandit

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

Release Date1977-05-27

Charactersd Sheriff Buford T. Justice

Vote Count812

The Life of Riley

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"

Release Date1949-10-04

Charactersd Chester A. Riley

Episode Count26

Vote Count3

The Hustler

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.

Release Date1961-09-25

Charactersd Minnesota Fats

Vote Count1094

Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine

Release Date1962-09-29

Charactersd Himself

Episode Count124

Vote Count2

Smokey and the Bandit II

The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.

Release Date1980-08-15

Charactersd Sheriff Buford T. Justice / Gaylord Justice / Reginald Van Justice

Vote Count319

The Sting II

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.

Release Date1983-02-18

Charactersd Fargo Gondorff

Vote Count51

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, is on the hunt, forcing Cletus and Trigger to hit the road. Can they steer clear of the vengeful sheriff?

Release Date1983-08-12

Charactersd Buford T. Justice

Vote Count181

Nothing in Common

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

Release Date1986-07-29

Charactersd Max Basner

Vote Count136

The Toy

On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.

Release Date1982-12-10

Charactersd Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

Vote Count230

Mr. Billion

An Italian mechanic finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign over the will. In the meantime, he is chased by kidnappers and the affected corporation's president.

Release Date1977-03-03

Charactersd John Cutler

Vote Count63

Gigot

A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays the bumbling, kind-hearted janitor, Gigot. Gleason wrote the original story and music for this film.

Release Date1962-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Gigot

Vote Count20

The Jackie Gleason Show

The prodigiously talented Gleason became a TV icon after he joined CBS from DuMont, where his work on `Calvalcade of Stars' had established many of his trademark characters, including Reginald Van Gleason III, the Poor Soul and Ralph Kramden, featured here, along with Art Carney, in `Honeymooners' sketches. The Emmy-winning mix also featured guest stars, musical comedy, the glitzy June Taylor Dancers and Frank Fontaine's Crazy Guggenheim character.

Release Date1966-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Self - Host

Vote Count6

All Through the Night

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Release Date1942-01-10

Charactersd Starchy

Vote Count72

Requiem for a Heavyweight

After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.

Release Date1962-10-16

Charactersd Maish Rennick

Vote Count82

Soldier in the Rain

Maxwell Slaughter is a kind, heavyset guy who has reached the rank of master sergeant in the army. Admired by handsome young Sgt. Eustis Clay, Slaughter forms a close bond with his peer. Clay hopes to convince Slaughter to join him in a business venture outside of the service, but, in the meantime, he introduces the older officer to the beautiful young Bobby Jo Pepperdine, inadvertently creating trouble for both men.

Release Date1963-11-27

Charactersd Maxwell Slaughter

Vote Count23

Larceny, Inc.

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...

Release Date1942-04-24

Charactersd Hobart

Vote Count36

The Desert Hawk

A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.

Release Date1950-08-05

Charactersd Aladdin

Vote Count8

Skidoo

Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.

Release Date1968-12-19

Charactersd Tough Tony Banks

Vote Count26

Izzy & Moe

The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.

Release Date1985-09-23

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Charactersd Izzy Einstein

Vote Count3

Papa's Delicate Condition

A jolly, family-oriented railroad superintendent tries to get his act together when his love for the bottle starts to alienate him from his wife and oldest daughter. His younger daughter, however, still remains unflinchingly loyal to him, and they share many fun misadventures over the course of the movie.

Release Date1963-03-06

Charactersd Jack Griffith

Vote Count17

Cavalcade of Stars

Release Date1949-06-04

Charactersd Fenwick Babbitt

Episode Count1

Orchestra Wives

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.

Release Date1942-09-04

Charactersd Ben Beck

Vote Count13

Lady Gangster

An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 bank robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners have different ideas.

Release Date1942-04-01

Charactersd Wilson

Vote Count22

Don't Drink the Water

The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of spying. Chased by Vulgarian soldiers, they take refuge in the American Embassy under the protection of the absent ambassador's hapless son.

Release Date1969-11-11

Charactersd Walter Hollander

Vote Count13

Three for Two

Lucille Ball stars with the Great One, Jackie Gleason, combining their comedic talents for the first time in a trio of comedy-dramas centered on the various aspects of marriage.

Release Date1975-12-03

Charactersd Herb / Fred / Mike

Vote Count4

Springtime in the Rockies

Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.

Release Date1942-11-06

Charactersd Commissioner (uncredited)

Vote Count13

Navy Blues

On a layover in Hawaii, two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to wager bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't realized, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.

Release Date1941-09-13

Charactersd 'Tubby' (as Jackie C. Gleason)

Vote Count4

You're in the Picture

You're in the Picture is an American television game show that aired on CBS for only one episode on Friday, January 20, 1961 at 9:30pm, the evening of the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy. The show, created by Don Lipp and Bob Synes, was an attempt by its host and star Jackie Gleason to "demonstrate versatility" after his success within variety shows and The Honeymooners. Gleason was joined by Johnny Olson as announcer and Dennis James doing live commercials for sponsor Kellogg's cereals. Technically, the show could be said to have run for two episodes, since the following Friday, Gleason appeared at the same time, but in a studio "stripped to the brick walls" and using the time to give what Time magazine called an "inspiring post-mortem", asking rhetorically "how it was possible for a group of trained people to put on so big a flop." Time later cited You're in the Picture as one piece of evidence that the 1960-61 TV season was the "worst in the 13-year history of U.S. network television."

Release Date1961-01-20

Charactersd Host

Episode Count2

Steel Against the Sky

Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.

Release Date1941-12-13

Charactersd Cliff (uncredited)

Vote Count5

Escape from Crime

Ex-con Red O'Hara becomes a daring news photographer, but his old ways get him into trouble.

Release Date1942-07-25

Charactersd Evans - Convict Getting Mug Shot (as Jackie C. Gleason)

Vote Count6

The Honeymooners Christmas Special

With a Christmas lotto radio show coming up, Ralph Kramden invests his mother-in-law's social security check, Ed Norton's Christmas bonus, and the Nortons' life savings into lottery tickets.

Release Date1978-12-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Ralph Kramden

Vote Count1

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant are teamed for the first and only time as Hank and Jed, a pair of dimwitted barbers who are forced into bankruptcy because all their customers have marched off to war. Figuring that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, Hank and Jed try to join the Army themselves, only to be rejected for a variety of reasons (When asked to read the eye-chart, Hank says he can't-not because he can't see, but because he can't read).

Release Date1942-04-02

Charactersd Hank

Vote Count3

How Do I Love Thee?

A professor recalls his atheistic father, his devoted mother and his father's blousy mistress.

Release Date1970-10-01

Charactersd Stanley Waltz

Vote Count5

The Very Best of the Honeymooners

Rediscover the comedy classic that features bus driver Ralph Cramden and his wife Alice, as well as their wacky friends Ed and Trixie Norton in this tribute collection of three documentary programs primarily consisting of numerous clips, bloopers, and improvised segments from the original TV series, as well as one full episode, "Letter to the Boss".

Release Date2000-11-07

Charactersd Ralph Kramden

Vote Count2

Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson

Towards the end of their lives, two men from very different worlds discover that one of them was in love with the other one's wife for more than thirty years.

Release Date1983-08-23

Charactersd Ernest Johnson

Vote Count4

How to Commit Marriage

A young couple decide to live together and they wind up having a baby. They decide they should give the baby up for adoption. The baby's Mother's parents wind up adopting the baby using a fake name.

Release Date1969-07-07

Charactersd Oliver Poe

Vote Count5

The Honeymooners Specials: A Christmas Carol

Ralph Kramden directs a play version of "A Christmas Carol" for his boss' fundraiser.

Release Date1977-11-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Ralph Kramden

The Honeymooners Specials: Valentine Special

Release Date1978-02-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Ralph Kramden

Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters

Even more fun

Release Date1994-06-02

Charactersd Reginald Van Gleason III / the Poor Soul / Joe the Bartender / Charlie Bratton (the Loudmoth / Rudy the Repairman / Fenwick Babbit (archive footage)

Vote Count1

The Honeymooners Holiday Classics

Celebrate the holidays with the hilarious antics of America's favorite bus driver and gang. The Honeymooners Holiday Classics is fun-filled family entertainment at its finest. Brilliant writing and the comedic genius of Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, and the gals spread holiday cheer with two festive episodes and two bonus episodes. CHRISTMAS PARTY • Original Air Date 12-19-53 NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY • Original Air Date 12-26-53 TWO-FAMILY CAR • Original Air Date 11-17-56 FORGOT TO REGISTER • Original Air Date 10-27-56

Release Date2002-09-25

Charactersd Ralph Kramden (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Honeymooners Specials: Second Honeymoon

Release Date1976-02-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Ralph Kramden

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

Release Date1961-12-11

Charactersd Self - Co-Host

Episode Count2

Vote Count9

Tony Awards

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.

Release Date1956-04-01

Charactersd Self - Presenter

Episode Count1

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Release Date1948-06-20

Charactersd Self

Episode Count9

Vote Count23

What's My Line?

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

Release Date1950-02-02

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Vote Count29

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.

Release Date1950-09-10

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Vote Count13

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.

Release Date1950-04-09

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts is a NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean Martin from 1974 to 1984. For a series of 54 specials and shows, Martin would periodically "roast" a celebrity. These roasts were patterned after the roasts held at the New York Friars' Club in New York City. The format would have the celebrity guest seated at a banquet table, and one by one the guest of honor was affectionately chided or insulted about his career by his fellow celebrity friends. In 1973, The Dean Martin Show was declining in popularity. The final season of his variety show would be retooled into one of celebrity roasts, requiring less of Martin's involvement. For the 1973–1974 season, a new feature called “Man of the Week Celebrity Roast" was added to try to pick up the ratings. The roasts seemed to be popular among television audiences and are often marketed in post-issues as part of the official Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and not The Dean Martin Show. After The Dean Martin Show was cancelled in 1974, NBC drew up a contract with Martin to do several specials and do more roast specials. Starting with Bob Hope in 1974, the roast was taped in California and turned out to be a hit, leading to many other roasts to follow.

Release Date1973-09-14

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

Tony Orlando and Dawn

CBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of 1974, after The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour ended its run, until December 1976. The show was in the same vein as its predecessor (with sketches featuring sarcastic back-and-forth banter between Orlando, Hopkins and Vincent, similar to the sarcastic dialogue between Sonny and Cher) and became a Top 20 hit. They are most famous for "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" & "Knock Three Times"!

Release Date1974-12-04

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Small World

Presents a filmed, intercontinental conversation that links moderator Edward R. Murrow in New York with three internationally known figures located in different parts of the world. What set this apart from other televised interview/discussion programs was the fact that its participants could not see each other but could hear one another via telephone lines and radio.

Release Date1958-10-12

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

The Captain and Tennille

Hosted by the chart-topping husband and wife team, this 1976-1977 television variety series features a mix of hit music and comedy.

Release Date1976-09-20

Charactersd Self - Guest

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

John Candy: I Like Me

Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews.

Release Date2025-09-04

Charactersd Self - Actor (archive footage)

Vote Count102

The David Susskind Show

The David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The program began its existence in 1958 as Open End, and was broadcast by WNTA-TV in New York City. The title referred to the fact that the program continued until Susskind or his guests were too tired to continue late on a Sunday night.

Release Date1959-01-18

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

The Movie Orgy

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

Release Date1968-01-01

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count17

The Fabulous Fifties

The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a decade which it revived. In recognition, the Peabody Television Award for entertainment is presented to The Fabulous Fifties, with a special word of praise for producer Leland Hayward and the top talent which appeared in this memorable entertainment special*. *The two-hour special featured comic takes and commentary about the previous decade by, among others, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Dick Van Dyke, Shelley Berman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Jackie Gleason, Eric Severeid and Henry Fonda.

Release Date1960-01-22

Charactersd Self

Vote Count4

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sketch comedy and zingers. Featuring Bob's funniest moments on television, this tribute includes a virtual who's who of legendary entertainers like Bing Crosby, Jackie Gleason, Roy Rogers, Ingrid Bergman, Bob Newhart, Lucille Ball, Ann-Margret, Jack Benny, Angie Dickinson, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, Danny Thomas, Don Rickles, Milton Berle, Redd Foxx, Dorothy Lamour, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Dyan Cannon, Debbie Reynolds, Lassie and more.

Release Date1976-10-29

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Mike Wallace Is Here

For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Wallace's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.

Release Date2019-07-26

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count12

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" were periodic specials aired in the 1970s and 1980s, which roasted (or honored) such stars as Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali and Johnny Carson; guests then recalled comedic moments they shared. Comedian Rich Little (a regular on the "Roast" specials) served as pitchman for the videos in a series of TV infomercials

Release Date1998-01-01

Charactersd Self - Roastee (archive footage)

Vote Count2

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975

Release Date2001-02-22

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

The Hustler: The Inside Story

A brief overview of The Hustler's making and the players involved.

Release Date2002-01-01

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count1

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

Release Date2001-02-22

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

The Million Dollar Incident

A couple of crooks made off with one of the largest hauls. The crime - they made off with Jackie Gleason, the kidnaping began at the benefit for the Heart Fund.

Release Date1961-04-21

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

Documentary about the life and times of Jackie Gleason.

Release Date1988-09-10

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count2

Jackie Gleason: Genius at Work

This special is a thorough retrospective of Jackie's most popular characters from his 1950's television series, characters that include: Ralph Kramden, Reginald Van Gleason, III, the Poor Soul, Fenwick Babbit and Joe The Bartender. Many of the sketches have not been available or even viewed since their original live broadcasts. Jeff Garlin of Curb Your Enthusiasm hosts the program with feature commentary from Mrs. Marilyn Gleason.

Release Date2006-03-01

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds is honored by more than 100 of his fellow celebrities and co-workers.

Release Date1981-12-13

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

A Bing Crosby Christmas

The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public television that was originally called «A Bing Crosby Christmas: Just Like the Ones You Used to Know» that was narrated by Gene Kelly and hosted by Bing's widow, Kathryn Crosby. The program itself features clips from fifteen of Bing's classic television specials, concentrating on the period from the early 1960s onwards when he included Kathryn and their three children in the programs.

Release Date1998-01-01

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count1

Miodowe lata

Release Date1998-10-13

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Series Creator

Episode Count131

Vote Count17

The Honeymooners

Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble.

Release Date2005-06-10

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Series Creator

Vote Count75

The Wool Cap

This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who also wrote the original story.

Release Date2004-11-20

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count10

Stage Show

Stage Show was a popular music variety series on American television originally hosted on alternate weeks by big band leaders and brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Produced by Jackie Gleason, the CBS-TV show included the first national television appearances by Elvis Presley. The series began as a one-hour show on July 3, 1954 as a summer replacement for The Jackie Gleason Show. Gleason brought it back in the fall of 1955 as a half-hour show and scheduled it from 8–8:30 p.m. ET before his own program on Saturday nights. In 1956, Jack Carter, a frequent guest, became the permanent host. The June Taylor Dancers made regular appearances. Bobby Darin made his national TV debut on the program in early 1956, singing "Rock Island Line". The show's final telecast was September 18, 1956.

Release Date1954-07-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count1

Pioneers of Primetime

An in-depth look at the early days of television and its first stars.

Release Date2005-11-09