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+ | |name = Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr. (born John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason) |
|birth = [[February 26]], [[1916]] |
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| − | {{quote|Bang-zoom!|Jackie Gleason as Ralph in "[[The Man from Space]]"}} |
+ | {{quote|Bang-zoom!|Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in "[[The Man from Space]]"}} |
{{Quote|Having restored his suzerainty in the household, he ''<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Sam Baines]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>'' loaded his fork with a huge mouthful of instant potatoes and returned his attention to Jackie Gleason.|From ''[[Back to the Future novelization|Back to the Future]]'' by [[George Gipe]] (quote, page 111)}} |
{{Quote|Having restored his suzerainty in the household, he ''<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Sam Baines]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>'' loaded his fork with a huge mouthful of instant potatoes and returned his attention to Jackie Gleason.|From ''[[Back to the Future novelization|Back to the Future]]'' by [[George Gipe]] (quote, page 111)}} |
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| − | '''Jackie Gleason''' ([[February 26]], [[1916]] |
+ | '''Jackie Gleason''' (b. [[February 26]], [[1916]], Brooklyn, New York; d. [[June 24]], [[1987]], Lauderhill, Florida) was a television and film actor for several decades in the [[20th century]]. |
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| − | + | Gleason was best known as Ralph Kramden on the sitcom ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' ([[1955]]-[[1956|56]]), and later as Sheriff Buford T. Justice in the ''Smokey and the Bandit'' series. |
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| + | His last movie role before his death on June 24, 1987 at seventy-one was as Max Basner in the comedy-drama ''Nothing in Common'' ([[1986]]), starring Tom Hanks. |
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| + | ==Behind the scenes== |
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| + | * Jackie Gleason's character on ''The Honeymooners'', Ralph Kramden, worked as a bus driver for the fictional Gotham Bus Company in [[New York]], but although Ralph was sometimes seen at the bus depot in various episodes, he was never actually seen driving a bus on-screen. However, Gleason did appear behind the wheel of a bus — with his co-stars Audrey Meadows (Alice Kramden), Art Carney (Edward Lillywhite "Ed" Norton) and Joyce Randolph (Thelma "Trixie" Norton) as passengers — in specially posed publicity shots for the show in 1955.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honeymooners Wikipedia: ''The Honeymooners'']</ref> |
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==Appearances== |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*{{WP|Jackie Gleason}} |
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| + | *''[[The Honeymooners]]'' |
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| + | *"[[The Man from Space]]" |
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| + | ==References== |
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[[Category:Historical figures|Gleason, Jackie]] |
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- "Bang-zoom!"
- —Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in "The Man from Space"
- "Having restored his suzerainty in the household, he [Sam Baines] loaded his fork with a huge mouthful of instant potatoes and returned his attention to Jackie Gleason."
- —From Back to the Future by George Gipe (quote, page 111)
Jackie Gleason (b. February 26, 1916, Brooklyn, New York; d. June 24, 1987, Lauderhill, Florida) was a television and film actor for several decades in the 20th century.
Biography
Gleason was best known as Ralph Kramden on the sitcom The Honeymooners (1955-56), and later as Sheriff Buford T. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit series.
His last movie role before his death on June 24, 1987 at seventy-one was as Max Basner in the comedy-drama Nothing in Common (1986), starring Tom Hanks.
Behind the scenes
- Jackie Gleason's character on The Honeymooners, Ralph Kramden, worked as a bus driver for the fictional Gotham Bus Company in New York, but although Ralph was sometimes seen at the bus depot in various episodes, he was never actually seen driving a bus on-screen. However, Gleason did appear behind the wheel of a bus — with his co-stars Audrey Meadows (Alice Kramden), Art Carney (Edward Lillywhite "Ed" Norton) and Joyce Randolph (Thelma "Trixie" Norton) as passengers — in specially posed publicity shots for the show in 1955.[1]
