Jackie Gleason

Herbert John "Jackie" Gleason (February 26, 1916 - June 24, 1987), nicknamed "The Great One", was a rotund, Brooklyn-born comedian famous for brash humor and fast ad-libs who immortalized his Chauncey Street neighborhood in The Honeymooners, playing bus driver Ralph Kramden alongside his pal and upstairs neighbor, sewer worker Ed Norton, and their wives Alice Kramden and Trixie Norton. The foursome were later transplanted into the Stone Age on the animated cartoon series The Flintstones, the entire show being a tribute to The Honeymooners, albeit with both couples eventually having children (Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm).

TV Work

• The Life of Riley (1949-1950)
• Cavalcade of Stars (host from 1950-1952)
• The Jackie Gleason Show (1952-1959)
• The Honeymooners (1955-1956)
• The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960) (narrator)
• You're in the Picture (1961)
• The Million Dollar Incident (1961)
• Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine (1962-1966)
• The Jackie Gleason Show (1966-1970)
• ' (1974)
• The Lucille Ball/Jackie Gleason Special (1975)
• The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon (1976) (also director)
• The Honeymooners Christmas Special (1977) (also director)
• The Honeymooners Valentine Special (1978)
• Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983)
• Izzy and Moe (1985)