Comedian, actor, composer and conductor, educated in New York public schools. He was a master of ceremonies in amateur shows, a carnival barker, daredevil driver and a disc jockey., and later a comedian in night clubs. By the mid-1950s he had turned to writing original music and recording a series of popular and best-selling albums with his orchestra for Capitol Records...See full bio »
1994Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters
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Reginald Van Gleason III / the Poor Soul / Joe the Bartender / Charlie Bratton (the Loudmoth / Rudy the Repairman / Fenwick Babbit
1993The Honeymooners First Christmas
(TV movie)
Ralph Kramden/Fenwick Babbitt/Joe the Bartender/the Poor Soul/Rudy the Repairman/Reggie Van Gleason III
1989The Best of Gleason 3
(TV movie)
Himself/Joe the Bartender/Charlie Bratton (the Loudmoth)/Rudy the Repairman/the Poor Soul/Ralph Kramden/Reginald Van Gleason III/Fenwick Babbit
1988The Best of Gleason 2
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Ralph Kramden/Charlie Bratton (the Loudmoth)/Reginald Van Gleason III/Fenwick Babbit/Rudy the Repairman/the Poor Soul
1988The Best of Gleason
(TV movie)
Ralph Kramden/Reginald Van Gleason III/Fenwick Babbit/the Poor Soul/Charlie Bratton (the Loudmoth)/Rudy the Repairman
[on what inspired him to became a "mood music" legend, via a series of successful albums] Every time I ever watched Clark Gable do a love scene in the movies, I'd hear this really pretty music, real romantic, come up behind him and help set the mood. So I'm figuring that if Gable needs that kinda help, then a guy in Canarsie has gotta be dyin' for something like this.
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Trivia:
The popular Hanna-Barbera character Fred Flintstone was based on him, as the Flintstones animated series was loosely based on the Honeymooners. Upon realizing this, Gleason tried to file a lawsuit against Hanna-Barbera but was dissuaded from doing so by friends and colleagues who advised him that it would be bad for his reputation if he became known as "the man who killed Fred Flintstone.".
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