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
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Ralph Kramden/Fenwick Babbitt/Joe the Bartender/the Poor Soul/Rudy the Repairman/Reggie Van Gleason III
1989The Best of Gleason 3
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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
He could neither read or write music on paper, but he hired his own studio orchestra and orchestrators and composed melodies by either humming or picking the tune with one finger on a piano. In that manner he released over 20 albums on Capitol Records, often with Bobby Hackett as featured trumpet soloist...
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The worst thing you can do with money is save it.
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Trivia:
He was not only a boxer and carnival barker in his early years, but also a pool hustler. Interestingly, he went on to play Minnesota Fats in
The Hustler with Paul Newman.
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