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
(TV movie)
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
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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
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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