Editing Jack Albertson (section)

==Career==
===Broadway===
Albertson joined the vaudeville road troupe known as the Dancing Verselle Sisters. He then worked in [[American burlesque|burlesque]] as a hoofer ([[Tap dance|soft shoe]] dancer) and [[Double act|straight man]] to [[Phil Silvers]] on the ''[[Minsky's Burlesque]] Circuit''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sage|first=Dusty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8VBKDwAAQBAJ&q=jack+albertson&pg=PT302|title=Burlesque In a Nutshell – Girls, Gimmicks & Gags|date=June 7, 2016|publisher=BearManor Media}}</ref> Besides vaudeville and burlesque, he appeared on the stage in many [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] plays and musicals, including ''[[High Button Shoes]]'', ''[[Top Banana (musical)|Top Banana]]'', ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]'', ''Make Mine Manhattan'', ''[[Show Boat]]'', ''Boy Meets Girl'', ''[[Girl Crazy]]'', ''Meet the People'', ''[[The Sunshine Boys]]'' – for which he received a [[Tony Award]] nomination for Best Actor, and ''[[The Subject Was Roses]]'' – for which he won a [[Tony Award|Tony]] for Best Supporting Actor.<ref name=ibdbname />

===Film===
Albertson appeared in more than 30 films. He had an early minor role in ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' as a postal worker who redirects [[dead letter]]s addressed to "Santa Claus" to the courthouse where Kris Kringle is on trial. He won an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his role in the 1968 film ''[[The Subject Was Roses (film)|The Subject Was Roses]]''.<ref name=tcm /> He later apologized to child actor and fellow nominee [[Jack Wild]] for winning the award; Albertson expected Wild to win for his role in ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' Also nominated was Albertson's later ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' co-star [[Gene Wilder]], for his role in ''[[The Producers (1967 film)|The Producers]]''.

Albertson appeared as Charlie Bucket's [[List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters#Grandpa Joe|Grandpa Joe]] in ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1971), and in ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1972), where he played Manny Rosen,<ref name=tcm>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1677%7C75082/Jack-Albertson/ Jack Alberston] on [[TCM.com]]</ref> husband to Belle, played by [[Shelley Winters]].

Albertson said that his one regret was that he did not reprise his [[role (performing arts)|role]] in the movie version of ''[[The Sunshine Boys]]''. When producer [[Ray Stark]] acquired the film rights from [[Neil Simon]] in 1973, Albertson was expected to play the part, but by the time MGM had bought the rights in 1974 and was preparing to begin filming in February 1975, Albertson was not available because he was appearing on ''[[Chico and the Man]]'' on TV.<ref>{{AFI film|55478|Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys}}</ref>

===Radio===
Albertson was a radio performer early in his career. Among the shows he appeared on were ''[[Just Plain Bill]]'', ''Lefty'', ''That's My Pop'' and ''The Jack Albertson Comedy Show''. In the late 1940s he was for a time a regular on the ''[[Milton Berle|Milton Berle Show]]''.<ref>Terrace, Vincent. (1998) [https://books.google.com/books?id=nIiACgAAQBAJ&q=Milton+Berle+radio+Jack+Albertson&pg=PA229 ''Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows'']. McFarland. p.229 {{ISBN|9780786445134}}</ref>

===Television===
Albertson appeared in many television series, such as ''[[Hey, Jeannie!]]'' with [[Jeannie Carson]], the [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] series ''[[Frontier Doctor]]'' with [[Rex Allen]], [[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]]'s syndicated crime drama ''[[State Trooper (TV series)|State Trooper]]'', and the 1961–1962 drama series ''[[Bus Stop (TV series)|Bus Stop]]''. He guest-starred on the [[David Janssen]] crime-drama series ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]''.

From 1960 to 1961, Albertson was cast in three episodes of ''[[Pete and Gladys]]'', with [[Harry Morgan]] and [[Cara Williams]]. On January 2, 1961, Albertson was cast as Sampson J. Binton, with [[DeForest Kelley]] as Alex Jeffords, in "Listen to the Nightingale", the series finale of ''[[Riverboat (TV series)|Riverboat]]'', starring [[Darren McGavin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0687095|title="Listen to the Nightingale", ''Riverboat''|date=January 2, 1961|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=February 21, 2013}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2025}} Albertson had a recurring role as the neighbor Walter Burton in eight episodes of the 1962 ABC sitcom ''[[Room for One More (TV series)|Room for One More]]'', with [[Andrew Duggan]] and [[Peggy McCay]]. He had recurring roles in ''[[Ensign O'Toole]]'' (1962–63)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Leszczak|first=Bob|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaUqwWnpHLwC&q=jack+albertson&pg=PA45|title=Single Season Sitcoms, 1948–1979: A Complete Guide|date=November 8, 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9305-0}}</ref> and ''[[Run, Buddy, Run]]'' (1966). Between 1961 and 1964, Albertson appeared seven times on ''[[Mister Ed]]'' as Paul Fenton, brother-in-law (later just brother) to Wilbur Post's next-door-neighbor Kay, appearing as a stopgap regular for several episodes after the death of [[Larry Keating]] in 1963.

Other 1960s series on which Albertson appeared were: NBC's sitcom ''[[Happy (1960 TV series)|Happy]]'', starring [[Ronnie Burns (actor)|Ronnie Burns]]; ''[[Glynis (TV series)|Glynis]]'', starring [[Glynis Johns]]; and [[Keith Andes]], which aired for 13 weeks in the fall of 1963. Albertson appeared in two episodes of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last1=Presnell|first1=Don|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MqtTBQAAQBAJ&q=jack+albertson&pg=PA151|title=A Critical History of Television's The Twilight Zone, 1959–1964|last2=McGee|first2=Marty|date=July 11, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1038-2}}</ref> In a 1967 episode of ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', he played the ne'er-do-well cousin, Bradford J. Taylor, of series character [[Aunt Bee]] ([[Frances Bavier]]). He also appeared in a 1969 episode of the TV series ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' entitled "Girl in the Shadows." He appeared in The Big Valley episode "The Battle of Mineral Springs" (1969). In 1970, Albertson appeared as Billy "Moose" Valentine in The Men From Shiloh, the rebranded name for ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' in the episode titled "With Love, Bullets and Valentines".

From 1971 to 1972, he co-starred, with actor [[Sam Groom]], in the Canadian TV series ''[[Dr. Simon Locke]]''. He then co-starred as "The Man" Ed Brown on the popular series ''[[Chico and the Man]]'' with [[Freddie Prinze]]. He stayed for its entire run from 1974 to 1978. He earned an [[Emmy Award]] for that role in 1976, which was his second; his first was for an appearance on the variety show ''[[Cher (TV series)|Cher]]'' in 1975.<ref name=":2" />