Editing Jack Albertson

{{short description|American actor (1902–1981)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Jack Albertson
| image              = Jack Albertson 1971.JPG
| image_size         = 
| caption            = Albertson in 1971
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1907|6|16}}
| birth_name         = Harold Albertson
| birth_place        = [[Malden, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1981|11|25|1907|6|16|mf=y}}
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| other_names        = John Alberts
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|dancer|singer}}
| years_active       = 1926–1981
| spouse             = {{marriage|June Wallace Thomson|1952}}
| children           = 1
| relatives          = {{unbulleted list |[[Mabel Albertson]] (sister)| [[George Englund]] (nephew)}}
}}

'''Harold '''"'''Jack'''"''' Albertson''' (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) was an American actor, dancer and singer who also performed in [[vaudeville]].<ref>Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'', December 2, 1981.</ref> Albertson was a [[List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards#Three competitive awards|Tony, Oscar, and Emmy winning actor]], which ranks him among a rare stature of 24 actors who have been awarded the "[[Triple Crown of Acting]]".

For his performance as John Cleary in the 1964 play ''[[The Subject Was Roses]]'' and its [[The Subject Was Roses (film)|1968 film adaptation]], he won the [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play]], and the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. This again places him among a select status as one of eleven peers [[List of Academy Award records#Acting records|who have won both awards for the same role]]. His other roles include Grandpa Joe in ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' (1971), Manny Rosen in ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1972), and Ed Brown in the television sitcom ''[[Chico and the Man]]'' (1974–1978), for which he won an Emmy. For his contributions to the television industry, Albertson was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1977 at 6253 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref name="HWOF">{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/jack-albertson|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame – Jack Albertson|website=walkoffame.com|publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce|access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>

==Early life==
Albertson was born on June 16, 1907, in [[Malden, Massachusetts]],<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|title=Wallace Thomson Albertson Obituary|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 26, 2015|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=174707891}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2025}} the son of [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian-Jewish]] immigrants Flora (née Craft) and Leopold Albertson.<ref name=ref1>[http://www.genealogymagazine.com/albertson.html Jack Albertson's Kinship to Cloris Leachman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008235355/http://www.genealogymagazine.com/albertson.html |date=October 8, 2016 }}, genealogymagazine.com; accessed October 19, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/07/archives/jack-spreads-a-little-sunshine-jack-spreads-sunshine.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Jack Spreads A Little Sunshine; Jack Spreads Sunshine|date=January 7, 1973|access-date=May 5, 2010|first=Robert|last=Berkvist}}</ref> His older sister was actress [[Mabel Albertson]]. Their mother, a stock actress, supported the family by working in a shoe factory.<ref name=ref1/> Until the age of 22, Albertson was known as "Harold Albertson".<ref name= ref1 /> His father abandoned his mother before Jack was born, and the boy was raised by his stepfather, Alex Erlich, a barber.

During a 1972 ''[[New York Daily News]]'' interview with [[Sidney Fields]], Albertson reminisced:{{blockquote| "I was bright but disruptive. I didn't do homework. To cover, I made wisecracks and funny faces at the teachers. They told me to take my business elsewhere."}} Albertson dropped out of high school, ending his formal education after a single year. He worked at several different jobs including: the local [[General Electric]] plant; in one of many shoe factories in the Lynn, Massachusetts area; and as a rack boy in neighborhood pool parlors, where he was a fairly good pool hustler, although he was always on guard to avoid playing anyone who could "out-hustle" him. The pool hall provided Albertson with an opportunity to learn a few tap dance routines from his fellow hustlers.

When he was eighteen, he began to be paid for his prize winning shows. His sister Mabel taught him the first "time steps" in tap dancing, and he picked up additional routines by watching vaudeville acts that played his hometown. Around this time, he started singing with a group called "The Golden Rule Four," who held their practice sessions beneath a railroad bridge.<ref>"Current Biography 1976". The H.W. Wilson Company. 1976. P#3-4</ref>

==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" />

==Personal life==
He resided for many years in [[West Hollywood, California]]. In 1978, he was diagnosed with [[colorectal cancer]], but kept this information private and continued to act. Two of his last roles were in the television movies, ''My Body, My Child'' (1982) and ''Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?'' (1983), both filmed in 1981 and released [[Posthumous work|posthumously]]. His final theatrical role was as the hunter, Amos Slade, in Disney's 24th animated feature, ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'', originally released in the summer of 1981, four months before his death.

He and his wife, June, had a daughter, Maura Dhu.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blau|first=Eleanor|date=November 28, 1981|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/26/obituaries/jack-albertson-versatile-star-of-stage-film-and-tv-series.html|title=Jack Albertson, Versatile Star of Stage, Film and TV Series|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

==Death==
On the morning of November 25, 1981, Albertson died at his Los Angeles home in the Hollywood Hills<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-jack-albertson-19811126-story.html|title=From the Archives: Jack Albertson Dies of Cancer|date=November 26, 1981|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> at the age of 74 from colon cancer.<ref name=ibdbname>{{IBDB name|29510|Jack Albertson}}</ref> He and his elder sister, ''[[Bewitched]]'' actress [[Mabel Albertson]] (who died 10 months later from [[Alzheimer's disease]]), were cremated and their ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.<ref name=Obit/>

==Filmography==
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===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Next Time I Marry]]''
| Reporter
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Strike Up the Band (film)|Strike Up the Band]]''
| Barker
| rowspan="3" | Uncredited
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]''
| Al
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Anything Can Happen]]''
| Flower Vendor
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Top Banana (film)|Top Banana]]''
| Vic Davis
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Bring Your Smile Along]]''
| Mr. Jenson
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |1956
| ''[[Over-Exposed]]''
| Les Bauer
|
|-
| ''[[The Harder They Fall (1956 film)|The Harder They Fall]]''
| Pop
|
|-
| ''[[The Eddy Duchin Story]]''
| Piano tuner
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Unguarded Moment (film)|The Unguarded Moment]]''
| Prof
|
|-
| ''[[You Can't Run Away from It]]''
| Third proprietor
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1957
| ''[[Monkey on My Back (film)|Monkey on My Back]]''
| Sam Pian
|
|-
| ''[[Man of a Thousand Faces (film)|Man of a Thousand Faces]]''
| Dr. J. Wilson Shields
|
|-
| ''[[Don't Go Near the Water (film)|Don't Go Near the Water]]''
| Rep. George Jansen
|
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Teacher's Pet (1958 film)|Teacher's Pet]]''
| Guide
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1959
| ''[[Never Steal Anything Small]]''
| Sleep-Out Charlie Barnes
|
|-
| ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]''
| Reporter
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2" |1961
| ''[[The George Raft Story]]''
| Milton
|
|-
| ''[[Lover Come Back (1961 film)|Lover Come Back]]''
| Fred
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1962
| ''[[Convicts 4]]''
| Art Teacher
|
|-
| ''[[Period of Adjustment (film)|Period of Adjustment]]''
| Desk Sergeant
|
|-
| ''[[Who's Got the Action?]]''
| Officer Hodges
|
|-
| ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]''
| Trayner
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Son of Flubber]]''
| Mr. Barley
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1964
| ''[[Kissin' Cousins]]''
| Capt. Robert Jason Salbo
|
|-
| ''[[A Tiger Walks]]''
| Sam Grant
|
|-
| ''[[The Patsy (1964 film)|The Patsy]]''
| Theatergoer with Helen
|
|-
| ''[[Roustabout (film)|Roustabout]]''
| Lou (tea house manager)
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[How to Murder Your Wife]]''
| Dr. Bentley
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Flim-Flam Man]]''
| Mr. Packard
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1968
| ''[[How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life]]''
| Mr. Slotkin
|
|-
| ''[[The Subject Was Roses (film)|The Subject Was Roses]]''
| John Cleary
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1969
| ''[[Changes (1969 film)|Changes]]''
| The Father
|
|-
| ''[[Justine (1969 film)|Justine]]''
| Cohen
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1970
| ''[[Squeeze a Flower]]''
| Alfredo Brazzi
|
|-
| ''[[Rabbit, Run (film)|Rabbit, Run]]''
| Marty Tothero
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1971
| ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]''
| Grandpa Joe Bucket
|
|-
| ''[[The Late Liz]]''
| Reverend Gordon Rogers
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1972
| ''[[Pickup on 101]]''
| Jedediah Bradley
|
|-
| ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]''
| Manny Rosen
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1981
| ''[[Dead & Buried]]''
| William G. Dobbs
|
|-
| ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]''
| Amos Slade
| Voice, final theatrical role
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"|1956
| ''[[Burns and Allen]]''
| Eddie 'Bozo Schultz' Wilson
| Episode: "Burlesque"
|-
| ''[[I Love Lucy]]''
| Helicopter Dispatcher
| Episode: "Bon Voyage"
|-
| ''Crusader''
| Ernie Duchek
| Episode: "The Syndicate"
|-
| ''[[Sheriff of Cochise]]''
| Greenbriar Merritt
| Episode: "Closed for Repairs"
|-
| 1957–1959
| ''[[The Thin Man (TV series)|The Thin Man]]''
| Lt. Harry Evans
| 14 episodes
|-
| 1957–1960
| ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]''
| Mayor Whiteside<br />Jason Coldwell<br />Bookie
|3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1958
| ''[[Bachelor Father (U.S. TV series)|Bachelor Father]]''
| Charlie Sharpe<br />Salesman
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[The People's Choice (TV series)|The People's Choice]]''
| Luther Jenkins
| Episode: "Daisies Won't Tell", with [[Jackie Cooper]]
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]''
| Fallace
| Episode: "Boomerang Bait"
|-
| 1959–1961
| ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]''
| Bison Lodge Member<br />Police Sergeant<br />Newspaper Reporter<br />Mr. Quimby<br />Police chief
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1959–1962
| ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''
| Reporter
| 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan=5|1960
| ''[[The Gale Storm Show]]''
| Freddy Morell
| Episode: "Show Biz"
|-
| ''[[The Tab Hunter Show]]''
| Coach
| Episode: "My Darling Teacher"
|-
| ''[[The Ann Sothern Show]]''
| Mr. Dooley
| Episode: "Billy"
|-
| ''[[Happy (1960 TV series)|Happy]]''
| Ed Langley
| Episode: "Chris' Night Out"
|-
| ''[[Klondike (TV series)|Klondike]]''
| Eskimo Eddie
| Episode: "Sure Thing, Men"
|-
| rowspan=3|1961
| ''[[Riverboat (TV series)|Riverboat]]''
| Sampson J. Binton
| Episode: "Listen to the Nightingale"'
|-
| ''[[The Tab Hunter Show]]''
| Harry<br>Dr. Hocker<br>P. T. Bailey
| Episode: "Weekend on Ice"<br>Episode: "Me and My Shadow"<br>Episode: "Crazy Over Horses"
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Jerry Harlowe
| Episode: "[[The Shelter (The Twilight Zone)|The Shelter]]"<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 1961–1964
| ''[[Mister Ed]]''
| Paul Fenton
| 7 episodes
|-
| rowspan="5" |1962
| ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''
| Mr. Eisenbauer
| Episode: "The Twizzle"
|-
| ''[[Bus Stop (TV series)|Bus Stop]]''
| Lawson
| Episode: "Turn Home Again"
|-
| ''[[Lawman (TV series)|Lawman]]''
| Doc Peters
| Episode: "The Unmasked"
|-
| ''[[Saints and Sinners (1962 TV series)|Saints and Sinners]]''
| Dr. Felixson
| Episode: "All the Hard Young Men"
|-
| ''[[Room for One More (TV series)|Room for One More]]''
| Walter Burton
| 8 episodes
|-
| 1962–1963
| ''[[Ensign O'Toole]]''
| Lt. Cdr. Virgil Stoner
| 32 episodes<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan=3|1963
| ''[[Glynis (TV series)|Glynis]]''
| Al
| Episode: "The Pros and Cons"<ref name=":0" />
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| The Genie
| Episode: "[[I Dream of Genie]]"<ref name=":1" />
|-
| ''[[The Lieutenant]]''
| District Attorney George O'Leery
| Episode: "Cool of the Evening"
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Death Valley Days]]''
| Pearlman
| Episode: "Sixty-Seven Miles of Gold"
|-
| 1966–1967
| ''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]''
| Harry Krissel
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''
| Bradford J. Taylor
| Episode: "Aunt Bee's Cousin"
|-
| 1968–1970
| ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]''
| Money Howard,<br />Sgt. Dave Spangler
| Episode: "Side Pocket"<br />"Blackout"
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Here Come the Brides]]''
| role as Merlin 
| S1, E10 "A Man and His Magic"
|-
| 1968–1972
| ''[[Bonanza]]''
| Jonathan May<br />Enos Blessing
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1969
| ''[[The Big Valley]]''
| Judge Ben Moore
| Episode: "The Battle of Mineral Springs"
|-
| ''[[The Monk (1969 film)|The Monk]]''
| Tinker
| [[ABC Movie of the Week]]
|-
| rowspan=2|1969–1970
| ''[[Land of the Giants]]''
| Professor Kirmus<br />Inidu
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''
| Billy "Moose" Valentine<br />Nathaniel E. "Doc" Watson
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1969–1974
| ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
| Moses Darby<br />Joshua Finch<br />Lucius Prince<br />Danny Wilson
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=4|1970
| ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''
| Mr. Chambers
| Episode: "Go Get 'Em, Tiger"
|-
| ''[[The Immortal (1970 TV series)|The Immortal]]''
| Dr. Koster
| Episode: "Reflections on a Lost Tomorrow"
|-
| ''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]''
| Sweet
| Episode: "Run for the Money"
|-
| ''[[Nanny and the Professor]]''
| Edwin Higgenbotham Botkin
| Episode: "The Haunted House"
|-
| rowspan=2|1971
| ''[[Sarge (TV series)|Sarge]]''
| Harry Wainwright
| Episode: "A Terminal Case of Vengeance"
|-
| ''[[Love, American Style]]''
| Archie
| Segment: "Love and the Second Time"
|-
| 1971–1972
| ''[[Dr. Simon Locke]]''
| Dr. Andrew Sellers
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Night Gallery]]''
| Bullivant
| Episode: "Dead Weight"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''
| Tim Murphy
| Episode: "The Set-Up"
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
| Moses Darby
| Episode: "Cowtown Hustler" S19E22 Aired on May 11, 1974 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303082245/http://www.tv.com/shows/gunsmoke/cowtown-hustler-41516/ |date=March 3, 2019 }}
|-
| 1974–1978
| ''[[Chico and the Man]]''
| Ed Brown
| 88 episodes<br />[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]] {{small|(1976)}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Franks|first=Don|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCUTBQAAQBAJ&q=jack+albertson&pg=PA475|title=Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 through 2003, 3d ed.|date=September 22, 2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1798-8}}</ref><br />Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]] {{small|(1975, 1977)}}<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan=4|1975
| ''[[Tony Orlando and Dawn (TV series)|Tony Orlando and Dawn]]''
| rowspan="6" | Himself
| Episode: #1.20
|-
| ''Mitzi and 100 Guys''
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Cher (TV series)|Cher]]''
| Episode: "Episode #1.4"<br />[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music]]<ref name=":3" />
|-
| ''[[Match Game|Match Game '75]]''
| 5 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1976
| ''[[Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)|Donny & Marie]]''
| 1 Episode dated April 6, 1976
|-
| ''Andy''
| 1 Episode dated October 6, 1976
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Grandpa Goes to Washington]]''
| Senator Joe Kelley
| 7 episodes<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
| Edward Jordan
| Episode: "Angel in Hiding"
|-
| 1981
|''Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase''
| Charlie Bartlett
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan=2|1982
| ''[[My Body, My Child]]''
| Poppa MacMahon
| TV movie; filmed in 1981; released posthumously; final television role<br />Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special]]
|-
| ''Terror at Alcatraz''
| George 'Deacon' Wheeler
| TV movie, (final film role)
|}

===Theater===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1940
| ''Meet the People''
| 
| 
|-
| 1942
| ''Strip for Action''
| Eddie
| 
|-
| 1944
| ''Allah Be Praised!''
| Caswell / Emir
| 
|-
| 1945
| ''A Lady Say Yes''
| Dr. Bartoli
| 
|-
| rowspan=2| 1947
| ''[[High Button Shoes]]''
| Mr. Pontdue (replacement)
| 
|-
| ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]''
| Yasha
| 
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Tickets, Please!]]''
| Roller Derby
| 
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Top Banana (musical)|Top Banana]]''
| Vic Davis
| 
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Subject Was Roses]]''
| John Cleary
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play]]
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The Sunshine Boys]]''
| Willie Clark
| [[Drama Desk Award|Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance]]<br />Nominated – [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play]]
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award 
! Category
! Nominated work
! Results
! Ref.
|-
| [[41st Academy Awards|1968]]
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[The Subject Was Roses (film)|The Subject Was Roses]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969 |title=The 41st Academy Awards (1969) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 25, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1973
| [[Drama Desk Award]]s
| Outstanding Performance
| ''[[The Sunshine Boys]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dramadesk.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/1973-awards/ |title=Nominees and Recipients – 1973 Awards |publisher=[[Drama Desk Award]]s |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[27th Primetime Emmy Awards|1975]]
| rowspan="5"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music]]
| ''[[Cher (TV series)|Cher]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jack-albertson |title=Jack Albertson |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Chico and the Man]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[28th Primetime Emmy Awards|1976]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[29th Primetime Emmy Awards|1977]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[34th Primetime Emmy Awards|1982]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special]]
| ''[[My Body, My Child]]''
| {{nom}}'''<sup>†</sup>'''{{efn|name=posthumously|Albertson received this nomination posthumously, having died in '81 prior to those two succeeding '82 events: the television premiere of the film and the subsequent Emmys ceremony.}}
|-
| [[19th Tony Awards|1965]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Tony Awards]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play]]
| ''[[The Subject Was Roses]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1965/category/actor-featured-role-play/show/any/ |title=1965 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[27th Tony Awards|1973]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Leading Actor in a Play]]
| ''The Sunshine Boys''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1973/category/actor-leading-role-play/show/any/ |title=1973 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|United States|New York (state)|California|Theatre|Radio|Film|Television}}
* [[Triple Crown of Acting]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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