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Acting

Jackie Gleason

Career: Active from 1941 to 2004, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 30
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: The Honeymooners
91/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
1962 · Nominated · 34th Academy Awards
The Hustler
Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters Jackie Gleason played, best-known titles first.

Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T. Justice

Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jackie Gleason Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Mystery
2.4, average 3.9
Uncanny
1.0, average 2.5
Scare
1.0, average 2.6
Psychological
4.0, average 5.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Nostalgic 2
Slapstick Humor 2
Good Ol' Boys 2
Family Friendly 2
Classic Sitcom 2
Mid-Century Americana 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

4 titles · average score 50

The Honeymooners

32

Original Series Creator

The Wool Cap

68

Story

The Honeymooners Holiday Classics

as Ralph Kramden (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Very Best of the Honeymooners

as Ralph Kramden

1990s

1 title

Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters

as Reginald Van Gleason III / the Poor Soul / Joe the Bartender / Charlie Bratton (the Loudmoth / Rudy the Repairman / Fenwick Babbit (archive footage)

1980s

7 titles · average score 40

Nothing in Common

58

as Max Basner

Izzy & Moe

61

as Izzy Einstein

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

17

as Buford T. Justice

The Sting II

25

as Fargo Gondorff

Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson

as Ernest Johnson

The Toy

34

as Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates

Smokey and the Bandit II

43

as Buford T. Justice / Reginald Van Justice / Gaylord Justice

1970s

9 titles · average score 53

The Honeymooners Christmas Special

as Ralph Kramden

The Honeymooners Specials: Valentine Special

as Ralph Kramden

Smokey and the Bandit

67

as Buford T. Justice

Mr. Billion

40

as John Cutler

The Honeymooners Specials: A Christmas Carol

as Ralph Kramden

The Honeymooners Specials: Second Honeymoon

as Ralph Kramden

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as (archive footage)

Three for Two

as Herb / Fred / Mike

How Do I Love Thee?

as Stanley Waltz

1960s

10 titles · average score 65

Don't Drink the Water

53

as Walter Hollander

How to Commit Marriage

48

as Oliver Poe

Skidoo

43

as Tough Tony Banks

Here's Lucy

68

TV show · as Ralph Kramden (uncredited)

Papa's Delicate Condition

65

as Jack Griffith

Soldier in the Rain

66

as Maxwell Slaughter

Gigot

74

as Gigot

Requiem for a Heavyweight

84

as Maish Rennick

The Hustler

84

as Minnesota Fats

The Million Dollar Incident

Story

1950s

4 titles · average score 69

The Honeymooners

91

TV show · as Ralph Kramden

The Red Skelton Show

77

TV show · as Reginald van Gleason III

The Desert Hawk

53

as Aladdin

The Jack Benny Program

54

TV show · as Jackie Gleason

1940s

12 titles · average score 62

The Life of Riley

TV show · as Chester A. Riley

Cavalcade of Stars

TV show · as Self - host / Fenwick Babbitt

Studio One

65

TV show · as Uncle Eddie Doyle / Sam Wheeler

Escape from Crime

57

as Evans - Convict Getting Mug Shot (as Jackie C. Gleason)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

as Hank

Lady Gangster

43

as Wilson

All Through the Night

85

as Starchy

Larceny, Inc.

73

as Hobart

Orchestra Wives

66

as Ben Beck

Springtime in the Rockies

68

as Commissioner (uncredited)

Navy Blues

52

as 'Tubby' (as Jackie C. Gleason)

Steel Against the Sky

56

as Cliff (uncredited)