Description:
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. Joining ASCAP in 1953, his instrumental compositions include "Melancholy Serenade", "Glamour", "Lover's Rhapsody", "On the Beach" and "To a Sleeping Beauty", among numerous others.
Birthday
February 26, 1916
Born In
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Alternative names
Jackie C. Gleason
Height
177 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Marilyn Gleason December 16, 1975 - June 24, 1987 (his death),Beverly Gleason July 4, 1970 - November 24, 1975 (divorced),Genevieve Halford September 20, 1936 - June 24, 1970 (divorced)
Relatives
Jennifer Miller (Grandchild)
Trivia
The popular Hanna-Barbera character Fred Flintstone was based on him, as "The Flintstones" animated series was loosely based on "The Honeymooners". Upon realizing this, Gleason tried to file a lawsuit against Hanna-Barbera but was dissuaded from doing so by friends and colleagues who advised him that it would be bad for his reputation if he became known as "the man who killed Fred Flintstone.".
Quotes
Drinking removes warts and pimples. Not from me. But from those I look
at.
Nickname
"The Great One"
Salaries
$1,200,000
Trademarks
Often played a working class everyman
