Description:
A former song-and-dance man and veteran of vaudeville, burlesque and Broadway, Jack Albertson is best known to audiences as "The Man" in the TV series Chico and the Man (1974), for which he won an Emmy. In 1968 Albertson, the brother of actress Mabel Albertson, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in The Subject Was Roses (1968), a part which also won him the Tony award during its Broadway run.
Birthday
June 16, 1907
Born In
Malden, Massachusetts, USA
Alternative names
Jack Silbertson
, Jack & Wallace
Height
183 cm
Spouse/Ex-
June Wallace Thomson October 31, 1952 - November 25, 1981 (his death)
Parents
Leopold Albertson
Trivia
One of only nine actors to have won both the Tony and the Oscar for the same role on stage and film. The others are Yul Brynner (The King and I (1956)), Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady (1964)), Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker (1962)), Joel Grey (Cabaret (1972)), Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons (1966)), Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)), José Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)) and Viola Davis (Fences (2016)).
Quotes
Ninety per cent of the things you do in this business are crap.
Trademarks
Distinctive gravelly voice
