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Jack Albertson

Jack Albertson

Jack Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) was an American character actor dating to vaudeville.  A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Grandpa Joe in the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Amos Slade in the 1981 animated film "The Fox and the Hound" (1981), and as Ed Brown in the 1974-1978 television sitcom Chico and the Man. For contributions to the television industry, Jack Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6253 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr. (2023)

A deep dive into the short yet impactful life of the trailblazing Latino comic whose son also went on to a career of much acclaim. ...

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Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983)

A celebration of how the very young and the very old appreciate and enjoy each other via sketches and variety performances. ...

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Terror at Alcatraz (1982)

Tom and Dick Smothers play Bones Howard and Ryan Fitzgerald, a TV cameraman and intrepid reporter, respectively, involved in the race to find the buried treasure of Al Capone on Alcatraz Island at the former prison where he was imprisoned. ...

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My Body, My Child (1982)

A woman must choose between having an abortion or giving birth to a deformed child. ...

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Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase (1981)

Charlie Bartlett is a retired railroad worker whose dream of crossing the country in a hot air balloon is encouraged by his grandson Morris O'Neill, who decides to go along for the ride despite the misgivings of his widowed mother whose plans to remarry ha ...

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The Fox and the Hound (1981)

When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the obj ...

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Dead & Buried (1981)

After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town. ...

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Marriage Is Alive and Well (1980)

A talented wedding photographer, at a crossroads with his own marriage, reflects on tales of past clients and the hope, adversity and romance that holy matrimony brings. Starring as the photographer, football great Joe Namath narrates the unconventional ta ...

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Valentine (1979)

A feisty widow falls in love with a zestful widower in a retirement community, much to the disapproval of her married daughter. ...

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Mickey's 50 (1978)

"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse and highlights many moments in his career. ...

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The Comedy Company (1978)

An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics. ...

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NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976)

A celebration of 50 years of NBC broadcasting in radio and television, since first going on the airwaves on 15 November 1926. ...

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Joys (1976)

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer k ...

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Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)

Mitzi Gaynor in a song and dance hour with an all-male, star-studded ensemble featuring her main guests Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie) and Jack Albertson (Chico and the Man), plus 28 celebrities as her "Million Dollar Chorus." Songs performed ...

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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape. ...

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Pickup on 101 (1972)

An elderly wanderer, a sexy young girl running away from home and a folk singer looking for stardom hitch-hike their way cross-country, trying to get to California. ...

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The Flim Flam Man (1972)

The Stews shun Mulligan when he refuses to follow the direction of a fad diet promoter. Mulligan is ultimately proven correct, but not without some anguish on his part. ...

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Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971)

A young frontier couple elope, are chased by the girl's father and brothers, join up with an escaped convict and get mixed up with a charlatan preacher. ...

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Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971)

A bachelor's life is interrupted by the appearance of a teenager who claims to be his son. ...

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Once Upon a Dead Man (1971)

The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder. ...

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The Late Liz (1971)

Religion changes a woman's attitude towards alcohol. ...

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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner. ...

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Montserrat (1971)

The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has escaped from Spanish custody with the aid of an idealistic Spanish officer, Captain Montserrat. The Spanish commander, Colonel Izquierdo ('left' in Spanish) ...

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Rabbit, Run (1970)

Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom comes home one day from his dead-end job to find his pregnant wife Janice asleep, splayed in front of the TV, highball glass in hand. After a moment's contemplation, he decides to leave. Taking his coat and car keys, he's off and ru ...

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A Clear and Present Danger (1970)

The son of a U.S. Senator takes on the cause of clean air when a friend dies of emphysema. ...

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Squeeze a Flower (1970)

When greed threatens the livelihood of an Italian monastery, a monk flees with the formula for their special liquor. ...

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The Monk (1969)

Underworld attorney Leo Barnes hires Gus Monk to safeguard a valuable envelope containing information on a mobster. Monk refuses — until he meets Mrs. Barnes and jumps on a merry-go-round of viciousness and murder. ...

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Justine (1969)

In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentall ...

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Changes (1969)

It's the late sixties, a time of peace signs, free love and revolution; and Kent like others of his generation, is looking for a meaning to his life. Driving alone along the Big Sur, he flashes back to difficult memories about college, drugs, family and re ...

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The Subject Was Roses (1968)

Timmy Cleary returns to his Bronx home at the end of World War II and is soon disillusioned to find his parents' marriage filled with discord, quarreling, and recriminations. ...

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Pat Neal Is Back (1968)

This short focuses on Patricia Neal's return to motion pictures three years after she suffered a near-fatal stroke. We see her and the cast and crew at work in New York City on the feature film The Subject Was Roses (1968). ...

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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968)

Wealthy playboy David Sloane wrongly believes good girl Carol Corman is his best friend's mistress. ...

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The Flim-Flam Man (1967)

Mordecai Jones, a silver-tongued swindler and self-proclaimed "M.B.S., C.S., D.D.—Master of Back-Stabbing, Cork-Screwing and Double-Dealing," has made a career out of charming and cheating his way through life. Played with devilish charm by George C. Sco ...

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How to Murder Your Wife (1965)

Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charles. When he wakes up the morning after the night before - he had attended a f ...

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Roustabout (1964)

After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father. ...

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The Patsy (1964)

Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed ...

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A Tiger Walks (1964)

A tiger escapes from a circus truck as it passes by a small town, and hides itself in the surrounding woods. This throws the town into a panic and everyone wants the animal killed immediately, except for the daughter of the sheriff. She wants to capture th ...

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Kissin' Cousins (1964)

An Army officer returns to the Smoky Mountains and tries to convince his kinfolk to allow the Army to build a missile site on their land. Once he gets there, he discovers he has a look-alike cousin. ...

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The Sword in the Stone (1963)

Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an educa ...

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Days of Wine and Roses (1963)

An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together. ...

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Son of Flubber (1963)

Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, const ...

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Who's Got the Action? (1962)

A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money. ...

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Period of Adjustment (1962)

A newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own. ...

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Convicts 4 (1962)

After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter. ...

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Lover Come Back (1961)

Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other's methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to p ...

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The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)

The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. T ...

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The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery.... ...

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Never Steal Anything Small (1959)

Director Charles Lederer's 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman who'll resort to every dirty trick in the book to win his union's presidency. ...

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Teacher's Pet (1958)

A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor. ...

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Don't Go Near the Water (1957)

Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II. ...

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Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate. ...

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Monkey on My Back (1957)

The painfully true story of welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross is detailed in Monkey on My Back. Cameron Mitchell stars as Ross, whose meteoric ring career is interrupted when he joins the Marines at the outset of WWII. A highly decorated hero, Ross ...

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The Unguarded Moment (1956)

A high-school music teacher is the victim of a student who writes indecent notes and assaults women. ...

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You Can't Run Away from It (1956)

A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career. ...

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The Harder They Fall (1956)

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punc ...

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The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s. ...

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Over-Exposed (1956)

This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money. ...

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Bring Your Smile Along (1955)

Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle')and would-be singer Jerry Dennis (Frankie Laine). When Nancy and Martin fall ...

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Top Banana (1954)

Jerry Biffle is the star of the Blendo Soap Program. He has been invited to participate in an autograph-signing party for his new book at an important department store. Jerry meets Sally Peters, one of the department store models, and makes her part of his ...

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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while o ...

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Strike Up the Band (1940)

Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest. ...

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Next Time I Marry (1938)

Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays Tony Anthony, working on a WPA road project, to marry, then divorc ...

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