Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason ( born February 26, 1916 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, NY, † 24 June 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) was an American comedian, actor, composer and big band leader.
Life
Childhood
Gleason was born as Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr. in Bushwick, New York and christened with the name Herbert John Gleason. From his mother, who raised him alone, he was "Jackie " called. He grew up in New York and went to public school there.
Career
In his career, he was Master of Ceremonies in amateur shows, a stunt driver, DJ and later a comedian in night clubs. He has also appeared in over 40 films. Among his most popular films include A Smokey and the Bandit with Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed and Sally Field. Later, two sequels were shot then. Really he was known but as Minnesota Fats in addition to Paul Newman in The Hustler (Original Title: The Hustler), which was nominated for this film for the first time for an Oscar. Gleason was known for his dislike of samples. Even with live shows, he wanted it all always do and improvise once.
The mid-1950s he wrote numerous songs, which were very popular at the time. He took her on with his orchestra for Capitol Records, with George Dale Williams as an arranger. They were initially associated with the TV series Music for the Love Hours. Also involved were jazz musicians ( Gleason was a jazz fan ) as Bobby Hackett, Toots Mondello, Pee Wee Erwin, Lawrence Brown, Hank Jones, Charlie Ventura and Jimmy Cleveland. He published until the late 1960s albums regularly.
He is particularly known for the TV series The Honeymooners mid-1950s, which he then revived in skits. Overall, he had from 1952 to 1970 popular television shows (Jackie Gleason shows) especially at CBS.
On June 24, 1987 Jackie Gleason died of colon and liver cancer. He was married three times and had two daughters with his first wife.