RECENT CREDITS
Nothing in Common (FILM)  Jul. 30, 1986
Smokey and the Bandit (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1977
Skidoo (FILM)  Dec. 1, 1968
Requiem for a Heavyweight (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1962
The Hustler (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1961
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HIGHLIGHTS
Began entertainment career while still in his teens as an emcee at a Brooklyn theater. Other early gigs included carnival barker and daredevil driver.
Dubbed "The Great One" by Orson Welles.
Inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 1986, but never won a competitive Emmy (though his frequent costar Art Carney won five, for The Honeymooners and The
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Nothing in Common  1986 -Max Basner
Actor
Film


The Honeymooners  1954-1956 -Ralph Kramden
Actor
TV
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Smokey and the Bandit  1977 -Sheriff Buford T. Justice
Actor
Film


Skidoo  1968 -Tony Banks
Actor
Film


Requiem for a Heavyweight  1962 -Maish Rennick
Actor
Film


The Hustler  1961 -Minnesota Fats
Actor
Film


All Through the Night  1942 -Starchie
Actor
Film


Don't Drink the Water   -Walter Hollander
Actor
Film


Escape from Crime   -Screwball
Actor
Film


Fun Shows  
Actor
Film


Gigot   -Gigot
Actor, Composer (Music Score), Screen Story
Film


How Do I Love Thee?   -Stanley Waltz
Actor
Film


How to Commit a Marriage   -Oliver Poe
Actor
Film


Izzy and Moe   -Izzy Einstein
Actor, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Lady Gangster   -Wilson
Actor
Film


Larceny, Inc.   -Hobart
Actor
Film


Mister Halpern and Mister Johnson   -Mr. Johnson
Actor
Film


Mr. Billion   -John Cutler
Actor
Film


Navy Blues   -Tubby
Actor
Film


Orchestra Wives   -Beck
Actor
Film


Papa's Delicate Condition   -Jack Papa Griffith
Actor
Film


Smokey and the Bandit 3   -Sheriff Buford T. Justice
Actor
Film


Smokey and the Bandit II   -Gaylord Justice, Reginald Van Justice, Sheriff Buford T. Justice
Actor, Actor, Actor
Film


Soldier in the Rain   -Sgt. Maxwell Slaughter
Actor
Film


Springtime in the Rockies   -Commissioner
Actor
Film


The Desert Hawk   -Aladdin
Actor
Film


The Great Gleason  
Actor
Film


The Return of October  
Actor
Film


The Sting II   -Gondorff
Actor
Film


The Toy   -U.S. Bates
Actor
Film


The Wool Cap  
Screen Story
Film


Tramp, Tramp, Tramp   -Hank
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Began entertainment career while still in his teens as an emcee at a Brooklyn theater. Other early gigs included carnival barker and daredevil driver.
Dubbed "The Great One" by Orson Welles.
Inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 1986, but never won a competitive Emmy (though his frequent costar Art Carney won five, for The Honeymooners and The
As a composer, he recorded more than 35 albums with the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
Grandfather of actor Jason Patric.


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