Jackie Gleason
- Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Birthday: February 26, 1916
This rotund yet physically expressive actor and comic became an American legend with his signature character of Ralph Kramden, the bus driver who dreamed of getting rich, on "The Honeymooners". Jackie Gleason could be crabby; he could zing. He could be poignant, as in his portrayal of 'The Poor Soul', or he could be satirical, as with the phony aristocrat Reginald Van Gleason III. Gleason could play straight man, as he often did to both Frank Fontaine and to Art Carney, and he could also put over the occasional song. His audie…more