From 1949 until his death in 1987, Jackie Gleason had some kind ... stagehands bring out an example of one of the tableaus, and as they do, they both have their heads turned away from the camera.

At 69, Jackie ... have to have guts.” ”What do you mean by that?” Gleason shoots back, and for a moment, he looks like he`s ready for ”Bang! Zoom! To the moon!” response to one of ...

Jackie Gleason ... where he built a house on the Inverrary golf course he helped design. Gleason may have been the greatest one of all in the annals of television comedy.

The mood of the photo essay is a strange one: Jackie Gleason ... side may have come as a surprise to some of LIFE’s readers, who were certainly more familiar with Gleason’s outsize public ...

Gleason was known for rubbing his stomach to buy himself time to remember his lines Gleason may have been considered ... a script the day of a performance. One of the ways he hid his lack of ...

The Great One was a nasty one. The CBS movie Gleason refuses to sugarcoat the television icon, depicting him as a selfish husband, a cruel colleague and a despicable friend. Jackie Gleason ...

The Honeymooners was made up of one of the greatest ensemble ... He was the perfect foil for Jackie. “I don’t think Mr. Gleason would have gotten as far as he did without Art Carney.” ...

Jackie Gleason ... you have to have people like you.” Mr. Gleason knew, for example, that however much Ralph and Alice fought, and however loudly he screamed–”One of these days ...

You can’t get closer to the late entertainer Jackie Gleason than on a stage in Old City, where locally-based actor Scott Greer is embodying the man known in television’s early days as The Great One ..