Jack Albertson Movies

Want to know the best Jack Albertson movies?  How about the worst Jack Albertson movies?  Curious about Jack Albertson box office grosses or which Jack Albertson movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Jack Albertson movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Jack Albertson (1907-1981) was an Oscar® winning American actor.  Albertson is known for his role as John Cleary in The Subject Was Roses (1968), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure (1972); and Ed Brown in the television sitcom Chico and the Man (1974–78). His IMDb page shows 181 acting credits from 1938 to 1982. This page will rank Jack Albertson movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings. Sadly we were unable to find any box office information on some of his movies.

Jack Albertson Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

1964’s Kissin’ Cousins

Jack Albertson Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

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  • Sort Jack Albertson movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Jack Albertson movie received.
  • Sort Jack Albertson movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
1972’s The Poseidon Adventure

Best IMDb trivia on Jack Albertson

  1. Jack Albertson was born in in Malden, Massachusetts in 1907.

2.  Jack Albertson dropped out of high school to join the vaudeville road troupe known as the Dancing Verselle Sisters. He then worked in burlesque as a hoofer (soft shoe dancer) and straight man to Phil Silvers on the Minsky’s Burlesque Circuit.

3.  In 1976, Jack Albertson became the eighth performer to win the Triple Crown of acting. Oscar®: Best Supporting Actor, The Subject Was Roses (1968). Tony®: Best Supporting Actor, “The Subject Was Roses” (1965). Emmy®: Best Actor-Comedy Series, Chico and the Man (1974).

4.  Jack Albertson is often confused with Arthur O’Connell, whom he co-starred in two movies with.

5. Jack Albertson said that his one regret was that he did not reprise his role in the movie version of The Sunshine Boys.  Albertson was nominated for a Tony® for that stage role.

Check out Jack Albertson’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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14 thoughts on “Jack Albertson Movies

  1. Grandpa Joe gets a webpage. The only one of his movies I have seen is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. But it is one I have seen countless times.

    1. Hey Taylor…figured if Grandpa Joe could get out of bed, the least I could do was give him a UMR page…..lol.

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