Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason is interred in the Our Lady Of Mercy Cemetery, Miami Beach, Florida. National Film Registry:. There was even a report that Richard Nixon took Gleason to view the remains of aliens killed in the crash of a flying saucer, but as this particular report first appeared in the pages of the National Enquirer, it is dubious at best. Sessue Hayakawa (June 10, 1889 - November 23, 1973) was an actor in American films, including two in the U.S. Gleason apparently believed in UFOs, and claimed to have seen them himself. The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit series of fims. The Cheat in 1915.

Later in life, Jackie Gleason gained fame for his portrayal of Sheriff Buford T. In his early life he was known for his fatness, but later he slimmed down. His trademark phrase was "How sweet it is!" during the applause when he first opened his comedy act. In the 1960s he had his own show entitled The Jackie Gleason Show.

Later it was recast. In the late 1940s he played Chester Riley in the The Life of Riley situation comedy in its first incarnation. Ralph, his buddy Ed Norton, and their wives Alice Kramden and Trixie Norton were later transplanted into the stone age as The Flintstones, the entire show being a transparent tribute to The Honeymooners. Herbert John (Jackie) Gleason The Great One-(February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was a Brooklyn-born comedian famous for brash humor and fast ad-libs who immortalized his Brooklyn neighborhood in The Honeymooners, playing bus driver Ralph Kramden.