Who Am I:
- I was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 26, 1916.
- My father abandoned our family and my mother died when I was 19--- I never finished high school.
- I was in several movies in the 1940s- but never a star- so I did a nightclub act with music and comedy.
- My big break came on the television show "The Life of Riley" in 1949.
- I hosted the "Cavalcade of Stars" in 1950 and the show was later renamed after me.
- In 1955, I starred in the hit TV series called "The Honeymooners".
- You probably saw me in the movies:
"The Hustler" (1961)
"Papa's Delicate Condition" (1963)
"Smokey and the Bandit 1, 2 and 3" (1977, 1980, 1983)
" Nothing in Common" (1986)
- I died at the age of 71 in Lauderhill, Florida.
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- Herbert John "Jackie" Gleason
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