Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; But young men think it is, and we were young.

Comedian, actor and musician                          

Selected Works:

Television:

Your Sports Special - 1949
The Lamb's Gambol - 1949
The Life of Riley - October 4, 1949 – March 28, 1950 TV series
The Arrow Show - 1949
Tex and Jinx - 1949

This is Show Business - 1950
Showtime USA - 1950
Cavalcade of Stars - 1950–1952 TV Series
The Frank Sinatra Show - 1950

Ford Star Revue - 1951
The Frank Sinatra Show - 1951
Cavalcade of Bands - 1951
Musical Comedy Time: No! No! Nanette! - 1951
Texacto Star Theatre - 1951
Ford Festival - 1951
This is Show Business - 1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour - 1951
Ford Star Revue - 1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour - 1951
The Kate Smith Evening Hour - 1951

The Jackie Gleason Show - September 20, 1952 – June 18, 1955 TV Series

Arthur Murray Party - 1952
The Sam Levinson Show - 1952
The Ken Murray Show - 1952
Toast of the Town - 1952
Celebrity Time - 1952
Scout O' Rama" - 1952
Jane Froman's USA Canteen - 1952

Arthur Godfrey and His Friends - 1953
Studio One: The Laugh Maker - May 18, 1953
What's My Line? - 1953
This is Show Business - 1953
Arthur Murray Party - 1953

Toast of the Town - 1954
Name That Tune - 1954
Studio One: Short Cut - December 6, 1954

The Best of Broadway: The Show Off - February 2, 1955
What's My Line? - 1955
I've Got a Secret - 1955
The Jack Benny Program - 1955
Stage Show - 1955
The Honeymooners - October 1, 1955 – September 22, 1956 TV Series
The Red Skelton Show - 1955
Studio One: Uncle Ed and Circumstances - October 10, 1955

The 64,000 Question - 1956
Person to Person - February 3, 1956
The Herb Shriner Show - 1956
The Jackie Gleason Show - September 29, 1956– June 22, 1957 TV Series

Playhouse 90: The Time of Your Life - October 9, 1958 TV Movie
This is Your Life - 1958
Arthur Godfrey Show - 1958

The Jackie Gleason Show - October 1958 – January 1959 TV Series
All Star Jazz IV: The Golden Age of Jazz - January 4, 1959

The Fabulous Fifties - 1960
Arthur Godfrey Special - 1960
The Secret World of Eddie Hodges - 1960 TV Movie [narration only]
The Jackie Gleason Special: The Big Sell - October 9, 1960

The Red Skelton Show - 1961
Sunday Sports Spectacular: Jackie Gleason with the putter and cue - 1961
You're In the Picture/The Jackie Gleason Show - January 27 – March 24, 1961
The Jackie Gleason Special: The Million Dollar Incident - April 21, 1961 TV Movie

Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine - September 29, 1962 – June 4, 1966 TV Series

The 35th Annual Academy Awards - 1963

The Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: The Big Stomach - November 16, 1966

The Jackie Gleason Show - September 17, 1966 – September 12, 1970 TV Series
Here's Lucy: Lucy Visits Jack Benny - 1968
The David Frost Show - 1970
The Jackie Gleason Special - December 20, 1970
The Jackie Gleason Special - November 11, 1973
Show Business Tribute to Milton Berle - 1973
Julie & Jackie: How Sweet It Is! - 1974
Bob Hope Special - 1974

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast - 1975
Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason: Two for Three - December 3, 1975
Super Night at the Super Bowl - 1976
The Mike Douglas Show - 1976
The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon - February 2, 1976
Donahue - 1976
The Captain and Tennille - 1976
Bing Crosby's White Christmas - 1976
The Honeymooners Christmas Special - November 28, 1977
The Honeymooners Valentine Special - February 13, 1978
The Second Honeymooners Christmas Special - December 10, 1978
Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson - June 3, 1983 TV Movie
All Star Party for Burt Reynolds - 1984
60 Minutes - 1984
Izzy & Moe - September 23, 1985 TV Movie
The Honeymooners Reunion - May 13, 1985
The 39th Annual Tony Awards - June 2, 1985
The Honeymooners Anniversary Celebration - October 18, 1985
Gleason: In His Own Words - February 14, 1986
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 1986

Stage productions:

Keep Off the Grass - 1940
Artists and Models - 1943
Follow the Girls - 1944
The Duchess Misbehaves - 1945
Heaven on Earth - 1948
Along Fifth Avenue - 1949
Take Me Along - 1959
Sly Fox - 1978

Smokey and The Bandit - played Sherif Bueford T Justice - 1981
Smokey and The Bandit 2 - played Sherif Bueford T Justice - 1983
Smokey and The Bandit 3 - played Sherif Bueford T Justice - 1984

Filmography:

Navy Blues - 1941
Steel Against the Sky - 1941
All Through the Night - 1942
Lady Gangster - 1942
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp - 1942
Larceny, Inc. - 1942
Escape from Crime - 1942
Orchestra Wives - 1942
Springtime in the Rockies - 1942
The Desert Hawk - 1950
The Hustler - 1961
Gigot - 1962 - also writer
Requiem for a Heavyweight - 1962
Papa's Delicate Condition - 1963
Soldier in the Rain - 1963
Skidoo - 1968
How to Commit Marriage - 1969
Don't Drink the Water - 1969
How Do I Love Thee? - 1970
Smokey and the Bandit - 1977
Mr. Billion - 1977
Smokey and the Bandit II - 1980
The Toy - 1982
The Sting II - 1983
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 - 1983
Fools Die - 1984
Nothing in Common - 1986.
                          

Mother Mae Murphy
Father Herb Gleason
First wife Genevieve Halford - 1936–1970 
Second wife Beverly McKittrick - 1970–1975 
Third wife Marilyn Taylor - 1975–1987                          

Baptized John Herbert Gleason.