Jack Gilford

AKA: Jacob Aaron Gellman, Yankel Gellman

1.2338

1908-07-25

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Jack Gilford (July 25, 1908 - June 4, 1990) was an American stage, film and television actor.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {66}

Bernie Lefkowitz

1985-06-21 6.623

Cocoon

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor. ...

Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction, Mystery, Drama

Dr. "Doc" Daneeka

1970-06-24 6.659

Catch-22

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation. ...

Genre :War, Comedy

Bernie Lefkowitz

1988-09-13 6.486

Cocoon: The Return

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth? ...

Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Tailor

1980-06-13 4.7

Wholly Moses

Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to free his people from slavery, but Moses keep ...

Genre :Comedy

Box Office Clerk (uncredited)

1953-10-12 6.5

Main Street to Broadway

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take ...

Genre :Romance, Music

Mr. Butterworth

1988-07-08 5.5

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way to get his money back, but first he must sober up a ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Wilbur Peabody

1971-06-09 7

They Might Be Giants

After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, even dressing like the character. Out of concer ...

Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Mr. Foreman

1967-02-25 4

Enter Laughing

A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a nonpaying job in a seedy theatrical production dir ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Avery Dugan

1967-09-26 7

Who's Minding the Mint?

A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wants a slice of the action - and the money. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Phil Greene

1973-02-14 6.6

Save the Tiger

A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days. ...

Genre :Drama

Sam Beckerman

1967-11-05 7.3

The Incident

Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train. ...

Genre :Thriller, Crime, Drama

Hysterium

1966-10-16 6.04

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom. ...

Genre :Music, Comedy, Romance

Gog

1981-04-17 6.5

Caveman

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave ...

Genre :Comedy, Adventure

The Old Man

1986-05-11 6.2

Young Again

A 40-year-old bachelor gets his wish to be 17 again, and he goes back to high school where he romances the daughter of the woman he dated in high school the first time. ...

Genre :Family, Drama, TV Movie

Mischa

1976-06-17 5.609

Harry and Walter Go to New York

Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world and the affection of a crusadi ...

Genre :Crime, Comedy

Mr. Schwartz

1966-07-15 5.9

Mister Buddwing

An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is. ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Papa Andersen

1966-06-01 5

The Daydreamer

A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different charact ...

Genre :Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music

Stanley Bracken

1981-01-01 2.5

Cheaper to Keep Her

A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney. ...

Genre :Comedy

Wally

1981-02-19 0

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood

In this sequel to 1979's "Goldie and the Boxer," the ingratiating twosome, heavyweight champ and his 10-year-old manager, flee to California when a vengeful promoter who lost a bundle on the title fig ...

Genre :Action, Drama, TV Movie

Ned

1975-03-06 0

Twigs

Three middle-aged sisters and their grouchy mother confront issues with men in their lives. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

Stage 8 (voice)

1975-06-08 5.8

Everybody Rides the Carousel

Everybody Rides The Carousel invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of ...

Genre :Animation, Drama

The Herald (voice)

1975-04-30 0

Tubby the Tuba

When Tubby the Tuba sets out to find a melody all of his own, his journey results in this enchanting and exciting musical tale. Tubby joins the circus and striving to be part of an orchestra, he trave ...

Genre :Family, Animation

Mr. Singer

1985-11-17 5.9

Hostage Flight

A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands. ...

Genre :TV Movie, Thriller

King Sextimus

1964-06-03 0

Once Upon a Mattress

Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. The musical story of THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA, ...

Genre :Comedy, TV Movie, Music, Romance

King Sextimus

1972-12-12 7.8

Once Upon a Mattress

The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS. This production, videotaped in color, included original Broadway cast members Burnett, Gilford and ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, TV Movie

Dr. Jonas Salk

1969-04-02 7

Arsenic and Old Lace

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, TV Movie

Bernie Nelson

1983-10-26 6.5

Happy

A former child show host misses the good old days. He and his sidekick from the show are doing a gig when the place gets robbed and the sidekick murdered. The host is the only one who saw the robber w ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

Joey Bagle

1944-08-01 0

Reckless Age

Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk. ...

Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Music, Drama

Dr. Jelliff

1983-01-12 5.231

Anna to the Infinite Power

Anna Hart was always an odd child, a genius, a shoplifter, desperately afraid of flickering lights, with strange prophetic dreams. Simultaneously, several strange things begin to happen. A strange, my ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama

Referee

1977-11-27 5.3

A Doonesbury Special

Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960s. Pre ...

Genre :TV Movie, Animation, Comedy

1962-01-01 10

The Dog Lover

Jack is the fastidious manager of a local supermarket. The harmless but disruptive actions of his customers frequently give him headaches, which he remedies by holding a can of frozen juice against hi ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Alexander Throttlebottom

1972-10-24 6

Of Thee I Sing

CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series. ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

Specialty

1944-04-06 0

Hey, Rookie

Musical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark, so he joins the Army. There he gets the order to put on a show, Winnie Clark appears in a camp sho ...

Genre :Music

Bontsche Shveig / Angel

1959-12-14 0

The World of Sholom Aleichem

This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour se ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Nightclub Show Mimic

1936-04-27 0

Midnight Melodies

A one-reel short shot against a nightclub background in which several names from New York City radio programs do a variety of turns. Jack Gilford, a mimic, gives his takes on the likes of Harry Langdo ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

1976-08-31 7.036

Alice

Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin i ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Marty Ratner

1984-01-04 7.354

Night Court

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there. ...

Genre :Comedy

Wilbur Harlow

1968-09-23 6.69

Here's Lucy

Genre :Comedy

1979-09-23 6.5

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran o ...

Genre :Drama

1974-09-09 6.204

Rhoda

Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper be ...

Genre :Comedy

1987-09-29 6.259

thirtysomething

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford ...

Genre :Drama

Max Weinstock

1985-09-14 7.539

The Golden Girls

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friend ...

Genre :Comedy

Bernard Bernstein

1971-01-12 7.836

All in the Family

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day. ...

Genre :Comedy

1983-01-22 7.6

Mama's Family

Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argu ...

Genre :Comedy

1975-09-13 0

Doc

Doc is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 1975 to October 1976. ...

Genre :Comedy

1974-09-13 6.3

Police Woman

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

Brooks Carmichael

1984-04-12 6

The Duck Factory

The Duck Factory is a 1984 NBC television series produced by MTM Enterprises that is perhaps most notable for being Jim Carrey's first lead role in a Hollywood production. The show was co-created by ...

Genre :Comedy

1986-03-28 0

Joe Bash

Joe Bash is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from March 28 to May 10, 1986. Starring Peter Boyle as a weary and embittered New York City Police Department beat cop, it was ...

Genre :Comedy

1968-09-21 6.4

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Derived from the 1947 movie with the same name, a house is haunted by a deceased sea captain who wreaks havoc with the new tenants who were not advised of his existence. ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy

1974-05-28 10

The Daytime Emmy Awards

An annual awards ceremony in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ...

Genre :

Louis Brandt

1961-09-16 6.2

The Defenders

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as ne ...

Genre :Drama

David Marcus

1961-09-16 6.2

The Defenders

Genre :Drama

Willie Drucker

1961-09-16 6.2

The Defenders

Genre :Drama

1974-09-14 5

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers is a 1974-1975 United States comedic television series starring Paul Sand which centers around a musician in Boston, Massachusetts, and his personal relationships. It w ...

Genre :Comedy

Barney Gaylord

1977-01-31 5

The Andros Targets

James Sutorious star as Mike Andros, a newspaper investigative reporter who seeks out corruption and injustice in this this action-drama series. ...

Genre :

Joe Ackerman

1975-09-10 5

Kate McShane

Kate McShane is an American legal drama television series that aired from September 10 until November 12, 1975. Kate McShane was the first series to feaure a female lawyer in the lead role. ...

Genre :Drama

Grandpa Hollyhock

1978-09-23 6

Apple Pie

Ginger-Nell Hollyhock is a single and lonely hairdresser who lives in Kansas City, Missouri during the Great Depression year of 1933. When Ginger-Nell places classified ads in the local newspapers, sh ...

Genre :Comedy

Joe Reiger

1978-09-12 7.252

Taxi

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults t ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Himself - Narrator (voice)

1983-06-06 8.333

Reading Rainbow

Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of s ...

Genre :Kids

Finklestein

1977-02-10 5

Seventh Avenue

A poor young man from New York's Lower East Side determines to overcome his status, and through hard work rises to become a power in the garment industry. ...

Genre :Drama

Self

1961-12-11 5.375

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went in ...

Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self - Guest / Various Characters

1967-09-11 7.7

The Carol Burnett Show

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from Septembe ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

Self - Guest

1967-09-11 7.7

The Carol Burnett Show

Genre :Comedy, Family

Fingers

1977-09-24 6.3

The Love Boat

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Self

1962-10-01 7.459

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carso ...

Genre :Talk

1982-08-21 6.8

Hotel

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the ser ...