List of the best Jack Albertson movies: Pickup on 101(1972), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(1971), The Subject Was Roses(1968), Dead and Buried(1981), Changes(1969), Rabbit, Run(1970), The Flim Flam Man(1967), Top Banana(1954), How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life(1968), Justine(1969), Miracle on 34th Street(1947), Man of a Thousand Faces(1957) ... ...
Drama
1972
93 Minutes
Hobo
A hobo (Jack Albertson), a coed (Lesley Ann Warren) and a rock singer (Martin Sheen) team up for counterculture adventures on the road.
Fantasy, Kids & Family
USA|UK
1971
98 Minutes
Grandpa Joe
Gene Wilder Jack Albertson Peter Ostrum Roy Kinnear Julie Dawn Cole Leonard Stone Denise Nickerson Dodo Denney Paris Themmen Ursula Reit Michael Bollner
boy grandfather factory director oompa loompa spoiled girl incredible outlandish charming factory magic imagination candy wishes poverty discovery temptation growing up 1970s
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
Drama
1968
107 Minutes
Patricia Neal Jack Albertson Martin Sheen Don Saxon Elaine Williams Grant Gordon
son father mother bleak sad family home cottage nightclub manhattan marital problems family dysfunction infidelity alcoholism homecoming rivalry temptation sacrifice 1940s
A World War II veteran (Martin Sheen) comes home to his bickering parents (Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson).
Horror
USA
1981
92 Minutes
William G. Dobbs
James Farentino Melody Anderson Jack Albertson Robert Englund Barry Corbin Lisa Blount Bill Quinn Michael Currie
tourist murder victim zombie coroner sheriff doctor bleak creepy intense shocking small town horror zombie movies death serial murders killer among us discovery escape mystery rescue
A suspense horror film set in a small coastal town where, after a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses begin to come back to life.
Drama
USA
1969
93 Minutes
Kent's Father
Kent Lane Michele Carey Jack Albertson Marcia Strassman Bill Kelly Tom Holland Buddy Hart Johnny Moio Monica Peterson Teri Garr Sam Chew
As Kent drives along California coast, he recollects recent events in his life: his dropping out of college, also leaving behind his establishment-oriented roommate and his square parents. ... See full summary »
Drama
1970
94 Minutes
Marty Tothero
James Caan Anjanette Comer Jack Albertson Melodie Johnson Henry Jones Carmen Mathews Virginia Vincent Nydia Westman Josephine Hutchinson Don Keefer Margot Stevenson
A former high-school basketball star (James Caan) leaves his pregnant, alcoholic wife for a part-time hooker (Anjanette Comer).
Comedy, Action
USA
1967
115 Minutes
Mr. Packard
George C. Scott Sue Lyon Michael Sarrazin Harry Morgan Jack Albertson Alice Ghostley Albert Salmi Slim Pickens Strother Martin Woodrow Parfrey
con artist deserter sheriff rich girl mother father amusing tense united states small town household courtroom jail mentorship con game friendship teamwork desertion pursuit quest
A rural con artist and an army deserter cheat the townsfolk and are aided by a rich gal who shields the fleeing duo from the wrath of the pursuing sheriff.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1954
100 Minutes
Vic Davis
Phil Silvers Rose Marie Danny Scholl Judy Lynn Jack Albertson Johnny Coy Joey Faye Herbie Faye Brad Hatton
actor salesgirl tv personality personal assistant young man producer amusing lighthearted outlandish television studio department store show business love triangle television egoism publicity love rivalry 1950s
A filmed version of Phil Silvers' hit Broadway show about a television comic who tried to regain his ratings on TV.
Comedy
USA
1968
102 Minutes
Mr. Slotkin
Dean Martin Stella Stevens Eli Wallach Anne Jackson Betty Field Jack Albertson Katharine Bard Woodrow Parfrey Alan Oppenheimer Shelley Morrison George Furth
womanizer wife mistress secretary lighthearted amusing playful new york city romance adultery friendship deception love pursuit 1960s
When a carefree bachelor tries to get his best friend to drop his mistress and return to his wife, he finds himself with romantic problems as well.
Drama
1969
116 Minutes
Cohen
Anouk Aimée Dirk Bogarde Robert Forster Anna Karina Philippe Noiret Michael York John Vernon Jack Albertson Cliff Gorman George Baker Elaine Church
seducer banker schoolteacher ambassador politician intense passionate unrestrained alexandria, egypt seduction adultery israeli-palestinian conflict weapons espionage forbidden love mystery 1940s
A woman takes advantage of her friends and family in order to send arms to Israel to protect her position in Egypt.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Mail sorter (uncredited)
Maureen O'Hara John Payne Edmund Gwenn Gene Lockhart Natalie Wood Porter Hall William Frawley Thelma Ritter Jack Albertson Jerome Cowan Philip Tonge
santa claus lawyer daughter event coordinator wealthy man charming endearing touching new york city department store courtroom mental institution christmas faith childhood court battles discovery love quest 1940s
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.
Biography
USA
1957
122 Minutes
Dr. J. Wilson Shields
James Cagney Dorothy Malone Jane Greer Marjorie Rambeau Jim Backus Robert Evans Celia Lovsky Jeanne Cagney Jack Albertson Roger Smith Robert Lyden
actor wife son movie star father mother emotional powerful stage hollywood, calif. family home backstage san francisco show business marriage child custody mental illness lon chaney love transformation
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
95 Minutes
Third proprietor
June Allyson Jack Lemmon Charles Bickford Paul Gilbert Jim Backus Stubby Kaye Howard McNear Elvia Allman Jack Albertson Queenie Smith Frank Sully
heiress father reporter fortune hunter thief editor brash emotional amusing texas san diego yacht bus motel newsroom father/daughter relationship running away elopement kidnapping journalism
Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to ... See full summary »
Comedy
1962
93 Minutes
Officer Hodges
Dean Martin Lana Turner Eddie Albert Nita Talbot Walter Matthau Paul Ford Margo John McGiver Jack Albertson
novelist husband lawyer mobster neighbor housekeeper lighthearted madcap apartment office los angeles gambling horse racing debt schemes misunderstanding mafia discovery revenge 1960s
A lawyer (Dean Martin) begins to win after his wife (Lana Turner) secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1959
94 Minutes
Sleep-Out Charlie Barnes
James Cagney Shirley Jones Roger Smith Cara Williams Nehemiah Persoff Royal Dano Anthony Caruso Horace MacMahon Virginia Vincent Jack Albertson Robert Wilke
Jake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot's attractive wife,... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1961
107 Minutes
Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Edie Adams Jack Oakie Jack Kruschen Ann B. Davis Joe Flynn Howard St. John Karen Norris Jack Albertson
advertising executive chemist company president model businesswoman lighthearted playful new york city office california one-night stand ethics unlikely romance battle of the sexes mistaken identity rivalry love 1960s
A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.
Musical
USA
1964
101 Minutes
Elvis Presley Barbara Stanwyck Joan Freeman Leif Erickson Sue Ane Langdon Pat Buttram Joan Staley Dabbs Greer Steve Brodie Norman Grabowski Jack Albertson
singer teen girl father college student carnival worker boss airy lighthearted coffee shop carnival country road backstage carnivals rock 'n' roll forbidden love father/daughter relationship business love rivalry growing up
After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
Romance
USA
1938
64 Minutes
Lucille Ball Jimmy Ellison Lee Bowman Granville Bates Mantan Moreland Elliott Sullivan Murray Alper Robert Homans Dick Elliott Florence Lake Cyrus W. Kendall
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family
1959
104 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Jean Hagen Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Tim Considine Kevin Corcoran Cecil Kellaway Alexander Scourby Roberta Shore James Westerfield Jacques Aubuchon
son father brother mother dog foreign exchange student amusing lighthearted united states household curse childhood dogs espionage magic unlikely hero metamorphosis adventure discovery 1950s
An old ring turns a couple's (Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen) son (Tommy Kirk) into a sheep dog; he must perform an act of heroism to turn back.
Biography
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Ray Danton Jayne Mansfield Julie London Barrie Chase Frank Gorshin Barbara Nichols Brad Dexter Robert Strauss Herschel Bernardi Margo Moore Neville Brand
Dancer George Raft (Ray Danton) finds himself involved with the criminal underworld. After a conflict with gangster boss Frank Donatella (Joe de Santis), he is exiled to Hollywoood, where ... See full summary »