List of the best Jack Gilford movies: Save the Tiger(1973), The Daydreamer(1966), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1966), They Might Be Giants(1971), Anna to the Infinite Power(1983), Cocoon: The Return(1988), Catch-22(1970), Cocoon(1985), Wholly Moses!(1980), Caveman(1981), Mister Buddwing(1966), Harry and Walter Go to New York(1976) ... ...
Drama
USA
1973
100 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Jack Gilford Laurie Heineman Normann Burton Patricia Smith Thayer David William Hansen Harvey Jason Liv Von Linden Lara Parker Eloise Hardt
business owner business partner designer wife hippie arsonist bleak disheartening los angeles office family home movie theater car business failure arson disillusionment marriage post-traumatic stress disorder transformation
A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.
Comedy
USA
1966
101 Minutes
Papa Andersen
Paul O'Keefe Jack Gilford Ray Bolger Margaret Hamilton
An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".
Musical, Comedy
USA|UK
1966
99 Minutes
Hysterium
Zero Mostel Phil Silvers Jack Gilford Buster Keaton Michael Crawford Annette Andre Michael Hordern Leon Greene
slave son elderly person soldier amusing cheeky playful family home rome colosseum slavery new love wager love quest pursuit ancient rome
A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
Comedy
USA
1971
91 Minutes
Wilbur Peabody
George C. Scott Joanne Woodward Jack Gilford Lester Rawlins Al Lewis Rue McClanahan Ron Weyand Oliver Clark Theresa Merritt Jenny Egan
widower psychiatrist brother blackmailer librarian amusing offbeat engaging intricate new york city family home eccentricity fantasy world imagination wealth psychoanalysis mystery transformation escape 1970s
In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital a man, convinced he is Sherlock Holmes, is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson.
Sci-Fi
USA
1983
105 Minutes
Dr. Jelliff
Dina Merrill Martha Byrne Jack Gilford Mark Patton Donna Mitchell Loretta Devine
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 ... See full summary »
Fantasy
USA
1988
116 Minutes
Bernard "Bernie" Lefkowitz
Don Ameche Wilford Brimley Hume Cronyn Jack Gilford Steve Guttenberg Maureen Stapleton Jessica Tandy Gwen Verdon Elaine Stritch Courteney Cox Tahnee Welch
husband wife pregnant woman alien scientist hotel manager charming emotional passionate florida spaceship beach old age terminal illness family job immortality second chance sacrifice love
The old age pensioners that left at the end of the first film come back to Earth 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 stay back on Earth?
Comedy, Drama
USA
1970
121 Minutes
Dr. "Doc" Daneeka
Alan Arkin Martin Balsam Richard Benjamin Art Garfunkel Jack Gilford Bob Newhart Anthony Perkins Paula Prentiss Martin Sheen Jon Voight Orson Welles
captain pilot soldier lieutenant doctor witty amusing profound island mediterranean sea war zone horrors of war bombing aviation disillusionment insanity world war ii escape discovery 1940s
A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.
Fantasy
USA
1985
117 Minutes
Bernie Lefkowitz
Don Ameche Wilford Brimley Brian Dennehy Hume Cronyn Jack Gilford Steve Guttenberg Maureen Stapleton Jessica Tandy Gwen Verdon Herta Ware Tahnee Welch
elderly person alien husband wife friend uplifting tender retirement home florida aging death love metamorphosis 1980s
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Comedy
USA
1980
109 Minutes
Tailor
Dudley Moore Laraine Newman James Coco Paul Sand Jack Gilford Dom DeLuise John Houseman Madeline Kahn David L. Lander Richard Pryor John Ritter
Harvey and Zoey, two tourists travelling through Israel, discover an ancient scroll describing the life of Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA|Mexico
1981
92 Minutes
Gog
Ringo Starr Barbara Bach John Matuszak Dennis Quaid Shelley Long Jack Gilford Cork Hubbert Mark King Paco Morayta Evan Kim Ed Greenberg
caveman beautiful woman leader father friend daughter campy madcap wild playful cave jungle desert camp prehistoric life music discovering fire lust dinosaurs love triangle
A caveman seeks revenge on a much larger competitor for the hand of a beautiful cavewoman.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1966
100 Minutes
Mr. Schwartz
James Garner Jean Simmons Suzanne Pleshette Katharine Ross Angela Lansbury George Voskovec Jack Gilford Joe Mantell Raymond St. Jacques Ken Lynch Beeson Carroll
amnesiac woman stranger tense rousing central park manhattan street apartment search amnesia identity quest discovery mystery 1960s
An amnesiac (James Garner) wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
Comedy
USA
1976
111 Minutes
James Caan Elliott Gould Michael Caine Diane Keaton Charles Durning Lesley Ann Warren Val Avery Jack Gilford Dennis Dugan Carol Kane Kathryn Grody
thief friend entertainer prisoner gangster bank robber engaging witty playful charming lighthearted positive prison bank new york city restaurant big city home bank robbery prison break
Two hopelessly-out-of-their-class conmen attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the nineteenth century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world, and the ... See full summary »
Comedy
1967
97 Minutes
Avery Dugan
Jim Hutton Dorothy Provine Milton Berle Joey Bishop Bob Denver Walter Brennan Victor Buono Jack Gilford Jamie Farr David J. Stewart Corinne Cole
banker bank manager bank robbers thief cheater amusing charming cheeky lighthearted quirky thrilling united states city bank workshop workplace bank heist bank robbery fraud theft
A pawnbroker (Milton Berle), a safecracker and a pregnant beagle enter a U.S. mint worker's (Jim Hutton) scheme to replace $50,000.
Comedy
USA
1988
113 Minutes
Mr. Butterworth
Dudley Moore Liza Minnelli Geraldine Fitzgerald John Gielgud Stephen Elliott Paul Benedict Cynthia Sikes Kathy Bates Jack Gilford Ted Ross Daniel Greene
alcoholic wife dudley moore engaging park skid row search job life love 1980s
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 and get a real job.