Harold Albertson (June , â€" November , ) professionally Jack
Albertson, was an American actor, comedian, dancer, and singer who
also performed in vaudeville. Albertson was a Tony, Oscar and Emmy
winning actor. He is known for his roles as John Cleary in The Subject
Was Roses (), for which he received his Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor and Best Featured Actor; Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka &
the Chocolate Factory (); Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure ();
and Ed Brown in the television sitcom Chico and the Man (â€"), for
which he won an Emmy. For his contributions to the television
industry, Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame in at Hollywood Boulevard.Albertson was born on June , , in
Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants Flora
(née Craft) and Leopold Albertson. His older sister was actress Mabel
Albertson. Albertson's mother, a stock actress, supported the family
by working in a shoe factory. Until the age of , Albertson was known
as "Harold Albertson". His father abandoned his mother before Jack was
born, and the boy was raised by his stepfather, Alex Erlich, a
barber.During a New York Daily News interview with Sidney Fields,
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Albertson, was an American actor, comedian, dancer, and singer who
also performed in vaudeville. Albertson was a Tony, Oscar and Emmy
winning actor. He is known for his roles as John Cleary in The Subject
Was Roses (), for which he received his Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor and Best Featured Actor; Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka &
the Chocolate Factory (); Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure ();
and Ed Brown in the television sitcom Chico and the Man (â€"), for
which he won an Emmy. For his contributions to the television
industry, Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame in at Hollywood Boulevard.Albertson was born on June , , in
Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants Flora
(née Craft) and Leopold Albertson. His older sister was actress Mabel
Albertson. Albertson's mother, a stock actress, supported the family
by working in a shoe factory. Until the age of , Albertson was known
as "Harold Albertson". His father abandoned his mother before Jack was
born, and the boy was raised by his stepfather, Alex Erlich, a
barber.During a New York Daily News interview with Sidney Fields,
Albertson reminisced:.mw-parser-output
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