Cast: Jack Albertson

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Jack Albertson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Days of Wine and Roses

1962 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Jack Lemmon · Lee Remick · Charles Bickford · Jack Klugman

Plot Joe Clay is a top-notch public relations man. Anything a client wants Joe can arrange for them, whether it be dancing girls or an article in a prominent magazine. Part...

8.1

19K votes

8.1

19K votes

The Harder They Fall

1956 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Mark Robson

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Rod Steiger · Jan Sterling · Mike Lane

Plot Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant,...

7.6

4K votes

7.6

4K votes

The Twilight Zone: The Shelter (TV)

1961 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Lamont Johnson

Cast Larry Gates · Joseph Bernard · Jack Albertson · Peggy Stewart

Plot A suburban dinner party is interrupted by a bulletin warning of an impending nuclear attack. As the neighbors scramble to prepare themselves, they turn against the one family that installed...

7.4

135 votes

7.4

135 votes

Lover Come Back

1961 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Delbert Mann

Cast Rock Hudson · Doris Day · Tony Randall · Edie Adams

Plot Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are both in the advertising business, but for different agencies. Annoyed by Jerry's methods of using alcohol and women to ensure contracts for his agency,...

7.1

10K votes

7.1

10K votes

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

1971 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Mel Stuart

Cast Gene Wilder · Jack Albertson · Peter Ostrum · Roy Kinnear

Plot Willy Wonka is an eccentric candy maker who starts a contest offering a factory tour to five lucky winners who find a golden ticket in their Wonka bars. One of...

6.9

6K votes

6.9

6K votes

6.6

100 votes

Incident at a Corner (TV)

1960 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Vera Miles · Philip Ober · Jerry Paris · George Peppard

Plot A school crossing guard reprimands the PTA president for careless driving. He is later dismissed from his job on the basis of an anonymous note accusing him of being too...

6.6

285 votes

6.6

285 votes

The Poseidon Adventure

1972 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Ronald Neame

Cast Gene Hackman · Ernest Borgnine · Red Buttons · Carol Lynley

Plot When an earthquake sends a tidal wave over a luxury liner on New Year's Eve the top-heavy vessel capsizes.

6.6

6K votes

6.6

6K votes

Monkey on my Back

1957 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction André De Toth

Cast Cameron Mitchell · Dianne Foster · Paul Richards · Jack Albertson

Plot The true story of Barney Ross, a World War II hero and champion professional boxer, who became addicted to morphine.

6.5

124 votes

6.5

124 votes

The Subject Was Roses

1968 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Ulu Grosbard

Cast Martin Sheen · Jack Albertson · Patricia Neal · Don Saxon

Plot When Timmy Cleary (Sheen), comes home from soldiering, he's greeted by the open but strained arms of his two parents, John and Nettie, (Neal and Albertson). Once considered sickly and...

6.5

38 votes

6.5

38 votes

The Teacher's Pet

1958 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Clark Gable · Doris Day · Gig Young · Mamie Van Doren

Plot James Gannon (Clark Gable), the hardboiled city editor of a newspaper, believes that the only way to learn the business is by way of the School of Hard Knocks, and...

6.5

367 votes

6.5

367 votes

How to Murder your Wife

1965 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Richard Quine

Cast Jack Lemmon · Virna Lisi · Terry-Thomas · Eddie Mayehoff

Plot A man who has set up the perfect lifestyle for himself makes the mistake of marrying while drunk... and his fantasies of murder are used against him.

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

The Unguarded Moment

1956 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Harry Keller

Cast Esther Williams · George Nader · John Saxon · Edward Andrews

Plot A woman has recently been murdered. A teacher at the nearby high school receives threatening notes from a student. Detective Graham is the only one who believes that she is...

6.3

31 votes

6.3

31 votes

Dead & Buried

1981 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Gary Sherman

Cast James Farentino · Melody Anderson · Jack Albertson · Robert Englund

Plot From the writers of ALIEN, this thriller is the story of a mysterious coastal town called Potters Bluff. For years the town has harbored a dark secret, one that the...

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes

The Flim-Flam Man

1967 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Irvin Kershner

Cast George C. Scott · Sue Lyon · Harry Morgan · Jack Albertson

Plot Winning, rare light-hearted role for George C. Scott as a scam artist working the back roads down South. He takes on a young army deserter (Sarrazin) as an apprentice. Much...

6.0

67 votes

6.0

67 votes

Next Time I Marry

1938 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Lucille Ball · James Ellison · Lee Bowman · Granville Bates

Plot 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...

5.7

21 votes

5.7

21 votes

The Twilight Zone: I Dream of Genie (TV)

1963 · Movie · 51 min. · United States

Direction Robert Gist

Cast Howard Morris · Patricia Barry · Loring Smith · Mark Miller

Plot George P. Hanley is a meek and mild assistant accountant. At the office, he is overshadowed by the more outgoing Roger. His luck may have changed however when he buys...

5.5

42 votes

5.5

42 votes

Justine

1969 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Anouk Aimée · Dirk Bogarde · Robert Forster · Anna Karina

Plot In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker....

5.4

95 votes

5.4

95 votes

Mister Ed (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sonia Chernus · Walter Brooks · Arthur Lubin · Ira Stewart

Cast Alan Young · Connie Hines · Edna Skinner · Allan Lane

Plot Mister Ed is a horse who is owned by Wilbur Post. Mister Ed is not just any horse, he talks to Wilbur! But this gets Wilbur in all kinds of...

5.4

202 votes

5.4

202 votes

Period of Adjustment

1962 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Jane Fonda · Anthony Franciosa · Jim Hutton · Lois Nettleton

Plot George Haverstick, a Korean war veteran, hastily marries Isabel, whom he met in hospital while he was recovering from a nervous condition. To Isabel's horror, they drive to Florida on...

5.4

42 votes

5.4

42 votes