A former song-and-dance man and veteran of vaudeville, burlesque and Broadway, Jack Albertson is best known to audiences as "The Man" in the TV series Chico and the Man, for which he won an Emmy. In 1968 Albertson, the brother of actress Mabel Albertson, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in The Subject Was Roses, a part which also won him the Tony award during its Broadway run.


Younger brother of Mabel Albertson. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. One of only eight actors to have won both the Tony and the Oscar for the same role on stage and film. The others are Yul Brynner (The King and I (1956) ), Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady (1964)), Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker (1962)), Joel Grey (Cabaret (1972)), Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons (1966)), Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)), and José Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)). Is the father of Maura Dhu Studi who is married to actor Wes Studi. Nominated for the 1973 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "The Sunshine Boys".