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. In 1976, he became the eighth performer to win the Triple Crown of acting. Oscar: Best Supporting Actor, The Subject Was Roses. Tony: Best Supporting Actor, _Subject Was Roses, The (1965)_ . Emmy: Best Actor-Comedy Series, Chico and the Man. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. Biography in "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pages 6-7. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387. Won Broadway's 1965 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "The Subject Was Roses", a role he recreated in an Oscar-winning performance in the film version of the same name, The Subject Was Roses. He was also nominated for Best Actor (Dramatic) Tony in 1973 for "The Sunshine Boys". 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 ), Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady), Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker), Joel Grey (Cabaret), Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons), Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba), and José Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac).