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Albertson appeared as Charlie Bucket's Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), and in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), where he played Manny Rosen, husband to Belle, played by Shelley Winters.
Jack Albertson. Actor: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. 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 (1974), for which he won an Emmy.
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Jack Albertson. Actor: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. 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 (1974), for which he won an Emmy.
- June 16, 1907
- November 25, 1981
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) - Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe - IMDb. Jack Albertson: Grandpa Joe. Showing all 93 items. Jump to: Photos (63) Quotes (30) Photos. 40 more photos. Quotes. Willy Wonka : How did you like the chocolate factory, Charlie? Charlie : I think it's the most wonderful place in the whole world!
- Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) Before he died at age 83 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease in 2016, Wilder (born Jerome Silberman) earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for 1974’s Young Frankenstein (along with regular collaborator Mel Brooks), as well as a Golden Globe Best Actor nod for 1976’s Silver Streak, in which he starred with frequent comedy partner Richard Pryor.
- Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket) After his starring role as Willy Wonka’s Charlie Bucket, Ostrum decided the film industry “just wasn’t for'' him. Instead, he pursued a degree in veterinary medicine and earned his doctorate from Cornell University in 1984.
- Jack Albertson (Grandpa Joe) An Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner, Jack Albertson returned to Broadway in 1972, co-starring with Sam Levene in Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys.
- Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt) Unlike her costars, Cole parlayed her Willy Wonka debut into a decades-long TV career in her native United Kingdom, including roles on BBC series Angels and Poldark in the mid to late 1970s and in the TV movie remake of Camille alongside Colin Firth in 1984.
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Dec 7, 2023 · The Oscar-winning Jack Albertson plays one of cinema's most recognizable grandfather characters in WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY ('71) as "Grandpa Joe." According to costar Peter Ostrum, Albertson also radiated warmth off-camera and took on a mentor role towards the young actor.
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Albertson appeared as Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). Albertson died on 25 November 1981, aged 74, after a three-year illness. He and sister Mabel...
