Spoiler : His real name was Harold Bernard Albertson. He goes by "Jack."

Spoiler : He is the son of Hebrews of Lithuanian origin.

Spoiler : Born in Malden, Massachusetts 6/16/1907; died 11/25/1981 of cancer in Hollywood Hills, California. Screen debut in The Next Time I Marry (1938). Tony Award for Broadway play The Subject Was Roses, Academy Award for the movie version in 1968. Last movie was Dead and Buried (1981). Regular performer on The Grouch Club for CBS-Radio and NBC-Radio (1938-1940). Continuing role on That's My Pop for CBS-Radio (1945). Lefty on the CBS-Radio comedy series, Lefty in 1946. Regular on The Milton Berle Show for NBC-Radio (1948-1949).

Spoiler : Lieutenant Harry Evans on The Thin Man for NBC-TV (1958-1959). Walter Burton on Room For One More for ABC-TV (1962). Lieutenant Commander Virgil Stoner on Ensign O'Toole for NBC-TV (1962- 1964). Uncle Dwight on Hey, Landlord for NBC-TV (1966-1967). Doctor Sellers on the syndicated television series Dr. Simon Locke (1971-1974). Ed Brown (The Man) on Chico and the Man for NBC- TV (1974-1978). Senator Joe Kelley on Grandpa Goes to Washington for NBC-TV (1978). Emmy Award for a guest role on Cher in 1975, 1976 for Chico And The Man.