The prodigiously talented Gleason became a TV icon after he joined CBS from DuMont, where his work on `Calvalcade of Stars' had established many of his trademark characters, including Reginald Van ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it.

Jackie Gleason was "must-see TV" ages before anyone coined the phrase. In 1952, "The Great One" began hosting his own weekly CBS variety series, which included a fanciful array of characters of his ...

When Jackie Gleason suddenly up and announced his retirement from CBS television last winter, he got a wire of “appreciation” from an NBC vice president. The telegram was ill timed. In the first place ...