This rotund yet physically expressive actor and comic became an American legend with his signature character of Ralph Kramden, the bus driver who dreamed of getting rich, on "The Honeymooners". Jackie Gleason could be crabby; he could zing. He could be poignant, as in his portrayal of 'The Poor Soul', or he could be satirical, as with the phony aristocrat Reginald Van Gleason…
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