Jack Gilford Overview:

Actor, Jack Gilford, was born Jacob Aaron Gellman on Jul 25, 1908 in New York City, NY. Gilford died at the age of 81 on Jun 2, 1990 in New York City, NY .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Gilford was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1973Best Supporting ActorSave the Tiger (1973)Phil GreeneNominated
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Jack Gilford Quotes:

Pseudolus: Don't you think it's time we started trusting each other?
Hysterium: One of us isn't ready yet.


Hero: Hysterium, this is Philia.
Hysterium: Never mind who she is! Who IS she?


Pseudolus: We'll need a body. Anybody's body.
Hysterium: Can you get one from Gusto the Body Snatcher?
Pseudolus: He owes me a favor! But he died yesterday.
Hysterium: Uh - what about HIS body?
Pseudolus: Somebody snatched it. Uh, let's see... who do we know that's dead?
Hysterium: [sadly] I wish *I* was.
[Pseudolus grins madly at him. As if to say, "Aha! That's it!"]


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Jack Gilford Facts
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 179-180. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

Brother-in-law of Fran Lee.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 325-327. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

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