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- Art Carney, who won a best-actor Oscar for “Harry and Tonto” and originated the role of fussy Felix Ungar in “The Odd Couple” on Broadway, but who is best remembered as Jackie Gleason’s lovable sewer-worker pal Ed Norton on television’s “The Honeymooners,” has died.
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In 2002, Carney was portrayed by Michael Chieffo in Gleason, a 2002 television biopic about the life of his Honeymooners co-star Jackie Gleason. [25] In 2004, Carney was posthumously inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Jackie Gleason stated that Carney deserved ninety percent of the credit for the success of The Honeymooners. [26]
On October 11, 1973, Gleason, Carney, MacRae and Kean reunited for a "Honeymooners" sketch titled "Women's Lib" as part of a Gleason special on CBS. Four final one-hour specials aired on ABC from 1976 to 1978, with Meadows returning as Alice and Kean as Trixie.
Art Carney is most remembered for the simple-minded, effusive, and charismatic character of Ed Norton who played a foil to Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden on the situation comedy The Honeymooners.
Nov 12, 2003 · Audiences delighted in Mr. Carney's understated expressiveness, his comic timing and his stoic refusal to become disillusioned by the foibles and failures of Gleason's character.
Apr 15, 2020 · Remembering the life and career of Art Carney before, during and after he and Jackie Gleason changed Classic TV with 'The Honeymooners.' Sidekicks. Who would want to imagine Classic TV...
The popular animated sitcom "The Flintstones" (1960-1966) started as a Honeymooners parody, with the character Barney Rubble based on Ed Norton. Due to his popularity as Gleason's sidekick, Carney was offered a number of lead roles in television.
