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Jackie Gayle is a Actor born on 1 march 1926

Jackie Gayle

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Birth name Jack Potovsky
Birth 1 march 1926
Death 23 november 2002 (at 76 years)

Jackie Gayle (March 1, 1926 – November 23, 2002), born Jack Potovsky, was an American standup comedian and actor. He performed as a comedian for 40 years, appearing in nightclubs and in Las Vegas, including working as the opening act for such performers as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. He also appeared on more than 20 episodes of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. His acting credits include Barry Levinson's Tin Men (1987), Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose (1984) and Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998), among others.

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Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky
(2 films)
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty
(1 films)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
(1 films)
Harry Shearer
Harry Shearer
(2 films)
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Filmography of Jackie Gayle (8 films)

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Bulworth
Bulworth (1998)
, 1h48
Directed by Warren Beatty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about suicide, Political films, Children's films
Actors Halle Berry, Warren Beatty, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Sean Astin, Paul Sorvino
Roles Macavoy
Rating67% 3.3976153.3976153.3976153.3976153.397615
A down-on-his-luck Democratic Senator, Jay Bulworth is losing his bid for re-election to a fiery young populist. Bulworth's socialist views, formed in the 1960s and 1970s, have lost favor with voters, so he has conceded to more conservative politics and to accepting donations from big corporations. In addition, though he and his wife have been having affairs with each other's knowledge for years, they must still present a happy façade in the interest of maintaining a good public image.
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool, 1h34
Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Bruno Kirby, Cathryn Bradshaw, Corbin Bernsen, Anne Bancroft
Roles I.I. Perlestein
Rating58% 2.904712.904712.904712.904712.90471
Bert Rigby is a miner in a small dying town of Langmore in northern England, with aspirations to show business. He tells the story in flashback, while sitting in a bar. He lives with his mother, a musical fan, and next door to his sweetheart, Laurel Pennington. She lives above the pub where she works, and they have a bomb shelter straddling their back yards where they have secret meetings. While his fellows are on strike once again, Bert decides to try his luck in show-biz. He gets his chance when he performs in an amateur show, singing "Isn't It Romantic?", and his first appearance on stage goes all wrong, when his nose starts bleeding after an injury sustained playing football - but the audience loves him anyway. So he starts as a comedian in a traveling amateur show for £50 a night, touring around the country with his manager, Sid Trample, and Sid's wife Tess. Bert repeats the act he did in his first appearance, until he tires of it and starts doing a Buster Keaton imitation. During the tour they come across a crew filming a contraceptives commercial.
Plain Clothes, 1h38
Directed by Martha Coolidge
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, Seymour Cassel, George Wendt, Diane Ladd, Larry Pine
Roles Coach Zeffer
Rating61% 3.0989953.0989953.0989953.0989953.098995
Undercover cop Nick Dunbar's (Arliss Howard) brother Matt (Loren Dean) is accused of killing his teacher, Mr. Bradwood (Mack Harrell) at Adlai Stevenson High School. Nick loses his temper with Hechtor (Larry Pine), the detective in charge, and gets suspended. Nick's partner Ed (Seymour Cassel) pretends to be Nick's dad to enroll him as a student. Matt gives Nick pointers to get people to talk to him. Nick deals with bullies, girls with crushes on him, teachers & staff who range from quirky to bizarre, and a teacher, Robin Torrence (Suzy Amis), to whom he is attracted who thinks he's a teen. The turning point in his popularity (and therefore his ability to get information) happens in the classroom metaphor scene, in which E.E. Cummings' poem she being brand new, is used in its entirety. The character Renard (Michael Huguenor), who had a large part in the script but was mostly edited out of the film, makes his only appearance in this scene.
Plain Clothes, 1h38
Directed by Martha Coolidge
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, Seymour Cassel, George Wendt, Diane Ladd, Larry Pine
Roles Coach Zeffer
Rating61% 3.0989953.0989953.0989953.0989953.098995
Le jeune Matt Dunbar est accusé d’avoir tué un de ses professeurs. Son frère Nick, un policier spécialiste de l’infiltration, est convaincu de son innocence. Pour le trouver et trouver le vrai coupable, l’agent s’inscrit dans le lycée de son frère en se faisant passer pour un adolescent. Il redécouvre alors l’atmosphère si particulière du secondaire, le harcèlement, les humiliations et la drague…
Tin Men
Tin Men (1987)
, 1h48
Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Seymour Cassel, Bruno Kirby
Roles Sam
Rating65% 3.297823.297823.297823.297823.29782
It is 1963. Ernest Tilley (Danny DeVito) and Bill "BB" Babowsky (Richard Dreyfuss) are door-to-door aluminum siding salesmen in Baltimore, Maryland. Working for different companies, the "tin men" are prepared to do almost anything—legal or illegal—to close a sale.
Broadway Danny Rose, 1h24
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, Sandy Baron, Jack Rollins, Milton Berle, Will Jordan
Roles Jackie Gayle
Rating73% 3.69773.69773.69773.69773.6977
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli.
Tempest
Tempest (1982)
, 2h20
Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raúl Juliá, Molly Ringwald
Roles Trinc
Rating63% 3.197143.197143.197143.197143.19714
The movie tells the story of Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes), a middle-aged New York City architect who is going through a difficult mid-life crisis.
The Seven Minutes, 1h55
Directed by Russ Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pornography
Actors Wayne E. Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, Philip Carey, Edy Williams, Jay C. Flippen, David Brian
Roles Norman Quandt
Rating55% 2.759922.759922.759922.759922.75992
After a teenager who purchased the erotic novel The Seven Minutes is charged with rape, an