Art Carney

Art Carney

1918-11-04 Mount Vernon, New York, USA 69 Credits

Biography

Arthur William Matthew Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards, he was best known for his role as Ed Norton on the sitcom The Honeymooners (1955–1956). His film roles include Harry and Tonto (1974), The Late Show (1977), House Calls (1978), Going in Style (1979), Firestarter, The Muppets Take Manhattan (both 1984), and Last Action Hero (1993). Description above from the...

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A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened

A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

In 1978, CBS aired the “Star Wars Holiday Special” the week before Thanksgiving to an audience of 13 million people. Considered one of the worst shows...

The Twilight Zone Christmas Classics

The Twilight Zone Christmas Classics

2014

as Henry corwin (night of the meek)

10.0
Acting

The Christmas Fantasy "Night of the Meek" starring Art Carney as a drunken department-store Santa who experiences quite an epiphany on Christmas Eve. ...

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")

Acting

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips fro...

Jackie Gleason: Genius at Work

Jackie Gleason: Genius at Work

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

This special is a thorough retrospective of Jackie's most popular characters from his 1950's television series, characters that include: Ralph Kramden...

The Very Best of the Honeymooners

The Very Best of the Honeymooners

2000

as Ed Norton

1.0
Acting

Rediscover the comedy classic that features bus driver Ralph Cramden and his wife Alice, as well as their wacky friends Ed and Trixie Norton in this t...

Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters

1994

as Clem Finch (archive footage)

Acting

Even more fun

Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero

1993

as Frank

6.5
Acting

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is ...

Where Pigeons Go to Die

Where Pigeons Go to Die

1990

as Da

7.0
Acting

Sentimental drama about an aging man's fond reminiscences of his relationship with his grandfather in 1950 midwest and the time they spent together ra...

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

1988

as Self - Ed Norton (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

Documentary about the life and times of Jackie Gleason.

Night Friend

Night Friend

1988

as Monsignor O'Brien

2.0
Acting

A priest goes to great lengths in an effort to get a teenage prostitute off the streets.

Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

1986

as Father Michael T. O'Halloran

Acting

A kindly but firm priest mentors a troubled young boy at the famous Boys Town, a residential care community for troubled youth.

The Blue Yonder

The Blue Yonder

1985

as Henry Coogan

5.5
Acting

A young boy, who dreams of meeting the grandfather he never knew gets his chance, when an inventor friend constructs a time machine. After arriving in...

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

1985

as Morty

4.0
Acting

Two con men take advantage of an emperor's vanity.

Izzy & Moe

Izzy & Moe

1985

as Moe Smith

4.0
Acting

The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.

The Undergrads

The Undergrads

1985

as Mel Adler

3.5
Acting

An elderly man discovers that his son wants to put him in an old-age home. However, the old man's grandson refuses to allow it, and the man and his gr...

The Night They Saved Christmas

The Night They Saved Christmas

1984

as Santa Claus

5.6
Acting

An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that an...

The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984

as Bernard Crawford

6.6
Acting

When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a...

The Naked Face

The Naked Face

1984

as Morgens

5.5
Acting

Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns up stabbed to death in the middle of the city. Afte...

Firestarter

Firestarter

1984

as Irv Manders

6.3
Acting

Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the...

A Doctor's Story

A Doctor's Story

1984

as Harry Wickes

5.0
Acting

A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

Terrible Joe Moran

Terrible Joe Moran

1984

as Tony

Acting

A wheelchair-bound, former boxer deals with his long estranged granddaughter whom is seeking financial help for her writing career and helping her los...

The Last Leaf

The Last Leaf

1983

as Mr. Verlain

8.5
Acting

An Easter Parable: As lingering pneumonia takes her will to live, a young girl decides that she will die when the last leaf drops from a dying vine ou...

Better Late Than Never

Better Late Than Never

1983

as Charley Dunbar

3.8
Acting

Two men show up claiming to be the grandfather of a child heiress.

St. Helens

St. Helens

1982

as Harry Truman

6.2
Acting

Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic acti...

The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold

The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold

1981

as Narrator / Blarney Kilakilarney (voice)

5.2
Acting

Sent in search of a Christmas tree, cabin boy Dinty Doyle lands on a mysterious, uncharted Irish island where he accidentally releases a bad-tempered ...

Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

1981

as Walter Peary

1.0
Acting

A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the political...

Take This Job and Shove It

Take This Job and Shove It

1981

as Charlie Pickett

5.3
Acting

A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

1980

as Art Rooney

5.0
Acting

Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then ...

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

1980

as Robert Stroud

4.5
Acting

Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "T...

Roadie

Roadie

1980

as Corpus C. Redfish

5.9
Acting

A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll sh...

Defiance

Defiance

1980

as Abe

6.3
Acting

Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a ...

Going in Style

Going in Style

1979

as Al

6.8
Acting

Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glory – by sticking up a Manhattan bank in broad dayl...

Letters from Frank

Letters from Frank

1979

as Frank Miller

Acting

When aging newspaper Editor Frank Miller is fired after decades of service and replaced by a computer, he cannot take this fate quietly. Frank becomes...

Steel

Steel

1979

as Pignose Moran

5.3
Acting

Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heigh...

Sunburn

Sunburn

1979

as Marcus

5.0
Acting

A model and a private eye help a New York insurance investigator on a deadly case in Acapulco.

Ravagers

Ravagers

1979

as Sergeant

4.3
Acting

In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their w...

You Can't Take it With You

You Can't Take it With You

1979

as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof

Acting

Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a sl...

The Honeymooners Christmas Special

The Honeymooners Christmas Special

1978

as Ed Norton

7.0
Acting

With a Christmas lotto radio show coming up, Ralph Kramden invests his mother-in-law's social security check, Ed Norton's Christmas bonus, and the Nor...

The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

as Saun Dann

3.4
Acting

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, the...

Movie Movie

Movie Movie

1978

as Dr. Blaine / Dr. Bowers

5.8
Acting

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

Ringo

Ringo

1978

as Ognir's Father

5.6
Acting

Ringo Starr, bored and disillusioned with fame, meets a doppelgänger in Hollywood named Ognir Rrats who sells maps to the stars' homes and lives with ...

House Calls

House Calls

1978

as Dr. Amos Willoughby

6.6
Acting

Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, ...

The Honeymooners Specials: Valentine Special

The Honeymooners Specials: Valentine Special

1978

as Ed Norton

Acting
The Honeymooners Specials: A Christmas Carol

The Honeymooners Specials: A Christmas Carol

1977

as Ed Norton

Acting

Ralph Kramden directs a play version of "A Christmas Carol" for his boss' fundraiser.

Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

1977

as John Stark

6.1
Acting

The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

The Late Show

The Late Show

1977

as Ira Wells

6.2
Acting

Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered bro...

Christmas in Disneyland

Christmas in Disneyland

1976

as Gramps / Dr. Wunderbar

Acting

It stars Art Carney, Sandy Duncan and Glen Campbell, each playing a dual role. Art Carney plays both a miserly grandfather referred to as "Gramps" and...

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976

as J.J. Fromberg

4.1
Acting

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Lanigan's Rabbi

Lanigan's Rabbi

1976

as Police Chief Paul Lanigan

Acting

In this pilot film, an Irish Catholic police chief and a Jewish rabbi join together to solve the murder of a housekeeper whose body was discovered by ...

What Now, Catherine Curtis?

What Now, Catherine Curtis?

1976

as Mr. Slaney

8.0
Acting

Following twenty-three years of marriage to a philandering husband, divorcee Catherine Curtis begins life anew as a single woman.

The Honeymooners Specials: Second Honeymoon

The Honeymooners Specials: Second Honeymoon

1976

as Ed Norton

Acting
Katherine

Katherine

1975

as Thornton Alman

5.8
Acting

A harrowing look at the 60s and early 70s through the eyes of Katherine Alman, a wealthy debutante who slowly, but inexorably spirals down into a figh...

Death Scream

Death Scream

1975

as Mr. Jacobs

6.6
Acting

Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to h...

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

1975

as Deacon

5.9
Acting

W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks...

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye

1974

as Malcolm Michaels

4.8
Acting

As her 25th anniversary approaches, Norma Michaels realizes that her marriage to her dentist husband Malcolm has become boring. Seeking independence, ...

Harry and Tonto

Harry and Tonto

1974

as Harry Coombes

7.1
Acting

Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way f...

The Female Instinct

The Female Instinct

1972

as Barney

Acting

A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.

The Great Santa Claus Switch

The Great Santa Claus Switch

1970

as Santa Claus / Cosmo Scam

6.3
Acting

Santa Claus and his elves are ready to deliver presents to children everywhere but Cosmo Scam has hatched a plan to kidnap Santa and take his place! O...

A Guide for the Married Man

A Guide for the Married Man

1967

as Technical Adviser (Joe X)

5.9
Acting

A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.

The Car That Became a Star

1965

as Self

6.0
Acting

This promotional film showcases the automobile whose adventures are chronicled in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964). After the car is filmed in various Eu...

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

as Joey Friedlander

6.1
Acting

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The nex...

The Right Man

The Right Man

1960

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

6.0
Acting

Film on presidential campaigns and the right to vote. Used as educational material in American classrooms.

The Velvet Alley

The Velvet Alley

1959

as Ernie Pandash

Acting

Ernie Pandish has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But now he seems likely to hit the big-time.

Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf

1958

as Self

Acting

A human, played by Art Carney, makes friends with a forest full of talking animals (played by the Bil Baird Marionettes). Together, they must decide w...

Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland

Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland

1954

as The Mad Hatter

Acting

Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy, join Alice on her adventure in Wonderland.

Confessions of a Nervous Man

1953

as The Author

Acting

From the anthology series Studio One. On opening night, a playwright sits in a bar interacting with well-wishers and remembering the problems of getti...

PM Picnic

PM Picnic

1950

Acting

Animated theatrical liquor advertisement for Pleasant Moments Whiskey featuring all the animals in the countryside going to a picnic.

Pot o' Gold

Pot o' Gold

1941

as Band Member / Radio Announcer (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family ...

The Honeymooners Holiday Classics

The Honeymooners Holiday Classics

N/A

as Ed Norton

Acting

Celebrate the holidays with the hilarious antics of America's favorite bus driver and gang. The Honeymooners Holiday Classics is fun-filled family ent...