How 'The Great One' Conquered Hollywood

How 'The Great One' Conquered Hollywood


January 16, 2025 | Samantha Henman

How 'The Great One' Conquered Hollywood


Thanks to his hit show The Honeymooners, comedian Jackie Gleason turned into a 1950s American idol almost overnight. But Gleason’s perverse life behind the scenes would have made his fans furious.

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Michael Jace played the moral and righteous cop Julien Lowe on The Shield. Today he's in prison serving a life sentence.

Michael Jace became known to millions as Julien Lowe—the soft-spoken, religious, morally anchored officer who often served as the conscience of The Shield. But behind the scenes, his life was unraveling—and in 2014, everything collapsed in the most tragic and irreversible way.

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