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William Demarest

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  • 1892 - 1983

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Carl William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 27, 1983) was an American character actor, known for playing Uncle Charley in My Three Sons. A veteran of World War I, Demarest became a prolific film and television actor, appearing in over 140 films, beginning in 1926 and ending in the 1970s. He frequently played crusty but good-hearted roles. Demarest started in show business working in vaudeville, appearing with his wife Estelle Collette (real name Esther Zychlin) as "Demarest and Colette", then moved on to Broadway. Demarest worked regularly with director Preston Sturges, becoming part of a "stock" troupe of actors that Sturges repeatedly cast in his films. He appeared in ten films written by Sturges, eight of which were under his direction, including The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. Demarest was such a familiar figure at the Paramount studio that just his name was used in the movie Sunset Boulevard as a potential star for William Holden's unsold baseball screenplay. Demarest appeared with veteran western film star Roscoe Ates in the 1958 episode "And the Desert Shall Blossom" of CBS's Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In the story line, Ates and Demarest appear as old timers living in the Nevada desert. The local sheriff, played by Ben Johnson, appears with an eviction notice, but he agrees to let the pair stay on their property if they can make a dead rosebush bloom within the next month. In 1959 Demarest was named the lead actor of the 18-week sitcom Love and Marriage on NBC in the 1959–1960 season. Demarest played William Harris, the owner of a failing music company who refuses to handle popular rock and roll music, which presumably might save the firm from bankruptcy. Joining Demarest on the series were Jeanne Bal, Murray Hamilton and Stubby Kaye. Demarest appeared as Police Chief Aloysius of the Santa Rosita Police Department in the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), as well as on a memorable episode ("What's in the Box") of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone as a hen-pecked husband driven to the murder of his wife. His most famous television role was in the ABC and then CBS sitcom My Three Sons from 1965 to 1972, playing Uncle Charley O'Casey. He replaced William Frawley, whose failing health had made procuring insurance impossible. Demarest had worked with Fred MacMurray previously in the films Hands Across the Table (1935), Pardon My Past (1945), On Our Merry Way (1948), and The Far Horizons (1955) and was a personal friend of MacMurray. Also, he worked with Irene Dunne in Never a Dull Moment (1950).

Birthday: 1892-02-27

Born At: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Casted In:

The Jazz Singer
939
Viva Las Vegas
2098
The Lady Eve
3086
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
11576
Sullivan's Travels
16305
Son of Flubber
19762
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
26015
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
26387
The Murder Man
27998
Charlie Chan at the Opera
28044
The Jolson Story
31206
Pardon My Sarong
31523
Hands Across the Table
31988
The Palm Beach Story
32255
Christmas in July
34778
The Great McGinty
36495
The Great Moment
36497
Hail the Conquering Hero
36498
All Through the Night
37036
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
38716
Stage Door Canteen
38726
Dressed to Kill
42298
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
42879
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
43022
Dangerous When Wet
43193
Jolson Sings Again
43435
Fog Over Frisco
50675
Excuse My Dust
51389
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
51568
Big City
52029
When Willie Comes Marching Home
54615
Sorrowful Jones
57693
The Mountain
57993
Whispering Smith
60545
Love on the Run
61541
Once Upon a Time
67896
Along Came Jones
72163
What Price Glory
72613
Hell on Frisco Bay
72778
Twenty Plus Two
79117
Easy Living
80364
Wedding Present
81117
After Office Hours
82106
Pepe
82792
Escape from Fort Bravo
83099
The Casino Murder Case
87881
The Cowboy Quarterback
89989
Dangerous Blondes
90012
On Our Merry Way
90980
The Far Horizons
94405
The Strip
95949
Glamour Boy
97001
True to the Army
97824
My Favorite Spy
100259
Don't Tell the Wife
106113
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
109640
The Private War of Major Benson
110502
A Girl in Every Port
110887
Riding High
111019
Behind the Eight Ball
111331
Bright Lights
112083
Jupiter's Darling
113743
Variety Girl
113832
Lucy Gallant
115238
While New York Sleeps
120477
Salty O'Rourke
126381
Here Come the Girls
130394
Little Men
131322
Diamond Jim
132631
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
140840
The Rawhide Years
140849
The Golden Fleecing
147969
The Perils of Pauline
149687
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
180986
Wolf of New York
181925
Never a Dull Moment
196862
Behave Yourself!
197788
Sincerely Yours
197926
The Night Court
207791
Pardon My Past
212926
Red, Hot and Blue
217275
Johnny Doughboy
218294
The Yellow Mountain
223611
Ride on Vaquero
223704
Miracles For Sale
228647
The Hit Parade
241451
Mind Your Own Business
243808
True to Life
248478
Fugitive Lady
249584
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
251024
The Sainted Sisters
254783
The First Legion
259188
The Lady Wants Mink
260074
The First Auto
262457
The Blazing Forest
264328
Romance on the Run
268350
The Great Man Votes
278283
The Wild McCullochs
291861
Josette
297577
One Wild Night
316238
The Great Hospital Mystery
334789
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
348610
The Farmer's Daughter
355255
Country Fair
355800
The Great Gambini
362474
Time Out for Romance
372776
Oh, Doctor
387645
Rookies on Parade
391119
A Million Bid
414062
Laugh It Off
422208
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