William Demarest
1892-02-27 ( 133 years old ) in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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).

Movies

Television: The First Fifty Years 1999-01-01
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line 1997-05-12
The Millionaire 1978-12-19
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood 1976-07-26
The Wild McCullochs 1975-05-21
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 1973-10-10
That Darn Cat! 1965-12-02
Viva Las Vegas 1964-02-08
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963-11-07
Son of Flubber 1963-01-16
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon 1961-10-17
Twenty Plus Two 1961-08-13
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein 1961-06-11
Pepe 1960-12-21
The Rawhide Years 1956-07-01
The Mountain 1956-05-31
Hell on Frisco Bay 1955-12-31
Sincerely Yours 1955-11-05
Lucy Gallant 1955-10-20
The Private War of Major Benson 1955-08-02
The Far Horizons 1955-07-04
Jupiter's Darling 1955-02-18
The Yellow Mountain 1954-11-16
Escape from Fort Bravo 1953-12-04
Here Come the Girls 1953-10-22
Dangerous When Wet 1953-06-18
The Lady Wants Mink 1953-03-29
The Blazing Forest 1952-12-01
What Price Glory 1952-08-22
Behave Yourself! 1951-09-22
The Strip 1951-08-31
Excuse My Dust 1951-06-27
The First Legion 1951-05-04
He's a Cockeyed Wonder 1950-12-02
Never a Dull Moment 1950-08-19
Riding High 1950-04-12
When Willie Comes Marching Home 1950-02-17
Red, Hot and Blue 1949-09-05
Jolson Sings Again 1949-08-17
Sorrowful Jones 1949-07-04
Whispering Smith 1948-12-09
Night Has a Thousand Eyes 1948-08-20
The Sainted Sisters 1948-04-30
On Our Merry Way 1948-02-03
Variety Girl 1947-08-29
The Perils of Pauline 1947-07-04
The Jolson Story 1946-10-10
Our Hearts Were Growing Up 1946-06-14
Pardon My Past 1945-12-24
Hollywood Victory Caravan 1945-09-30
Duffy's Tavern 1945-09-28
Along Came Jones 1945-07-19
Salty O'Rourke 1945-03-22
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek 1944-09-18
Hail the Conquering Hero 1944-08-09
The Great Moment 1944-07-18
Once Upon a Time 1944-06-29
Nine Girls 1944-02-17
True to Life 1943-12-24
Dangerous Blondes 1943-09-23
Stage Door Canteen 1943-06-24
Johnny Doughboy 1942-12-31
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty 1942-12-09
Behind the Eight Ball 1942-12-04
The Palm Beach Story 1942-08-28
Pardon My Sarong 1942-08-07
My Favorite Spy 1942-06-12
True to the Army 1942-03-21
All Through the Night 1942-01-10
Glamour Boy 1941-12-05
Sullivan's Travels 1941-11-30
Dressed to Kill 1941-08-08
Country Fair 1941-05-05
Ride on Vaquero 1941-04-18
Rookies on Parade 1941-04-16
The Devil and Miss Jones 1941-04-11
The Lady Eve 1941-02-25
Little Men 1940-11-29
Christmas in July 1940-10-25
The Golden Fleecing 1940-08-16
Comin' Round the Mountain 1940-08-16
The Great McGinty 1940-08-01
The Farmer's Daughter 1940-03-29
Wolf of New York 1940-01-23
Laugh It Off 1939-12-01
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939-10-19
Miracles for Sale 1939-08-10
The Cowboy Quarterback 1939-07-29
The Gracie Allen Murder Case 1939-06-02
King of the Turf 1939-02-17
The Great Man Votes 1939-01-13
While New York Sleeps 1938-12-16
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus 1938-12-02
Josette 1938-06-03
One Wild Night 1938-06-02
Romance on the Run 1938-05-11
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1938-03-18
Rosalie 1937-12-24
Big City 1937-09-03
Wake Up and Live 1937-08-23
Blonde Trouble 1937-08-06
Easy Living 1937-07-16
The Great Gambini 1937-06-24
The Great Hospital Mystery 1937-05-14
The Hit Parade 1937-04-26
Oh, Doctor 1937-03-31
Don't Tell the Wife 1937-03-05
Time Out for Romance 1937-02-10
Mind Your Own Business 1936-12-18
Charlie Chan at the Opera 1936-12-04
Love on the Run 1936-11-20
Wedding Present 1936-10-09
The Great Ziegfeld 1936-04-08
White Lies 1935-12-27
Hands Across the Table 1935-10-18
Diamond Jim 1935-09-01
Bright Lights 1935-07-27
The Murder Man 1935-07-12
The Casino Murder Case 1935-03-15
After Office Hours 1935-02-22
Fugitive Lady 1934-12-10
Many Happy Returns 1934-06-08
Fog Over Frisco 1934-06-02
Seeing Things 1930-11-25
The Crash 1928-10-07
The Butter and Egg Man 1928-09-22
Five and Ten Cent Annie 1928-05-26
Pay as You Enter 1928-05-12
A Girl in Every Port 1928-02-26
Sharp Shooters 1928-01-15
The Night Court 1927-11-15
A Reno Divorce 1927-10-22
The Jazz Singer 1927-10-06
A Sailor's Sweetheart 1927-09-24
The Bush Leaguer 1927-08-20
The First Auto 1927-06-27
What Happened To Father 1927-06-25
The Black Diamond Express 1927-06-04
Simple Sis 1927-06-01
A Million Bid 1927-05-27
Don't Tell the Wife 1927-01-22
Finger Prints 1927-01-08

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