William Demarest
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).
Fotos
Películas (145)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Self (archive footage)
The Millionaire
1978 · Oscar Pugh
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Studio Gatekeeper
The Wild McCullochs
1975 · Father Gurkin
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
1973 · Mr. Harris
That Darn Cat!
1965 · Mr. MacDougall
Viva Las Vegas
1964 · Mr. Martin
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Police Chief Aloysius
Son of Flubber
1963 · Mr. Hummel
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
1961 · Jeb
Twenty Plus Two
1961 · Desmond Slocum
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961 · Henry Hecht
Pepe
1960 · Movie Studio Gateman
The Rawhide Years
1956 · Brand Comfort
The Mountain
1956 · Father Belacchi
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955 · Dan Bianco
Sincerely Yours
1955 · Sam Dunne
Lucy Gallant
1955 · Charles Madden
The Private War of Major Benson
1955 · John
The Far Horizons
1955 · Sgt. Gass
Jupiter's Darling
1955 · Mago
The Yellow Mountain
1954 · Jackpot Wray
Jamboree
1954 · Self
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953 · Campbell
Here Come the Girls
1953 · Dennis Logan
Dangerous When Wet
1953 · Pa Higgins
The Lady Wants Mink
1953 · Harvey Jones
The Blazing Forest
1952 · Syd Jessup
What Price Glory
1952 · Corporal Kiper
Behave Yourself!
1951 · O'Ryan
The Strip
1951 · Fluff
Excuse My Dust
1951 · Harvey Bullitt
The First Legion
1951 · Monsignor Michael Carey
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950 · Bob Sears
Never a Dull Moment
1950 · Mears
Riding High
1950 · Happy
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950 · Herman Kluggs
Red, Hot and Blue
1949 · Charlie Baxter
Jolson Sings Again
1949 · Steve Martin
Sorrowful Jones
1949 · Regret
Whispering Smith
1948 · Bill Dansing
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948 · Lt. Shawn
The Sainted Sisters
1948 · Vern Tewilliger
On Our Merry Way
1948 · Floyd
Variety Girl
1947 · Barker
The Perils of Pauline
1947 · George 'Mac' McGuire
The Jolson Story
1946 · Steve Martin
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946 · Peanuts Schultz
Pardon My Past
1945 · Chuck Gibson
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945 · Bill, the Security Guard
Duffy's Tavern
1945 · William Demarest
Along Came Jones
1945 · George Fury
Salty O'Rourke
1945 · Smitty
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Constable Edmund Kockenlocker
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Sgt. Heppelfinger
The Great Moment
1944 · Eben Frost
Once Upon a Time
1944 · Brandt
Nine Girls
1944 · Walter Cummings
True to Life
1943 · Uncle Jake
Dangerous Blondes
1943 · Detective Gatling
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · William Demarest
Johnny Doughboy
1942 · Harry Fabian
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942 · Police Officer
Behind the Eight Ball
1942 · McKenzie
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · First Member Ale and Quail Club
Pardon My Sarong
1942 · Detective Kendall
My Favorite Spy
1942 · Flower Pot Policeman
True to the Army
1942 · Sgt. Butts
All Through the Night
1942 · Sunshine
Glamour Boy
1941 · Papa Doran
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · Mr. Jones
Dressed to Kill
1941 · Inspector Pierson
Country Fair
1941 · Stogie McPhee
Ride on Vaquero
1941 · Bartender Barney
Rookies on Parade
1941 · Mike Brady
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941 · First Detective
The Lady Eve
1941 · Muggsy
Little Men
1940 · Constable Tom Thorpe
Christmas in July
1940 · Mr. Bildocker
The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Swallow
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940 · Gutsy Mann
The Great McGinty
1940 · Skeeters - The Politician
The Farmer's Daughter
1940 · Victor Walsh
Wolf of New York
1940 · Bill Ennis
Laugh It Off
1939 · Barney 'Gimpy' Cole
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Bill Griffith
Miracles for Sale
1939 · Quinn
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939 · Rusty Walker
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939 · Police Sgt. Ernest Heath
King of the Turf
1939 · Arnold
The Great Man Votes
1939 · Charles Dole
While New York Sleeps
1938 · Red Miller
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938 · Daro
Josette
1938 · Joe, Diner Owner
One Wild Night
1938 · Collins
Romance on the Run
1938 · Police Lt. Eckhardt
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 · Henry Kipper
Rosalie
1937 · Army Coach
Big City
1937 · Mr. Beecher
Wake Up and Live
1937 · Radio Center Tour Guide
Blonde Trouble
1937 · Paul Sears
Easy Living
1937 · Wallace Whistling
The Great Gambini
1937 · Sergeant Kirby
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937 · Mr. Beatty
The Hit Parade
1937 · Parole Officer
Oh, Doctor
1937 · Marty Short
Don't Tell the Wife
1937 · Larry 'Horace' Tucker
Time Out for Romance
1937 · Willoughby Sproggs
Mind Your Own Business
1936 · Droopy
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936 · Sergeant Kelly
Love on the Run
1936 · Editor
Wedding Present
1936 · 'Smiles' Benson
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 · Gene Buck (uncredited)
White Lies
1935 · Roberts
Hands Across the Table
1935 · Regi's Date Natty (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
1935 · Harry Hill
Bright Lights
1935 · Detective
The Murder Man
1935 · 'Red' Maguire
The Casino Murder Case
1935 · Auctioneer (uncredited)
After Office Hours
1935 · Police Detective (uncredited)
Fugitive Lady
1934 · Steve Rogers
Many Happy Returns
1934 · Brinker
Fog Over Frisco
1934 · Spike Smith
Seeing Things
1930 · The Heir
The Crash
1928 · Louie
The Butter and Egg Man
1928 · Jack McLure
Five and Ten Cent Annie
1928 · Briggs
Pay as You Enter
1928 · 'Terrible Bill' McGovern
A Girl in Every Port
1928 · Man in Bombay (uncredited)
Sharp Shooters
1928 · 'Hi Jack' Murdock
The Night Court
1927 · Defense Counsel
A Reno Divorce
1927 · James, the chauffeur
The Jazz Singer
1927 · Buster Billings (uncredited)
A Sailor's Sweetheart
1927 · Detective
The Bush Leaguer
1927 · John Gilroy
The First Auto
1927 · The Village Cut-Up
What Happened To Father
1927 · Detective Dibbin
The Black Diamond Express
1927 · Train Engine Fireman
Simple Sis
1927
A Million Bid
1927 · George Lamont
Matinee Ladies
1927 · Man About Town
The Gay Old Bird
1927 · Mr. Fixit
Don't Tell the Wife
1927 · Ray Valerian
Finger Prints
1927 · Cuffs Egan
Series (21)
Ellery Queen
1975 · Alexander 'Pop' Denny
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Andy Kenesaw, Cyrus McFee
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963 · Self
Burke's Law
1963 · Charlie Who
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963 · Paul Keller
Going My Way
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Mr. Aimes
My Three Sons
1960 · Charley O'Casey
The Rebel
1959 · Ulysses Bowman
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Joe Britt
Love and Marriage
1959 · William Harris
Bonanza
1959 · Angus Tweedy, Enos Milford
Wagon Train
1957 · Mr. Hennessey
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957 · Jeb Gaine (credit only)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Tom Akins
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Mr. Hummel (archive footage)
Studio 57
1954
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Senator Burnside