William Demarest actor
- All known tv series 23
- Total known movies 141
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, Sullivans Travels and The Miracle of Morgans 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 Holdens unsold baseball screenplay.Demarest appeared with veteran western film star Roscoe Ates in the 1958 episode And the Desert Shall Blossom of CBSs 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 Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), as well as on a memorable episode (Whats in the Box) of Rod Serlings 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 OCasey. 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).
Muggsy
Movie 1941
Steve Martin
Movie 1946
Lt. Shawn
Movie 1948
'Hi Jack' Murdock
Movie 1928
Mr. Harris
Movie 1973
'Red' Maguire
Movie 1935
Sergeant Kelly
Movie 1936
Mr. Bildocker
Movie 1940
Eben Frost
Movie 1944
Skeeters - The Politician
Movie 1940
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Movie 1944
Inspector Pierson
Movie 1941
Constable Edmund Kockenlocker
Movie 1943
Steve Martin
Movie 1949
Mr. Jones
Movie 1941
Jack McLure
Movie 1928
Ray Valerian
Movie 1927
Brandt
Movie 1944
The Heir
Movie 1930
Police Sgt. Ernest Heath
Movie 1939
Harvey Bullitt
Movie 1951
Mr. Beecher
Movie 1937
George Fury
Movie 1945
Movie Studio Gateman
Movie 1960
Dan Bianco
Movie 1955
Regret
Movie 1949
Father Belacchi
Movie 1956
Sgt. Gass
Movie 1955
Fluff
Movie 1951
Desmond Slocum
Movie 1961
Gene Buck (uncredited)
Movie 1936
Rusty Walker
Movie 1939
Red Miller
Movie 1938
Brand Comfort
Movie 1956
Train Engine Fireman
Movie 1927
John
Movie 1955
Smitty
Movie 1945
Barker
Movie 1947
Dennis Logan
Movie 1953
Swallow
Movie 1940
George 'Mac' McGuire
Movie 1947
Bob Sears
Movie 1950
Bill Ennis
Movie 1940
Defense Counsel
Movie 1927
Sam Dunne
Movie 1955
Chuck Gibson
Movie 1945
Daro
Movie 1938
Charlie Baxter
Movie 1949
Jackpot Wray
Movie 1954
Bartender Barney
Movie 1941
Droopy
Movie 1936
Parole Officer
Movie 1937
Vern Tewilliger
Movie 1948
Quinn
Movie 1939
Uncle Jake
Movie 1943
Harry Fabian
Movie 1942
Harvey Jones
Movie 1953
Police Lt. Eckhardt
Movie 1938
Monsignor Michael Carey
Movie 1951
Charles Dole
Movie 1939
Police Officer
Movie 1942
Larry 'Horace' Tucker
Movie 1937
Editor
Movie 1936
The Village Cut-Up
Movie 1927
Father Gurkin
Movie 1975
Joe, Diner Owner
Movie 1938
Oscar Pugh
Movie 1978
Bill Dansing
Movie 1948
Collins
Movie 1938
Spike Smith
Movie 1934
Papa Doran
Movie 1941
Self (archive footage)
Movie 1997
Peanuts Schultz
Movie 1946
Herman Kluggs
Movie 1950
Stogie McPhee
Movie 1941
Police Detective (uncredited)
Movie 1935
Buster Billings (uncredited)
Movie 1927
Sergeant Kirby
Movie 1937
Man in Bombay (uncredited)
Movie 1928
Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)
Movie 1999
Army Coach
Movie 1937
Willoughby Sproggs
Movie 1937
William Demarest
Movie 1943
Mike Brady
Movie 1941
Marty Short
Movie 1937
McKenzie
Movie 1942
James, the chauffeur
Movie 1927
Briggs
Movie 1928
Regi's Date Natty (uncredited)
Movie 1935
Steve Rogers
Movie 1934
George Lamont
Movie 1927
Constable Tom Thorpe
Movie 1940
Barney 'Gimpy' Cole
Movie 1939
Detective
Movie 1935
Jeb
Movie 1961
Bill, the Security Guard
Movie 1945
William Demarest
Movie 1945
Roberts
Movie 1935
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Movie 1935
Sgt. Butts
Movie 1942
Walter Cummings
Movie 1944
Detective Gatling
Movie 1943
Louie
Movie 1928
Gutsy Mann
Movie 1940
Arnold
Movie 1939
Detective Dibbin
Movie 1927
Paul Sears
Movie 1937
Cuffs Egan
Movie 1927
Detective
Movie 1927
'Terrible Bill' McGovern
Movie 1928
Movie 1927
Radio Center Tour Guide
Movie 1937
Charlie Who
Tv 1963
Jeb Gaine (credit only)
Tv 1957
Joe Britt
Tv 1959
Tom Akins
Tv 1955
Tv 1962
Ulysses Bowman
Tv 1959
Tv 1961
William Harris
Tv 1959
Mr. Aimes
Tv 1961
Senator Burnside
Tv 1951
Self
Tv 1961
Angus Tweedy
Tv 1959
Enos Milford
Tv 1959
Andy Kenesaw
Tv 1971
Cyrus McFee
Tv 1971
Alexander 'Pop' Denny
Tv 1975
Paul Keller
Tv 1963
Mr. Hummel (archive footage)
Tv 1954
Tv 1954
Self
Tv 1963
Self
Tv 1962
