William Demarest
Acting
- Nascimento:
- 1892-02-27
- Falecimento:
- 1983-12-28
- Local de nascimento:
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Biografia
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).
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Filmografia
Television: The First Fifty Years
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
The Millionaire
Won Ton Ton - O Cachorro Que Salvou Hollywood
Ellery Queen
The Wild McCullochs
Não Tenha Medo da Escuridão
McMillan & Wife
Aquele Gato Danado
Amor à Toda Velocidade
Deu a Louca no Mundo
The Jerry Lewis Show
Burke's Law
The Greatest Show on Earth
O Fabuloso Criador de Encrencas
Going My Way
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Twenty Plus Two
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Pepe
Meus Filhos e Eu
The Rebel
Além da Imaginação
Love and Marriage
Bonanza
Wagon Train
Tales of Wells Fargo
O Vício Singra o Mississipi
A Maldição da Montanha
Hell on Frisco Bay
Sincerely Yours
Lucy Galante
Alfred Hitchcock Apresenta
A Guerra Íntima do Major Benson
Aventura Sangrenta
Jupiter's Darling
O Morro da Traição
O Maravilhoso Mundo de Disney aka Disneylândia
Jamboree
Studio 57
A Fera do Forte Bravo
Here Come the Girls
Salve a Campeã
The Lady Wants Mink
The Blazing Forest
Sangue por Glória
The Red Skelton Show
Temido e Desejado
Amei e Errei
Excuse My Dust
The First Legion
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Never a Dull Moment
Nada Além de um Desejo
O Azar de um Valente
Red, Hot and Blue
Jolson Sings Again
Sorrowful Jones
Abutres Humanos
A Noite Tem Mil Olhos
The Sainted Sisters
No Nosso Alegre Caminho
Miragem Dourada
The Perils of Pauline
Sonhos Dourados
Louca Inocência
Pardon My Past
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Carnaval de Estrelas
Tudo Por uma Mulher
Salty O'Rourke
Papai Por Acaso
Hail the Conquering Hero
The Great Moment
O Eterno Pretendente
Nine Girls
True to Life
Dangerous Blondes
Noivas do Tio Sam
Johnny Doughboy
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Behind the Eight Ball
Mulher de Verdade
Pardon My Sarong
My Favorite Spy
True to the Army
Balas Contra a Gestapo
Glamour Boy
Contrastes Humanos
Ceia Fatal
Country Fair
Ride on Vaquero
Rookies on Parade
O Diabo e a Mulher
As Três Noites de Eva
Little Men
Natal em Julho
The Golden Fleecing
Comin' Round the Mountain
O Homem Que Se Vendeu
The Farmer's Daughter
Wolf of New York
Laugh It Off
A Mulher Faz o Homem
O Vendedor de Milagres
The Cowboy Quarterback
A Comédia de um Crime
King of the Turf
The Great Man Votes
While New York Sleeps
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Josette
One Wild Night
Romance on the Run
Sonho de Moça
Rosalie
Big City
Wake Up and Live
Blonde Trouble
Garota de Sorte
The Great Gambini
The Great Hospital Mystery
The Hit Parade
Oh, Doctor
Don't Tell the Wife
Time Out for Romance
Mind Your Own Business
Charlie Chan na Ópera
Do Amor Ninguém Foge
Quase Casados
Ziegfeld - O Criador de Estrelas
White Lies
Corações Unidos
Diamond Jim
Bright Lights
The Murder Man
O Mistério do Cassino
Tudo Pode Acontecer
Fugitive Lady
Many Happy Returns
Névoa de Mistério
Seeing Things
The Crash
The Butter and Egg Man
Five and Ten Cent Annie
Pay as You Enter
Uma Noiva em Cada Porto
Sharp Shooters
The Night Court
A Reno Divorce
O Cantor de Jazz
A Sailor's Sweetheart
The Bush Leaguer
The First Auto
What Happened To Father
The Black Diamond Express
Simple Sis
O Sacrifício
Matinee Ladies
The Gay Old Bird
Don't Tell the Wife
Finger Prints