Clifford Arquette (December 28, 1905–September 23, 1974) was an actor and comedian, famous for his role as Charley Weaver. In his Charley Weaver persona, he was a regular on the original version of the television show Hollywood Squares. He is also the father of the late actor Lewis Arquette and grandfather of actors Rosanna Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Alexis Arquette and David Arquette. Charlie Weaver on Hollywood Squares 1965 pilot, taped April 21 of that year, deemed fair use, This work is copyrighted. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Clifford Arquette (December 28, 1905–September 23, 1974) was an actor and comedian, famous for his role as Charley Weaver. ... The Hollywood Squares is a American television comedy and game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money and prizes. ... On the cover of Playboy, September 1990 Rosanna Lauren Arquette (born August 10, 1959) is an American actress and director. ... Patricia Arquette in Stigmata Patricia Arquette (born April 8, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film actress. ... Alexis Arquette (born 1 January 1969, Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, musician and drag performer who is part of a family of actors including Patricia Arquette, David Arquette and Rosanna Arquette. ... David Arquette David Arquette (born September 8, 1971 in Winchester, Virginia) is an American actor of French and Jewish descent. ...
Cliff died of a stroke in 1974 at the age of 68. A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by occlusion (an ischemic stroke- approximately 90%of strokes) or by hemorrhage (a hemorrhagic stroke - approximately 10% of strokes). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
Their father was the late Lewis Arquette, and their grandfather was the late comic actor CliffArquette, best remembered for his "Charley Weaver" character, a fixture on the original Hollywood Squares.
Arquette is much disliked by professional wrestling fans, after he won the WCW World Heavyweight Title on April 25, 2000 in an effort to promote his wrestling-based movie, Ready to Rumble.
Arquette quietly donated the entirety of his WCW salary to the families of the late Brian Pillman, Owen Hart and Brian Hildebrand.
Actress Patricia Arquette is the granddaughter of CliffArquette, the daughter of character actor Lewis Arquette, and the sister of leading lady Rosanna Arquette and actors David Arquette and Alexis Arquette.
In 1993 alone, she was seen as the hero's cousin/inamorata in Ethan Frome, the strung-out "heroine" of the stylishly violent road movie True Romance, and the hero's lesbian sister in Inside Monkey Zetterland.
Arquette closed out 1994 on a fine note with her sympathetic portrayal of Kathy O'Hara, the second wife of Hollywood's "world's worst director," in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.