William Demarest
Demarest with Cheryl Walker in the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Born	February 27, 1892 St. Paul, Minnesota
Died	December 28, 1983 Palm Springs, California

William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983) was an American character actor. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (539x639, 46 KB) Screenshot of the William Demarest and Cheryl Walker from the film Stage Door Canteen (1943) Film listed as being in the public domain [1], [2] [3] and[4] File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link... Cheryl Walker (August 1, 1918 – October 24, 1971) was an American fashion model and actress. ... Stage Door Canteen is a 1943 film. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... State capitol building in Saint Paul Saint Paul is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Palm Springs is a famed Riverside County, California, desert resort city, approximately 110 miles east of Los Angeles. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he was a very prolific film and TV actor, having worked on over 140 films. He worked frequently with director Preston Sturges, becoming part of a "stock" troupe of actors that Sturges repeatedly cast in his films. He started in show business working in vaudeville, then moved on to Broadway. His film career began in 1926 and spanned the decades up to the 1970s. His most famous TV role was in My Three Sons from 1965 to 1972, playing Uncle Charley and replacing William Frawley, whose health had made procuring insurance impossible. State capitol building in Saint Paul Saint Paul is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America. ... Preston Sturges (August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959), originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated screenwriter and director born in Chicago. ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... My Three Sons was a television series sitcom that ran from September 29, 1960 to August 24, 1972. ... William Clement Frawley (February 26, 1887 – March 3, 1966) began in vaudeville and as a screen actor, with well over a hundred films to his credit, but gained greater fame as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy. ...

Demarest received a single Academy Award nomination, for his supporting role in The Jolson Story, playing Al Jolson's fictional mentor. He previously shared the screen with real Jolson in The Jazz Singer. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Jolson Story is a 1946 autobiographical film which tells the life story of singer and actor Al Jolson. ... Asa Al Jolson Yoelson (born in Seredžius, Lithuania on May 26, 1885 or 1886, and died in San Francisco, California on October 23, 1950) was an acclaimed American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1911 until his death in 1950. ... The Jazz Singer is a 1927 U.S. movie musical notable for being the first feature-length motion picture with talking sequences. ...

William Demarest died in Palm Springs, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Palm Springs is a famed Riverside County, California, desert resort city, approximately 110 miles east of Los Angeles. ... Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. ... Nickname The Jewel City Location Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ...

Filmography

• The Millionaire (1978)
• Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
• The Wild McCullochs (1975)
• Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) TV movie
• That Darn Cat! (1965)
• Viva Las Vegas (1964)
• It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
• Son of Flubber (1963)
• Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
• Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon (1961)
• Twenty Plus Two (1961)
• King of the Roaring 20s - The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
• Pepe (1960)
• The Mountain (1956)
• Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
• The Rawhide Years (1955)
• Sincerely Yours (1955)
• Lucy Gallant (1955)
• The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
• The Far Horizons (1955)
• Jupiter's Darling (1955)
• The Yellow Mountain (1954)
• Escape from Fort Bravo (1954)
• Here Come the Girls (1953)
• Dangerous When Wet (1953)
• The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
• The Blazing Forest (1952)
• What Price Glory (1952)
• Behave Yourself! (1951)
• The Strip (1951)
• Excuse My Dust (1951)
• The First Legion (1951)
• Never a Dull Moment (1950)
• He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)
• Riding High (1950)
• When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
• Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
• Jolson Sings Again (1949)
• Sorrowful Jones (1949)
• Whispering Smith (1948)
• Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
• The Sainted Sisters (1948)
• On Our Merry Way (1948)
• Variety Girl (1947)
• The Perils of Pauline (1947)
• The Jolson Story (1946)
• Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946)
• Pardon My Past (1945)
• Along Came Jones (1945)
• Salty O'Rourke (1945)
• The Great Moment (1944)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
• Once Upon a Time (1944)
• Nine Girls (1944)
• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
• True to Life (1943)
• Dangerous Blondes (1943)
• Johnny Doughboy (1942)
• Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
• Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
• The Palm Beach Story (1942)
• Pardon My Sarong (1942)
• My Favorite Spy (1942)
• True to the Army (1942)
• All Through the Night (1942)
• Sullivan's Travels (1941)
• Glamour Boy (1941)
• Dressed to Kill (1941)
• The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
• Country Fair (1941)
• Ride on Vaquero (1941)
• Rookies On Parade (1941)
• The Lady Eve (1941)
• Little Men (1940)
• Christmas in July (1940)
• Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
• The Golden Fleecing (1940)
• The Great McGinty (1940)
• The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
• Wolf of New York (1940)
• Laugh It Off (1939)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• Miracles for Sale (1939)
• Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
• The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
• King of the Turf (1939)
• The Great Man Votes (1939)
• While New York Sleeps (1938)
• Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938) (uncredited)
• Josette (1938)
• One Wild Night (1938)
• Romance on the Run (1938)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
• Rosalie (1937)
• Big City (1937)
• Wake Up and Live (1937)
• Blonde Trouble (1937)
• Easy Living (1937)
• The Great Gambini (1937)
• The Great Hospital Mystery (1937)
• Hit Parade of 1937 (1937)
• Oh Doctor (1937)
• Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
• Time Out for Romance (1937)
• Mind Your Own Business (1936)
• Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
• Love on the Run (1936)
• Wedding Present (1936)
• The Great Ziegfeld (1936) (uncredited)
• White Lies (1935)
• Hands Across the Table (1935)
• Diamond Jim (1935)
• Bright Lights (1935)
• The Murder Man (1935)
• The Casino Murder Case (1935) (uncredited)
• After Office Hours (1935) (uncredited)
• Fugitive Lady (1934)
• Gunfire (1934) (uncredited)
• Many Happy Returns (1934)
• Fog Over Frisco (1934)
• The Run Around (1932)
• The Broadway Melody (1929) (uncredited)
• The Crash (1928)
• The Butter and Egg Man (1928)
• Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928)
• Pay as You Enter (1928)
• The Escape (1928)
• A Girl in Every Port (1928) (uncredited)
• Sharp Shooters (1928)
• A Reno Divorce (1927)
• Amateur Night (1927)
• The Jazz Singer (1927) (uncredited)
• A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927)
• The Bush Leaguer (1927)
• The First Auto (1927)
• What Happened to Father? (1927)
• The Black Diamond Express (1927)
• Simple Sis (1927)
• A Million Bid (1927)
• Matinee Ladies (1927)
• The Gay Old Bird (1927)
• Don't Tell the Wife (1927)
• Finger Prints (1927)
• When the Wife's Away (1926)

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External links

• William Demarest at the Internet Movie Database
• Find-A-Grave profile for William Demarest