William Demarest
Acting1892-02-27Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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).
出演作品（159）
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Devil and Miss Jones
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
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Ellery Queen
The Red Skelton Show
Sullivan's Travels
Big City
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
True to Life
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Excuse My Dust
Hail the Conquering Hero
Easy Living
The Sainted Sisters
Lucy Gallant
King of the Turf
A Sailor's Sweetheart
The Jerry Lewis Show
The Palm Beach Story
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Christmas in July
The Great McGinty
Tales of Wells Fargo
The Murder Man
The Mountain
McMillan & Wife
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Charlie Chan at the Opera
The First Legion
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Hands Across the Table
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
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All Through the Night
Whispering Smith
The Jolson Story
The Private War of Major Benson
That Darn Cat!
Wagon Train
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Wedding Present
Josette
The Casino Murder Case
My Three Sons
Miracles for Sale
Love on the Run
After Office Hours
Pardon My Sarong
Dressed to Kill
Pepe
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Viva Las Vegas
Sorrowful Jones
The Far Horizons
Twenty Plus Two
The Perils of Pauline
Fog Over Frisco
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
ジャズ・シンガー
Variety Girl
The Great Man Votes
Stage Door Canteen
Duffy's Tavern
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Jolson Sings Again
Behave Yourself!
Pardon My Past
The Lady Wants Mink
The Blazing Forest
Romance on the Run
Dangerous When Wet
Glamour Boy
The Great Gambini
Fugitive Lady
Son of Flubber
Diamond Jim
White Lies
Dangerous Blondes
Burke's Law
A Girl in Every Port
Never a Dull Moment
Riding High
Sincerely Yours
Red, Hot and Blue
Salty O'Rourke
Going My Way
The Strip
Once Upon a Time
The Great Moment
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Along Came Jones
Time Out for Romance
Little Men
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Ben Casey
On Our Merry Way
What Price Glory
The Cowboy Quarterback
The Rawhide Years
One Wild Night
Rosalie
Dr. Kildare
Johnny Doughboy
The Mike Douglas Show
Wake Up and Live
The Golden Fleecing
Nine Girls
Many Happy Returns
My Favorite Spy
The Yellow Mountain
Hollywood Victory Caravan
The Hit Parade
Don't Tell the Wife
Hell on Frisco Bay
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Behind the Eight Ball
The Rebel
The Farmer's Daughter
The First Auto
Jupiter's Darling
Ride on Vaquero
Bright Lights
Here Come the Girls
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
The Great Hospital Mystery
The Wild McCullochs
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Sharp Shooters
The Butter and Egg Man
Don't Tell the Wife
While New York Sleeps
The Black Diamond Express
The Night Court
Mind Your Own Business
The Millionaire
Country Fair
Rookies on Parade
Oh, Doctor
A Reno Divorce
Five and Ten Cent Annie
A Million Bid
True to the Army
The Crash
Comin' Round the Mountain
What Happened To Father
Blonde Trouble
Pay as You Enter
Finger Prints
Simple Sis
The Bush Leaguer
The Gay Old Bird
Matinee Ladies
Studio 57