William Demarest
Actor (1892-1983) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 91
Carl William Demarest was an American actor, known especially for his supporting roles in screwball comedies by Preston Sturges and as Uncle Charley in the sitcom My Three Sons from 1965 until 1972.
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodFilm, Studio Gatekeeper1975
Ellery QueenSeries, Alexander 'Pop' Denny1971
McMillan & WifeSeries, Cyrus McFee1965
That Darn Cat!Film, Mr. MacDougall1963
Burke's LawSeries, Charlie Who
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldFilm, 1963Police Chief Aloysius1962
Going My WaySeries1961
Ben CaseySeries1959
BonanzaSeries, Enos Milford1957
Tales of Wells FargoSeries, Jeb Gaine (credit only)1956
The MountainFilm, Father Belacchi1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Tom Akins
Hell on Frisco BayFilm, 1955Dan Bianco1954
Studio 57Series1952
What Price GloryFilm, Corporal Kiper1951
The Red Skelton ShowSeries, Senator Burnside1945
Along Came JonesFilm, George Fury1943
Stage Door CanteenFilm, William Demarest1941
Dressed to KillFilm, Inspector Pierson1939
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonFilm, Bill Griffith1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmFilm, Henry Kipper1936
Charlie Chan at the OperaFilm, Sergeant Kelly1934
Fog Over FriscoFilm, Spike Smith1927
The Jazz SingerFilm, Buster Billings (uncredited)1892Born27 February 1892People around William
Close ties
Preston Sturges Directed The Lady Eve and The Great McGinty
Franklin Pangborn Also in Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Buddy DeSylva Produced Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Jimmy Conlin Also in The Lady Eve and The Great McGinty
Lloyd Bacon Directed Pay as You Enter and Finger Prints
George Sidney Directed Pepe and Jupiter's Darling
Victor Potel Also in The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Fred MacMurray Also in On Our Merry Way and The Far Horizons
Al Bridge Also in Christmas in July and Sullivan's Travels
Robert Greig Also in The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Leslie Fenton Directed On Our Merry Way and Pardon My Past- Sidney Buchman Produced The Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again
Frank Moran Also in The Great McGinty and Sullivan's Travels
Arthur Hoyt Also in Sullivan's Travels and The Great McGinty
Esther Howard Also in The Great McGinty (1940)
Julius Tannen Also in Sullivan's Travels and Christmas in July
Walt Disney Produced That Darn Cat! and Son of Flubber
John Ford Directed When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Frank Capra Produced Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Frank Borzage Directed Stage Door Canteen and Big City
William Fox Produced A Girl in Every Port and Sharp Shooters- Robert Stevenson Directed That Darn Cat! and Son of Flubber
- Henry Blanke Produced Fog Over Frisco and Sincerely Yours
Sol C. Siegel Produced The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Known for
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
The Devil and Miss Jones 1941
Sullivan's Travels 1941
The Lady Eve 1941
Easy Living 1937
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
168 credits on file
Television 21
Media & music
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About this person
Demarest, who frequently played crusty but good-hearted roles, was a prolific film and television actor, appearing in over 140 films, beginning in 1926 and ending in the late 1970s. Before his career in movies, he performed in vaudeville for two decades.
