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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.
William Demarest. Actor: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. A stocky, serious-looking character, Carl William Demarest started off in vaudeville in 1905 along with two older brothers.
Character Actor. His career spanned six decades, starting in Vaudeville. He first came to Hollywood in 1926, even appearing uncredited in the pioneering Warner Bros. talkie film, The Jazz Singer (1927). He is best remembered for playing the part of 'Uncle Charley' in the family television sitcom My Three Sons from 1965...
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.
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.
It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as Julie Benson (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his performing partner and manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty Beckett as the young Jolson.
29 gru 1983 · William Demarest, who played dozens of gruff, golden-hearted curmudgeons in films and on television, died at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., yesterday, apparently of a heart attack. He was 91...
