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William Demarest

William Demarest (February 27, 1892 - December 28, 1983) was an American character actor.

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he was a very prolific film and TV actor, having worked on over 40 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. He died in Palm Springs, 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)
  • 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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He died in Palm Springs, California. From 1970 to 1978, he was married to the French actress Anouk Aimée. His most famous TV role was in My Three Sons from 1965 to 1972, playing Uncle Charley. It ran from 2000 until 2002, then again for a mini-series in 2003. His film career began in 1926 and spanned the decades up to the 1970s. His most recent TV credit is the leading role in My Uncle Silas, about a Cornish country gentleman, who's looking after his grand-nephew. He started in show business working in vaudeville, then moved on to Broadway. In the latter he played a frozen, disembodied head.

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Finger Prints (1927). This led to a series of "angry young man" roles in kitchen sink dramas, most notably 1963's Tom Jones (for which he turned down the role of T. Don't Tell the Wife (1927). His first film was The Entertainer (1960), but his real breakthrough came with his portrayal of a disillusioned factory worker in Karel Reisz's film of Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. The Gay Old Bird (1927). He was born in Salford, Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Matinee Ladies (1927). "People really do think I am 300 pounds with a French accent" he said.

A Million Bid (1927). His most famous role was as Agatha Christie's master detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film "Murder On The Orient Express." Finney was so effective in the role that he complained that it typecast him for a number of years. Simple Sis (1927). He has received five Academy Awards nominations. The Black Diamond Express (1927). Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is a British actor. What Happened to Father? (1927). The Entertainer (1960).

The First Auto (1927). Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960). The Bush Leaguer (1927). Tom Jones (1963). A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927). Gumshoe (1972). The Jazz Singer (1927) (uncredited). Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

Amateur Night (1927). Annie (1982). A Reno Divorce (1927). The Dresser (1983). Sharp Shooters (1928). Under the Volcano (1984). A Girl in Every Port (1928) (uncredited). Miller's Crossing (1990).

The Escape (1928). The Browning Version (1994). Pay as You Enter (1928). Simpatico (1999). Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928). Erin Brockovich (2000). The Butter and Egg Man (1928). Traffic (2000).

The Crash (1928). Big Fish (2003). The Broadway Melody (1929) (uncredited). The Run Around (1932). Fog Over Frisco (1934).

Many Happy Returns (1934). Gunfire (1934) (uncredited). Fugitive Lady (1934). After Office Hours (1935) (uncredited).

The Casino Murder Case (1935) (uncredited). The Murder Man (1935). Bright Lights (1935). Diamond Jim (1935).

Hands Across the Table (1935). White Lies (1935). The Great Ziegfeld (1936) (uncredited). Wedding Present (1936).

Love on the Run (1936). Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936). Mind Your Own Business (1936). Time Out for Romance (1937).

Don't Tell the Wife (1937). Oh Doctor (1937). Hit Parade of 1937 (1937). The Great Hospital Mystery (1937).

The Great Gambini (1937). Easy Living (1937). Blonde Trouble (1937). Wake Up and Live (1937).

Big City (1937). Rosalie (1937). Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938). Romance on the Run (1938).

One Wild Night (1938). Josette (1938). Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938) (uncredited). While New York Sleeps (1938).

The Great Man Votes (1939). King of the Turf (1939). The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939). Cowboy Quarterback (1939).

Miracles for Sale (1939). Smith Goes to Washington (1939). Mr. Laugh It Off (1939).

Wolf of New York (1940). The Farmer's Daughter (1940). The Great McGinty (1940). The Golden Fleecing (1940).

Comin' Round the Mountain (1940). Christmas in July (1940). Little Men (1940). The Lady Eve (1941).

Rookies On Parade (1941). Ride on Vaquero (1941). Country Fair (1941). The Devil and Miss Jones (1941).

Dressed to Kill (1941). Glamour Boy (1941). Sullivan's Travels (1941). All Through the Night (1942).

True to the Army (1942). My Favorite Spy (1942). Pardon My Sarong (1942). The Palm Beach Story (1942).

Behind the Eight Ball (1942). Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942). Johnny Doughboy (1942). Dangerous Blondes (1943).

True to Life (1943). The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944). Nine Girls (1944). Once Upon a Time (1944).

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944). The Great Moment (1944). Salty O'Rourke (1945). Along Came Jones (1945).

Pardon My Past (1945). Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946). The Jolson Story (1946). The Perils of Pauline (1947).

Variety Girl (1947). On Our Merry Way (1948). The Sainted Sisters (1948). Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948).

Whispering Smith (1948). Sorrowful Jones (1949). Jolson Sings Again (1949). Red, Hot and Blue (1949).

When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950). Riding High (1950). He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950). Never a Dull Moment (1950).

The First Legion (1951). Excuse My Dust (1951). The Strip (1951). Behave Yourself! (1951).

What Price Glory (1952). The Blazing Forest (1952). The Lady Wants Mink (1953). Dangerous When Wet (1953).

Here Come the Girls (1953). Escape from Fort Bravo (1954). The Yellow Mountain (1954). Jupiter's Darling (1955).

The Far Horizons (1955). The Private War of Major Benson (1955). Lucy Gallant (1955). Sincerely Yours (1955).

The Rawhide Years (1955). Hell on Frisco Bay (1955). The Mountain (1956). Pepe (1960).

King of the Roaring 20s - The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961). Twenty Plus Two (1961). Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon (1961). Tales of Wells Fargo (1957).

Son of Flubber (1963). It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). Viva Las Vegas (1964). That Darn Cat! (1965).

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973). The Wild McCullochs (1975). Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976). The Millionaire (1978).