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.
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Character:Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/05/1997
The Millionaire
Character:Oscar Pugh
Release Date:19/12/1978
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Character:Studio Gatekeeper
Release Date:26/07/1976
The Wild McCullochs
Character:Father Gurkin
Release Date:21/05/1975
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Character:Mr. Harris
Release Date:10/10/1973
That Darn Cat!
Character:Mr. MacDougall
Release Date:02/12/1965
Viva Las Vegas
Character:Mr. Martin
Release Date:08/02/1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character:Police Chief Aloysius
Release Date:07/11/1963
Son of Flubber
Character:Mr. Hummel
Release Date:16/01/1963
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Character:Jeb
Release Date:17/10/1961
Twenty Plus Two
Character:Desmond Slocum
Release Date:13/08/1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Character:Henry Hecht
Release Date:11/06/1961
Pepe
Character:Movie Studio Gateman
Release Date:21/12/1960
The Rawhide Years
Character:Brand Comfort
Release Date:01/07/1956
The Mountain
Character:Father Belacchi
Release Date:31/05/1956
Hell on Frisco Bay
Character:Dan Bianco
Release Date:31/12/1955
Sincerely Yours
Character:Sam Dunne
Release Date:05/11/1955
Lucy Gallant
Character:Charles Madden
Release Date:20/10/1955
The Private War of Major Benson
Character:John
Release Date:02/08/1955
The Far Horizons
Character:Sgt. Gass
Release Date:04/07/1955
Jupiter's Darling
Character:Mago
Release Date:18/02/1955
The Yellow Mountain
Character:Jackpot Wray
Release Date:16/11/1954
Escape from Fort Bravo
Character:Campbell
Release Date:04/12/1953
Here Come the Girls
Character:Dennis Logan
Release Date:22/10/1953
Dangerous When Wet
Character:Pa Higgins
Release Date:18/06/1953
The Lady Wants Mink
Character:Harvey Jones
Release Date:29/03/1953
The Blazing Forest
Character:Syd Jessup
Release Date:01/12/1952
What Price Glory
Character:Corporal Kiper
Release Date:22/08/1952
Behave Yourself!
Character:O'Ryan
Release Date:22/09/1951
The Strip
Character:Fluff
Release Date:31/08/1951
Excuse My Dust
Character:Harvey Bullitt
Release Date:27/06/1951
The First Legion
Character:Monsignor Michael Carey
Release Date:04/05/1951
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Character:Bob Sears
Release Date:02/12/1950
Never a Dull Moment
Character:Mears
Release Date:19/08/1950
Riding High
Character:Happy
Release Date:12/04/1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Character:Herman Kluggs
Release Date:17/02/1950
Red, Hot and Blue
Character:Charlie Baxter
Release Date:05/09/1949
Jolson Sings Again
Character:Steve Martin
Release Date:17/08/1949
Sorrowful Jones
Character:Regret
Release Date:04/07/1949
Whispering Smith
Character:Bill Dansing
Release Date:09/12/1948
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Character:Lt. Shawn
Release Date:20/08/1948
The Sainted Sisters
Character:Vern Tewilliger
Release Date:30/04/1948
On Our Merry Way
Character:Floyd
Release Date:03/02/1948
Variety Girl
Character:Barker
Release Date:29/08/1947
The Perils of Pauline
Character:George 'Mac' McGuire
Release Date:04/07/1947
The Jolson Story
Character:Steve Martin
Release Date:10/10/1946
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Character:Peanuts Schultz
Release Date:14/06/1946
Pardon My Past
Character:Chuck Gibson
Release Date:24/12/1945
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Character:Bill, the Security Guard
Release Date:30/09/1945
Duffy's Tavern
Character:William Demarest
Release Date:28/09/1945
Along Came Jones
Character:George Fury
Release Date:19/07/1945
Salty O'Rourke
Character:Smitty
Release Date:22/03/1945
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Character:Constable Edmund Kockenlocker
Release Date:18/09/1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
Character:Sgt. Heppelfinger
Release Date:09/08/1944
The Great Moment
Character:Eben Frost
Release Date:18/07/1944
Once Upon a Time
Character:Brandt
Release Date:29/06/1944
Nine Girls
Character:Walter Cummings
Release Date:17/02/1944
True to Life
Character:Uncle Jake
Release Date:24/12/1943
Dangerous Blondes
Character:Detective Gatling
Release Date:23/09/1943
Stage Door Canteen
Character:William Demarest
Release Date:24/06/1943
Johnny Doughboy
Character:Harry Fabian
Release Date:31/12/1942
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Character:Police Officer
Release Date:09/12/1942
Behind the Eight Ball
Character:McKenzie
Release Date:04/12/1942
The Palm Beach Story
Character:First Member Ale and Quail Club
Release Date:28/08/1942
Pardon My Sarong
Character:Detective Kendall
Release Date:07/08/1942
My Favorite Spy
Character:Flower Pot Policeman
Release Date:12/06/1942
True to the Army
Character:Sgt. Butts
Release Date:21/03/1942
All Through the Night
Character:Sunshine
Release Date:10/01/1942
Glamour Boy
Character:Papa Doran
Release Date:05/12/1941
Sullivan's Travels
Character:Mr. Jones
Release Date:30/11/1941
Dressed to Kill
Character:Inspector Pierson
Release Date:08/08/1941
Country Fair
Character:Stogie McPhee
Release Date:05/05/1941
Ride on Vaquero
Character:Bartender Barney
Release Date:18/04/1941
Rookies on Parade
Character:Mike Brady
Release Date:16/04/1941
The Devil and Miss Jones
Character:First Detective
Release Date:11/04/1941
The Lady Eve
Character:Muggsy
Release Date:25/02/1941
Little Men
Character:Constable Tom Thorpe
Release Date:29/11/1940
Christmas in July
Character:Mr. Bildocker
Release Date:25/10/1940
The Golden Fleecing
Character:Swallow
Release Date:16/08/1940
Comin' Round the Mountain
Character:Gutsy Mann
Release Date:16/08/1940
The Great McGinty
Character:Skeeters - The Politician
Release Date:01/08/1940
The Farmer's Daughter
Character:Victor Walsh
Release Date:29/03/1940
Wolf of New York
Character:Bill Ennis
Release Date:23/01/1940
Laugh It Off
Character:Barney 'Gimpy' Cole
Release Date:01/12/1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character:Bill Griffith
Release Date:19/10/1939
Miracles for Sale
Character:Quinn
Release Date:10/08/1939
The Cowboy Quarterback
Character:Rusty Walker
Release Date:29/07/1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Character:Police Sgt. Ernest Heath
Release Date:02/06/1939
King of the Turf
Character:Arnold
Release Date:17/02/1939
The Great Man Votes
Character:Charles Dole
Release Date:13/01/1939
While New York Sleeps
Character:Red Miller
Release Date:16/12/1938
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Character:Daro
Release Date:02/12/1938
Josette
Character:Joe, Diner Owner
Release Date:03/06/1938
One Wild Night
Character:Collins
Release Date:02/06/1938
Romance on the Run
Character:Police Lt. Eckhardt
Release Date:11/05/1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Character:Harry Kipper
Release Date:18/03/1938
Rosalie
Character:Army Coach
Release Date:24/12/1937
Big City
Character:Mr. Beecher
Release Date:03/09/1937
Wake Up and Live
Character:Radio Center Tour Guide
Release Date:23/08/1937
Blonde Trouble
Character:Paul Sears
Release Date:06/08/1937
Easy Living
Character:Wallace Whistling
Release Date:16/07/1937
The Great Gambini
Character:Sergeant Kirby
Release Date:24/06/1937
The Great Hospital Mystery
Character:Mr. Beatty
Release Date:14/05/1937
The Hit Parade
Character:Parole Officer
Release Date:26/04/1937
Oh, Doctor
Character:Marty Short
Release Date:31/03/1937
Don't Tell the Wife
Character:Larry 'Horace' Tucker
Release Date:05/03/1937
Time Out for Romance
Character:Willoughby Sproggs
Release Date:10/02/1937
Mind Your Own Business
Character:Droopy
Release Date:18/12/1936
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Character:Sergeant Kelly
Release Date:04/12/1936
Love on the Run
Character:Editor
Release Date:20/11/1936
Wedding Present
Character:'Smiles' Benson
Release Date:09/10/1936
The Great Ziegfeld
Character:Gene Buck (uncredited)
Release Date:08/04/1936
White Lies
Character:Roberts
Release Date:27/12/1935
Hands Across the Table
Character:Regi's Date Natty (uncredited)
Release Date:18/10/1935
Diamond Jim
Character:Harry Hill
Release Date:01/09/1935
Bright Lights
Character:Detective
Release Date:27/07/1935
The Murder Man
Character:'Red' Maguire
Release Date:12/07/1935
The Casino Murder Case
Character:Auctioneer (uncredited)
Release Date:15/03/1935
After Office Hours
Character:Police Detective (uncredited)
Release Date:22/02/1935
Fugitive Lady
Character:Steve Rogers
Release Date:10/12/1934
Many Happy Returns
Character:Brinker
Release Date:08/06/1934
Fog Over Frisco
Character:Spike Smith
Release Date:02/06/1934
Seeing Things
Character:The Heir
Release Date:25/11/1930
The Crash
Character:Louie
Release Date:07/10/1928
The Butter and Egg Man
Character:Jack McLure
Release Date:22/09/1928
Five and Ten Cent Annie
Character:Briggs
Release Date:26/05/1928
Pay as You Enter
Character:'Terrible Bill' McGovern
Release Date:12/05/1928
A Girl in Every Port
Character:Man in Bombay (uncredited)
Release Date:26/02/1928
Sharp Shooters
Character:'Hi Jack' Murdock
Release Date:15/01/1928
The Night Court
Character:Defense Counsel
Release Date:15/11/1927
A Reno Divorce
Character:James, the chauffeur
Release Date:22/10/1927
The Jazz Singer
Character:Buster Billings (uncredited)
Release Date:06/10/1927
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Character:Detective
Release Date:24/09/1927
The Bush Leaguer
Character:John Gilroy
Release Date:20/08/1927
The First Auto
Character:The Village Cut-Up
Release Date:27/06/1927
What Happened To Father
Character:Detective Dibbin
Release Date:25/06/1927
The Black Diamond Express
Character:Train Engine Fireman
Release Date:04/06/1927
Simple Sis
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1927
A Million Bid
Character:George Lamont
Release Date:27/05/1927
Matinee Ladies
Character:Man About Town
Release Date:09/04/1927
The Gay Old Bird
Character:Mr. Fixit
Release Date:26/02/1927
Don't Tell the Wife
Character:Ray Valerian
Release Date:22/01/1927
Finger Prints
Character:Cuffs Egan
Release Date:08/01/1927
Television Appearances
Ellery Queen
Character:Alexander 'Pop' Denny
McMillan & Wife
Character:Cyrus McFee
McMillan & Wife
Character:Andy Kenesaw
The Jerry Lewis Show
Character:Self
Burke's Law
Character:Charlie Who
The Greatest Show on Earth
Character:Paul Keller
Going My Way
Character:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Ben Casey
Character:
Dr. Kildare
Character:Mr. Aimes
My Three Sons
Character:Charley O'Casey
The Rebel
Character:Ulysses Bowman
The Twilight Zone
Character:Joe Britt
Love and Marriage
Character:William Harris
Bonanza
Character:Enos Milford
Bonanza
Character:Angus Tweedy
Wagon Train
Character:Mr. Hennessey
Tales of Wells Fargo
Character:Jeb Gaine (credit only)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Tom Akins
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Mr. Hummel (archive footage)
Studio 57
Character:
The Red Skelton Show
Character:Senator Burnside
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