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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.
The Great McGinty (1940), Sullivan's Travels (1941) and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943) are often cited as his best films. When movie offers began to diminish, Demarest segued into television work with many guest spots and a regular co-starring role as a ranch foreman in the western series Tales of Wells Fargo (1957). As a character actor ...
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- Sullivan's Travels 1941, 90 min. Preston Sturges • Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick. Comedy • Road Movie • Romance. find this movie on ►
- The Lady Eve 1941, 94 min. Preston Sturges • Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn. Comedy • Con Artist / Hustler • Romance 1 find this movie on ►
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944, 98 min. Preston Sturges • Starring: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn. Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Romance. find this movie on ►
- Hail the Conquering Hero 1944, 101 min. Preston Sturges • Starring: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn. Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Satire. find this movie on ►
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Prolific character player of the 1930s and 40s, later on TV, typically in cranky but endearing comedy roles. Appeared in all of Preston Sturges' Paramount films of the 1940s, most memorably as ...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit14%Rotten audience score. 50%Studio Gatekeeper (Character)71%Rotten audience score. 58%Mr. Harris (Character)94%Fresh audience score. 72%Wilmer MacDougall (Character)87%Fresh audience score. 67%Mr. Martin (Character)His best known films include Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve, Easy Living, That Darn Cat -- and of course Uncle Charley on TV's My Three Sons (1965-1972). Demarest died at the age of 91 on Dec 28, 1983 in Palm Springs, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA. MINI BIO:
He began his film career in 1927 - after two decades in vaudeville - and specialized in flinty but wise supporting characters.
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