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William Demarest

Highest Rated: 100% The Jolson Story (1946)

Lowest Rated: 14% Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1975)

Birthday: Feb 27, 1892

Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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 Officer Kockenlocker in "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" and as the tough Marine sergeant in "Hail the Conquering Hero" (both 1944). Well known as Uncle Charley on the long-running TV series "My Three Sons."

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 79% The Jolson Story
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100% 89% Sullivan's Travels
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100% 83% Easy Living
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100% 79% The Great McGinty
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100% 62% Jolson Sings Again
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99% 87% The Lady Eve
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97% 81% The Palm Beach Story
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95% 84% Hail the Conquering Hero
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William Demarest

William Demarest CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA, Warner Oland, William Demarest, Maurice Cass, Fred Kelsey, Frank Conroy, 1936, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp THE JOLSON STORY, from left, Larry Parks, William Demarest, Evelyn Keyes, 1946 REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, Bill Robinson, Shirley Temple, Phyllis Brooks, William Demarest, 1938, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE FIRST AUTO, William Demarest, 1927 LUCY GALLANT, from left: Charlton Heston, Gertude Astor, William Demarest on set, 1955 ON OUR MERRY WAY, Hugh Herbert, William Demarest, 1948 THE SAINTED SISTERS, William Demarest, 1948 THE SAINTED SISTERS, William Demarest, 1948 WHAT PRICE GLORY, James Cagney, William Demarest on set, 1952, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp View more photos

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Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood 14% 50% 1975 Studio Gatekeeper Actor Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 71% 58% 1973 Mr. Harris Actor That Darn Cat! 94% 72% 1965 Wilmer MacDougall Actor Viva Las Vegas 87% 67% 1964 Mr. Martin Actor Gunfight in Black Horse Canyon 1961 Jeb Actor Pepe 49% 1961 Movie Studio Gateman Actor Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon 1961 Jeb Actor Twenty Plus Two 1961 Desmond Slocum Actor The Mountain 57% 1956 Father Belacchi Actor The Rawhide Years 1956 Brand Comfort Actor The Private War of Major Benson 40% 1955 John Actor Jupiter's Darling 56% 1955 Mago Actor Sincerely Yours 40% 1955 Sam Dunne Actor The Far Horizons 40% 1955 Sgt. Gass Actor Lucy Gallant 1955 Charles Madden Actor Hell on Frisco Bay 40% 1955 Dan Bianco Actor The Yellow Mountain 1954 Jackpot Wray Actor Escape From Fort Bravo 54% 1953 Campbell Actor Dangerous When Wet 57% 1953 Pa Higgins Actor Here Come the Girls 20% 1953 Dennis Logan Actor What Price Glory? 63% 38% 1952 Cpl. Kiper Actor The Blazing Forest 1952 Syd Jessup Actor Excuse My Dust 17% 1951 Harvey Bullitt Actor Behave Yourself 33% 1951 Officer O'Ryan Actor The First Legion 1951 Monsignor Michael Carey Actor
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