William Demarest

William Demarest

February 27, 1892

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, beginn…

Known For

33 titles
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Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels

1941 · 1h 30m · Movie

Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.

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The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve

1941 · 1h 34m · Movie

A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.

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The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

1942 · 1h 28m · Movie

A New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire with a capricious high-society sister.

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The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

1927 · 1h 28m · Movie

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.

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Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

1964 · 1h 25m · Movie

A race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix whiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.

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That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!

1965 · 1h 56m · Movie

After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.

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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944 · 1h 38m · Movie

After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.

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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944 · 1h 41m · Movie

Woodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home.

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All Through the Night

All Through the Night

1942 · 1h 47m · Movie

Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.

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10
The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941 · 1h 32m · Movie

A tycoon goes undercover to ferret out agitators at a department store, but gets involved in their lives instead.

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

1973 · 1h 14m · Movie

A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.

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12
Easy Living

Easy Living

1937 · 1h 28m · Movie

When a wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off a roof and it lands on the head of a stenographer, everyone assumes she is his mistress and has access to his millions.

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Son of Flubber

Son of Flubber

1963 · 1h 42m · Movie

When Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.

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14
Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953 · 1h 39m · Movie

During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.

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Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong

1942 · 1h 24m · Movie

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans...

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16
Along Came Jones

Along Came Jones

1945 · 1h 30m · Movie

A good-natured saddle tramp traveling with his sidekick is mistaken for a ruthless outlaw with a price on his head.

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17
Hands Across the Table

Hands Across the Table

1935 · 1h 20m · Movie

A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.

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18
The Mountain

The Mountain

1956 · 1h 45m · Movie

Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.

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19
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1938 · 1h 21m · Movie

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly sets it up for her to become a radio broadcaster.

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20
Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

1948 · 1h 21m · Movie

After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity.

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21
Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

1948 · 1h 28m · Movie

Legendary railroad detective Whispering Smith becomes convinced that old friend and colleague Murray Sinclair has joined a criminal band to loot the railroad.

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22
Dangerous When Wet

Dangerous When Wet

1953 · 1h 35m · Movie

With her promoter-trainer and family in tow, Katie Higgins swims her way from the Arkansas Ozarks to foggy London and the English Channel. - SimonJack

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23
Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1944 · 1h 29m · Movie

A cash-strapped theater producer promotes a nine-year-old boy's dancing caterpillar.

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24
When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950 · 1h 22m · Movie

Willie Kluggs enters the service with hopes of going overseas, but his uncanny marksmanship keeps him at home as a shooting instructor... much to his embarrassment.

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25
A Girl in Every Port

A Girl in Every Port

1928 · 1h 18m · Movie

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young women come between them?

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26
The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years

1956 · 1h 25m · Movie

Dishonest riverboat gambler Ben Matthews is blamed for a murder he didn't commit and must find the real killer before the lynch mob finds him.

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On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way

1948 · 1h 47m · Movie

Three short stories revolving around the topic of the daily question posed by the roving reporter to the readers of a daily newspaper.

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28
Sorrowful Jones

Sorrowful Jones

1949 · 1h 28m · Movie

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. Her father disappears and he learns that taking care of her cramps his free-wheeling life. Sorrowful must evade gangsters and do some horse-thi...

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Wedding Present

Wedding Present

1936 · 1h 21m · Movie

When Charlie Mason is promoted from irresponsible reporter to hard-nosed city editor, it costs him his girlfriend, ace reporter Rusty Fleming. After he hears she's engaged to another, he quits and tries to win her back.

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Riding High

Riding High

1950 · 1h 52m · Movie

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

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Sincerely Yours

Sincerely Yours

1955 · 1h 55m · Movie

Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée, a loyal brunette secretary secretly in love with him, and a date at Carnegie H...

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Bright Lights

Bright Lights

1935 · 1h 22m · Movie

Joe and Fay Wilson are a happily married vaudeville team. But when a reporter discovers, that one of the chorus girls in the troupe is a slightly eccentric heiress, who bugs sometimes out to do something strange (e.g. being a chor...

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33
The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

1940 · 1h 0m · Movie

Broadway producer Nickie North, and his press agent Scoop Trimble, land a backer for a new show, but their "angel" requires that they rehearse the show out-of-town and star Clarice Sheldon, an ex-flame whose flickerings have becom...

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