WILLIAM DEMAREST

William Demarest was a character movie actor from the 1920s through the 1960s, who had an incredibly successful career, going from one fine movie to another! His most successful roles were in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Jolson Story (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, and the Preston Sturges movies: Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Hail the Conquering Hero, and The Great McGinty. He played Uncle Charlie on TV's "My Three Sons" (replacing William Frawley, who had played "Bub", who had passed away). Demarest passed away in 1983 at the age of 91.