Vaudevillian and Screen Actor

 

(1892-1983)

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Carl "William" Demarest

 

Obituary

1/9/1984

DIED. William Demarest, 91, vaudevillian and screen actor best known as the cantankerous, sweet-hearted, sourpussed Uncle Charley from 1965 to 1972 on TV's My Three Sons; apparently of a heart attack; in Palm Springs, Calif. He developed his sputtering, comic tough-guy persona in more than 100 films, notably including half a dozen Preston Sturges comedies.

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Our great-grandmother9 Maria Vigne (1613-1689) was also the great-grandmother7 of Carl William Demarest a noted vaudevillian and screen actor.

In 1946 he received an Academy Award nomination, in the category of best supporting actor, for his role in the Al Jolson Story.

 

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Hail The Conquering Hero - 1944

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Thomas Alva Edison

Meriwether Lewis

Robert Treat Paine

David Ogden

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