William Demarest
Birthday: 1892-02-27
Deathday: 1983-02-05
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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, beginning in 1926 and ending in the 1970s. He frequently played crusty but good-hearted roles. Demarest started in show business working in vaudeville, appearing with his wife Estelle Collette (real name Esther Zychlin) as "Demarest and Colette", then moved on to Broadway. Demarest worked regularly with director Preston Sturges, becoming part of a "stock" troupe of actors that Sturges repeatedly cast in his films. He appeared in ten films written by Sturges, eight of which were under his direction, including The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. Demarest was such a familiar figure at the Paramount studio that just his name was used in the movie Sunset Boulevard as a potential star for William Holden's unsold baseball screenplay.
Demarest appeared with veteran western film star Roscoe Ates in the 1958 episode "And the Desert Shall Blossom" of CBS's Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In the story line, Ates and Demarest appear as old timers living in the Nevada desert. The local sheriff, played by Ben Johnson, appears with an eviction notice, but he agrees to let the pair stay on their property if they can make a dead rosebush bloom within the next month.
In 1959 Demarest was named the lead actor of the 18-week sitcom Love and Marriage on NBC in the 1959–1960 season. Demarest played William Harris, the owner of a failing music company who refuses to handle popular rock and roll music, which presumably might save the firm from bankruptcy. Joining Demarest on the series were Jeanne Bal, Murray Hamilton and Stubby Kaye.
Demarest appeared as Police Chief Aloysius of the Santa Rosita Police Department in the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), as well as on a memorable episode ("What's in the Box") of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone as a hen-pecked husband driven to the murder of his wife.
His most famous television role was in the ABC and then CBS sitcom My Three Sons from 1965 to 1972, playing Uncle Charley O'Casey. He replaced William Frawley, whose failing health had made procuring insurance impossible. Demarest had worked with Fred MacMurray previously in the films Hands Across the Table (1935), Pardon My Past (1945), On Our Merry Way (1948), and The Far Horizons (1955) and was a personal friend of MacMurray. Also, he worked with Irene Dunne in Never a Dull Moment (1950).
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1947 | 55 | The Jolson Story (1946) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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1978-12-19 | The Millionaire | Oscar Pugh |
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1976-07-26 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Studio Gatekeeper |
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1975-05-21 | The Wild McCullochs | Father Gurkin |
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1973-10-10 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Mr. Harris |
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1965-12-02 | That Darn Cat! | Mr. MacDougall |
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1964-02-08 | Viva Las Vegas | Mr. Martin |
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1963-11-07 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Police Chief Aloysius |
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1963-01-16 | Son of Flubber | Mr. Hummel |
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1961-10-17 | Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon | Jeb |
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1961-08-13 | Twenty Plus Two | Desmond Slocum |
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1961-06-11 | King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Henry Hecht |
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1960-12-21 | Pepe | Movie Studio Gateman |
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1956-07-01 | The Rawhide Years | Brand Comfort |
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1956-05-31 | The Mountain | Father Belacchi |
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1955-12-31 | Hell on Frisco Bay | Dan Bianco |
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1955-11-05 | Sincerely Yours | Sam Dunne |
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1955-10-20 | Lucy Gallant | Charles Madden |
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1955-08-02 | The Private War of Major Benson | John |
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1955-07-04 | The Far Horizons | Sgt. Gass |
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1955-02-18 | Jupiter's Darling | Mago |
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1954-11-16 | The Yellow Mountain | Jackpot Wray |
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1953-12-04 | Escape from Fort Bravo | Campbell |
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1953-10-22 | Here Come the Girls | Dennis Logan |
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1953-06-18 | Dangerous When Wet | Pa Higgins |
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1953-03-29 | The Lady Wants Mink | Harvey Jones |
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1952-12-01 | The Blazing Forest | Syd Jessup |
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1952-08-22 | What Price Glory | Corporal Kiper |
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1951-09-22 | Behave Yourself! | O'Ryan |
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1951-08-31 | The Strip | Fluff |
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1951-06-27 | Excuse My Dust | Harvey Bullitt |
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1951-05-04 | The First Legion | Monsignor Michael Carey |
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1950-12-02 | He's a Cockeyed Wonder | Bob Sears |
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1950-08-19 | Never a Dull Moment | Mears |
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1950-04-12 | Riding High | Happy |
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1950-02-17 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Herman Kluggs |
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1949-09-05 | Red, Hot and Blue | Charlie Baxter |
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1949-08-17 | Jolson Sings Again | Steve Martin |
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1949-07-04 | Sorrowful Jones | Regret |
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1948-12-09 | Whispering Smith | Bill Dansing |
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1948-08-20 | Night Has a Thousand Eyes | Lt. Shawn |
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1948-04-30 | The Sainted Sisters | Vern Tewilliger |
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1948-02-03 | On Our Merry Way | Floyd |
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1947-08-29 | Variety Girl | Barker |
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1947-07-04 | The Perils of Pauline | George 'Mac' McGuire |
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1946-10-10 | The Jolson Story | Steve Martin |
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1946-06-14 | Our Hearts Were Growing Up | Peanuts Schultz |
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1945-12-24 | Pardon My Past | Chuck Gibson |
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1945-09-30 | Hollywood Victory Caravan | Bill, the Security Guard |
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1945-09-28 | Duffy's Tavern | William Demarest |
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1945-07-19 | Along Came Jones | George Fury |
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1945-03-22 | Salty O'Rourke | Smitty |
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1944-08-09 | Hail the Conquering Hero | Sgt. Heppelfinger |
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1944-07-18 | The Great Moment | Eben Frost |
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1944-06-29 | Once Upon a Time | Brandt |
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1944-02-17 | Nine Girls | Walter Cummings |
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1943-12-24 | True to Life | Uncle Jake |
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1943-12-12 | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Constable Edmund Kockenlocker |
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1943-09-23 | Dangerous Blondes | Detective Gatling |
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1943-06-24 | Stage Door Canteen | William Demarest |
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1942-12-31 | Johnny Doughboy | Harry Fabian |
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1942-12-09 | Life Begins at Eight-Thirty | Police Officer |
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1942-12-04 | Behind the Eight Ball | McKenzie |
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1942-08-28 | The Palm Beach Story | First Member Ale and Quail Club |
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1942-08-07 | Pardon My Sarong | Detective Kendall |
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1942-06-12 | My Favorite Spy | Flower Pot Policeman |
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1942-03-21 | True to the Army | Sgt. Butts |
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1942-01-10 | All Through the Night | Sunshine |
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1941-12-05 | Glamour Boy | Papa Doran |
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1941-11-30 | Sullivan's Travels | Mr. Jones |
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1941-08-08 | Dressed to Kill | Inspector Pierson |
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1941-05-05 | Country Fair | Stogie McPhee |
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1941-04-18 | Ride on Vaquero | Bartender Barney |
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1941-04-16 | Rookies on Parade | Mike Brady |
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1941-04-11 | The Devil and Miss Jones | First Detective |
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1941-02-25 | The Lady Eve | Muggsy |
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1940-11-29 | Little Men | Constable Tom Thorpe |
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1940-10-25 | Christmas in July | Mr. Bildocker |
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1940-08-16 | The Golden Fleecing | Swallow |
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1940-08-16 | Comin' Round the Mountain | |
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1940-08-01 | The Great McGinty | Skeeters - The Politician |
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1940-03-29 | The Farmer's Daughter | Victor Walsh |
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1940-01-23 | Wolf of New York | Bill Ennis |
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1939-12-01 | Laugh It Off | Barney 'Gimpy' Cole |
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1939-10-19 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Bill Griffith |
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1939-08-10 | Miracles for Sale | Quinn |
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1939-07-29 | The Cowboy Quarterback | Rusty Walker |
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1939-06-02 | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Police Sgt. Ernest Heath |
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1939-02-17 | King of the Turf | Arnold |
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1939-01-13 | The Great Man Votes | Charles Dole |
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1938-12-16 | While New York Sleeps | Red Miller |
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1938-12-02 | Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Daro |
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1938-06-03 | Josette | Joe, Diner Owner |
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1938-06-02 | One Wild Night | Collins |
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1938-05-11 | Romance on the Run | Police Lt. Eckhardt |
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1938-03-18 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Harry Kipper |
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1937-12-24 | Rosalie | Army Coach |
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1937-09-03 | Big City | Mr. Beecher |
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1937-08-23 | Wake Up and Live | Radio Center Tour Guide |
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1937-08-06 | Blonde Trouble | Paul Sears |
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1937-07-16 | Easy Living | Wallace Whistling |
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1937-06-24 | The Great Gambini | Sergeant Kirby |
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1937-05-14 | The Great Hospital Mystery | Mr. Beatty |
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1937-04-26 | The Hit Parade | Parole Officer |
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1937-03-31 | Oh, Doctor | Marty Short |
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1937-03-05 | Don't Tell the Wife | Larry 'Horace' Tucker |
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1937-02-10 | Time Out for Romance | Willoughby Sproggs |
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1936-12-18 | Mind Your Own Business | Droopy |
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1936-12-04 | Charlie Chan at the Opera | Sergeant Kelly |
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1936-11-20 | Love on the Run | Editor |
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1936-10-09 | Wedding Present | 'Smiles' Benson |
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1936-04-08 | The Great Ziegfeld | Gene Buck (uncredited) |
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1935-12-27 | White Lies | Roberts |
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1935-10-18 | Hands Across the Table | Regi's Date Natty (uncredited) |
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1935-09-01 | Diamond Jim | Harry Hill |
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1935-07-27 | Bright Lights | Detective |
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1935-07-12 | The Murder Man | 'Red' Maguire |
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1935-03-15 | The Casino Murder Case | Auctioneer (uncredited) |
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1935-02-22 | After Office Hours | Police Detective (uncredited) |
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1934-12-10 | Fugitive Lady | Steve Rogers |
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1934-06-08 | Many Happy Returns | Brinker |
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1934-06-02 | Fog Over Frisco | Spike Smith |
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1930-11-25 | Seeing Things | The Heir |
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1928-10-07 | The Crash | Louie |
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1928-09-22 | The Butter and Egg Man | Jack McLure |
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1928-05-26 | Five and Ten Cent Annie | Briggs |
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1928-05-12 | Pay as You Enter | 'Terrible Bill' McGovern |
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1928-02-26 | A Girl in Every Port | Man in Bombay (uncredited) |
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1928-01-15 | Sharp Shooters | 'Hi Jack' Murdock |
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1927-11-15 | The Night Court | Defense Counsel |
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1927-10-22 | A Reno Divorce | James, the chauffeur |
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1927-10-06 | The Jazz Singer | Buster Billings (uncredited) |
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1927-09-24 | A Sailor's Sweetheart | Detective |
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1927-06-27 | The First Auto | The Village Cut-Up |
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1927-06-25 | What Happened To Father | Detective Dibbin |
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1927-06-04 | The Black Diamond Express | Train Engine Fireman |
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1927-06-01 | Simple Sis | |
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1927-05-27 | A Million Bid | George Lamont |
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1927-01-22 | Don't Tell the Wife | Ray Valerian |
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1927-01-08 | Finger Prints | Cuffs Egan |