William Demarest: William Demarest. Actor: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. A stocky, serious-looking character, Carl William Demarest started off in vaudeville in 1905 along with two older brothers. At one time he also performed in a stage act with his wife Estelle Collette (billed as 'Demarest and Collette') and then moved on to Broadway. He entered movies in 1926 and first appeared in Vitaphone one-reelers and in films for Warner Brothers, which...
Known For: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Bill Griffith), My Three Sons (Uncle Charley O'Casey), It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Aloysius), The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Constable Edmund Kockenlocker)