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Ernest Truex (1889–1973)

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The ultimate milquetoast and ineffectual boss in comedy outings, meek character actor Ernest Truex was a small (5'3"), adenoidal, very well-dressed fellow, a popular avuncular type in later years who enjoyed a seven-decade-long career. He was born September 19, 1889, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of a physician... See full bio »

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in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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(age 83) in Fallbrook, California, USA
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1965-1966 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Oliver Fenton / Tony Allison
– Young Love (1966) … Tony Allison
– Billie Jo's First Job (1965) … Oliver Fenton
 
1965 Hazel (TV series)
Robert Dunlap
– Who's in Charge Here? (1965) … Robert Dunlap
 
1965 Fluffy
Claridge
 
1964 Bonanza (TV series)
Samuel T. Washburn
– Square Deal Sam (1964) … Samuel T. Washburn
 
1964 Grindl (TV series)
Luther Pontifex
– Everything's Coming Up Roses (1964) … Luther Pontifex
 
1963 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
Homer Johnson
– One Rainy Night (1963) … Homer Johnson
 
1961-1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Howard Rutherford / Wilkens
– The Matched Pearl (1962) … Wilkens
– The Pearl Necklace (1961) … Howard Rutherford
 
1959-1962 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Charles Whitley / Pedott
– Kick the Can (1962) … Charles Whitley
– What You Need (1959) … Pedott
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Davids
– A Time to Die (1962) … Dr. Davids
 
1961 Pete and Gladys (TV series)
Pop
– Mannequin Story (1961) … Pop
– Pop's Girlfriend (1961) … Pop
– A Study in Gray (1961) … Pop
– Secretary for a Day (1961) … Pop
– The Orchid Story (1961) … Pop
See all 6 episodes »
 
1960 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Mr. McGuire
– The Christmas Horse (1960) … Mr. McGuire
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Daniel
– Silent Panic (1960) … Daniel
 
1960 The Tom Ewell Show (TV series)
Mr. Steckel
– The Friendly Man (1960) … Mr. Steckel
 
1958-1959 The Ann Sothern Show (TV series)
Jason McCauley
– The O'Connors Stick Together (1959) … Jason McCauley
– Hurrah for the Irish (1959) … Jason McCauley
– Five Year Itch (1959) … Jason McCauley
– East Side Story (1958) … Jason McCauley
– The Boss's Son (1958) … Jason McCauley
See all 10 episodes »
 
1958 Twilight for the Gods
Rev. Butterfield
 
1958 The Millionaire (TV series)
Andrew Sterling
– The Andrew Sterling Story (1958) … Andrew Sterling
 
1957 Father Knows Best (TV series)
Grampa
– Grandpa Retires (1957) … Grampa
 
1957 All Mine to Give
Doctor Delbert
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Uncle John
– If You Knew Elizabeth (1957) … Uncle John
 
1955-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Lucerne / Mother
– It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1957) … Lucerne
– Make Way for Tomorrow (1955) … Mother
 
1956 The Leather Saint
Father Ritchie
 
1954-1956 Justice (TV series)
– Eyewitness (1956)
– Call Me Guilty (1954)
 
1955 Star Tonight (TV series)
Fred Cotton
– Have Faith in Your Agent (1955) … Fred Cotton
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
Uncle William
– House of Shadows (1955) … Uncle William
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Dr. Gibbs
– Our Town (1955) … Dr. Gibbs
 
1955 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Martin Bristol
– The Spongers (1955) … Martin Bristol
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Pop
– Midsummer Melody (1955) … Pop
 
1953-1955 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Capt. Elijah Whittaker / Computer Owner / Hudlin / …
– Crack-Up (1955)
– The Fatal Trap (1955)
– Fred Allen's Sketchbook (1954) … Hudlin / Party Guest / Computer Owner
– The Anchorage (1953) … Capt. Elijah Whittaker
 
1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Dan
– Man in the Corner (1955) … Dan
 
1954-1955 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– Thirty, Honey, Thirty (1955)
– The Passionate Bystander (1954)
 
1953-1954 Jamie (TV series)
Grandpa McHummer
– Camp (1954) … Grandpa McHummer
– Jamie and the Pet Shop (1954) … Grandpa McHummer
– Jamie Has Teacher Trouble (1954) … Grandpa McHummer
– Bicycle Built for Jamie (1954) … Grandpa McHummer
– Aunt Laurie's Birthday (1954) … Grandpa McHummer
See all 18 episodes »
 
1952-1954 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
White Knight
– Alice in Wonderland (1954) … White Knight
– The Rainy Day (1953)
– The Mollusc (1952)
 
1954 Inner Sanctum (TV series)
Pomeroy
– The Yellow Parakeet (1954) … Pomeroy
 
1952-1953 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– A. Fadeout (1953)
– The Cipher (1953)
– Her Prince Charming (1953)
– Mr. Quimby's Christmas Hats (1952)
 
1953 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– The Grand Cross of the Crescent (1953)
 
1953 The Plymouth Playhouse (TV series)
Grandpa
– Jamie (1953) … Grandpa
 
1952-1953 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
E.M. Burke / George / Timothy Spangle / …
– George and Margaret (1953) … George
– Outward Bound (1952) … Tom Prior
– Nothing But the Truth (1952) … E.M. Burke
– Angel in the Pawnshop (1952) … Timothy Spangle
 
1953 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Velvet Mitten (1953)
 
1953 The Doctor (TV series)
– Googan (1953)
 
1952-1953 Mister Peepers (TV series)
Mr. Remington
– Episode #1.23 (1953) … Mr. Remington
– Episode #1.21 (1953) … Mr. Remington
– Episode #1.12 (1952) … Mr. Remington
– Episode #1.11 (1952) … Mr. Remington
 
1950-1952 Cameo Theatre (TV series)
– The Canon's Curtain (1952)
– The Canon's Curtain (1950)
– Weep for the Heart (1950)
 
1952 Celanese Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Anton Krug
– Reunion in Vienna (1952) … Dr. Anton Krug
 
1951 Danger (TV series)
– Final Rejection (1951)
 
1950-1951 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
Dan Dorgan / Father Malachy
– The Ghost Patrol (1951) … Dan Dorgan
– The Ghost Patrol (1951) … Dan Dorgan
– Father Malachy's Miracle (1950) … Father Malachy
 
1950 Starlight Theatre (TV series)
– The Philanderer (1950)
– Much Ado About Spring (1950)
 
1949 Program Playhouse (TV series)
Caspar Milquetoast (in premiere broadcast, 'The Timid Soul')
 
1949 Suspense (TV series)
George
– Suspicion (1949) … George
 
1948-1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
Otto
– Suppressed Desires (1949)
– Home Life of a Buffalo (1948) … Otto
 
1948 The Girl from Manhattan
Homer Purdy
 
1947 Always Together
Mr. Timothy J. Bull, Attorney
 
1946 Night in Paradise
Scribe
 
1945 Life with Blondie
Theodore Glassby, Apex Advertising
 
1945 Club Havana
Willy Kingston
 
1945 Men in Her Diary
Vernon Williams
 
1945 Pan-Americana
Uncle Rudy
 
1944 Her Primitive Man
Uncle Hubert
 
1944 Chip Off the Old Block
Henry McHugh
 
1943 True to Life
Oscar Elkins
 
1943 Sleepy Lagoon
Dudley Joyner
 
1943 Fired Wife
Willie Wilson
 
1943 This Is the Army
Father of Soldier (uncredited)
 
1943 Rhythm of the Islands
Mr. Holton
 
1943 The Crystal Ball
Mr. Martin (uncredited)
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Murgatroyd in Priorities Skit
 
1942 The Affairs of Martha
Llewellyn Castle
 
1942 Private Buckaroo
Col. Elias Weatherford
 
1942 You're Telling Me
Charles Handley
 
1942 Twin Beds
Larky
 
1942 Don't Get Personal
Jules Kinsey
 
1941 Unexpected Uncle
Wilkins, Johnny's Valet
 
1941 We Go Fast
Harold Bruggins
 
1941 Tillie the Toiler
George Winkler
 
1941 The Gay Vagabond
A.J. Wilber
 
1940 Christmas in July
Mr. J.B. Baxter
 
1940 Calling All Husbands
Homer Trippe
 
1940 Dance, Girl, Dance
Bailey #1
 
1940 Lillian Russell
Charles Leonard
 
1940 Little Orvie
Frank Stone
 
1940 Adventure in Diamonds
Toutasche
 
1940 His Girl Friday
Bensinger
 
1939 Slightly Honorable
P. Hemingway Collins
 
1939 Little Accident
Tabby Morgan
 
1939 The Under-Pup
Mr. Binns
 
1939 These Glamour Girls
Alumnus of Harvard
 
1939 Island of Lost Men
Frobenius
 
1939 Bachelor Mother
Investigator
 
1939 It's a Wonderful World
Willie Heyward
 
1939 Sales Slips (short)
The Husband
 
1939 Ambush
Mr. Gibbs
 
1938 Swing, Sister, Swing
Prof. L. Orlando Beebee
 
1938 Swing That Cheer
Professor Peabody
 
1938 Freshman Year
Professor Lucius Peabody
 
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo
Binguccio
 
1938 Start Cheering
Blodgett
 
1937 Mama Runs Wild
Ernest Summers
 
1936 Everybody Dance
Wilbur Spurgeon
 
1936 Triple Trouble (short)
The Bridegroom
 
1935 Ladies Love Hats (short)
 
1935 The Amateur Husband (short)
The Husband
 
1935 The Light Fantastic (short)
 
1935 Friendly Spirits (short)
 
1935 Only the Brave (short)
Chester
 
1935 Object Not Matrimony (short)
 
1934 Gentlemen of the Bar (short)
 
1933 Get That Venus
Tom Wilson
 
1933 The Warrior's Husband
Sapiens
 
1933 Whistling in the Dark
Wallace Porter
 
1923 Six Cylinder Love
Gilbert Sterling
 
1922 The Bashful Lover (short)
Ernest Biggs
 
1921 Stick Around (short)
Ernie Biggs
 
1921 Little, But Oh My! (short)
 
1920 The Night of the Dub (short)
 
1919 Too Good to Be True (short)
 
1919 Oh, You Women!
Abraham Lincoln Jones
 
1918 Good-Bye, Bill
Teddy Swift
 
1918 Come on In
Ernest Short
 
1916 Artie, the Millionaire Kid
Artie Hamilton
 
1914 The Bomb Boy (short)
 
1914 The Quest of the Sacred Jewel (short)
The office boy
 
1914 Dope
Jimmy Binkley
 
1914 A Good Little Devil
Charles MacLance
 
1914 An American Citizen
Mercury
 
1913 Caprice
Wally Henderson
 
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1960 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
– The Christmas Horse (1960) (performer: "Silent Night")
 
1941 Unexpected Uncle (performer: "Strolling Through the Park One Day" 1884)
 
1940 Calling All Husbands (performer: "In My Merry Oldsmobile" 1905 - uncredited)
 
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo (performer: "Charming Eyes" - uncredited)
 
1933 Whistling in the Dark ("Yankee Doodle" ca. 1755 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1945 Salome Where She Danced (dialogue director)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1922 The Bashful Lover (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1951 Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.15 (1951) … Himself
 
1949 Straw Hat Cinderella (short)
Himself
 

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Height:

5' 3" (1.60 m)
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Grew up in Rich Hill, Missouri. There he entered acting school at age five. When he was nine, he went on a tour through Missouri and Kansas as "The Child Wonder in Scenes from Shakespeare." See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo