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Billy De Wolfe (February 18, 1907 - March 5, 1974) was an American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. He was a good friend of Doris Day from the time of their meeting during the filming of Tea for Two (1950) until his death. He was never married.
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Trademark
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High Pitched, nasal, prissy voice
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Repetition of words or phrases several times comically
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Quote
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I've been trying to kill off the old girl for years. Strangers waylay me and insist that I entertain their women's club--'and be sure to bring along Mrs. Murgatroyd," they giggle. Almost every mail contains requests from dramatic groups for rights to the material. Millinery agents want to put out Mrs. Murgatroyd hats. I'm haunted by the dame! BD, referring to his blowzy and very popular matronly drag character, Mrs. Murgatroyd
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As long as it's show business, I'm happy.
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Fact
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His parents wanted him to become a Baptist minister.
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Was cast in the role of foppish dress designer Madame Lucy in the revival of the musical Irene, opposite Debbie Reynolds, but had to withdraw during pre-Broadway tryouts when his health took a turn for the worse. Veteran character actor George S. Irving replaced him and went on to win a Tony Award for best featured actor in a musical in 1974, the year of De Wolfe's death.
Although versatile in musical comedy, he is perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of Willard Jarvis, Doris Martin's neighbor on The Doris Day Show (1968).
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Interred in his family's plot marked William A. Jones AKA Billy De Wolfe at the Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy MA
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Billy took his stage name from the manager of the Quincy Massachusetts theater where he worked as an usher after school.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Free to Be... You & Me
1974
TV Movie
The Principal (voice)
Love, American Style
1973
TV Series
Mr. Gratz (segment "Love and the Fractured Fibula")
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
Dean Maxwell
The Doris Day Show
1970-1973
TV Series
Willard Jarvis
Billy De Wolfe
Randolph Jarvis
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1970
TV Series
Delbert Deloy
Frosty the Snowman
1969
TV Short
The Magician (voice)
That Girl
1966-1969
TV Series
Jules Benedict
The Queen and I
1969
TV Series
First Officer Oliver Nelson
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
TV Movie
Officer O'Hara
Good Morning, World
1967-1968
TV Series
Roland B. Hutton Jr.
The Phyllis Diller Show
1967
TV Series
Vernon Bradley
Rango
1967
TV Series
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1965
TV Series
Rex Spaulding
Billie
1965
Mayor Charlie Davis
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1965
TV Series
Inspector
Burke's Law
1965
TV Series
Artemis Newpenny
Johnny Midnight
1960
TV Series
Damon
The Imogene Coca Show
1954
TV Series
Regular (1954-55)
Call Me Madam
1953
Pemberton Maxwell
Dear Brat
1951
Albert
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
Lefty Mack
Tea for Two
1950
Larry Blair
Dear Wife
1949
Albert Kummer
Isn't It Romantic?
1948
Horace Frazier
Variety Girl
1947
Billy De Wolfe
The Perils of Pauline
1947
Mr. Timmy Timmons
Dear Ruth
1947
Albert Kummer (as Billy DeWolfe)
Blue Skies
1946
Tony
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
Roland du Frere
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
Ben Mead
Duffy's Tavern
1945
Doctor
Dixie
1943
Mr. Bones
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
performer: "You're Dependable", "We'd Like to Go on a Trip"
Tea for Two
1950
performer: "Charleston"
Isn't It Romantic?
1948
performer: "Miss Julie July", "Indiana Dinner", "At the Nickolodeon"
Duffy's Tavern
1945
performer: "Swinging on a Star"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1969-1972
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
1962-1972
TV Series
Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Comedian / Himself - Comic / ...
Mantrap
1971
TV Series
Himself
The Dean Martin Show
1968
TV Series
Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
1965
TV Series
Himself
The Hollywood Palace
1965
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1963-1964
TV Series
Himself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
1958-1962
TV Series
Himself
The Tonight Show
1962
TV Series
Himself - Comic Actor
Here's Hollywood
1961
TV Series
Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1951-1958
TV Series
Himself
The Arthur Murray Party
1957
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Frosty the Snowman (1969) as The Magician
Good Morning, World (1967-1968) as Roland B. Hutton Jr.