Most Recent Role: Mr. Gratz on Love, American Style
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Wollaston, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday: 2-18-1907
Birth Name: William Andrew Jones
Date of Death: 3-5-1974
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Wollaston, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday: 2-18-1907
Birth Name: William Andrew Jones
Date of Death: 3-5-1974
Billy DeWolfe was a successful character actor, known for his fastidious demeanor and meticulously groomed mustache. His first job in show business was as a theater usher. Knowing the young man wanted to go into show business, the manager of the theater told Billy that his name, Billy Jones, would not be a good stage name. The man gave him his own last name, DeWolfe. Billy developed a stage...
Most Recent Appearance
Love and the Fractured Fibula
Friday 12 October 1973 on ABC
A newly-married wife injures herself to be with her newly-married husband.
Billy's best-known stage routine was "Mrs. Murgatroyd," in which he impersonated a middle-aged lady having lunch after a shopping spree. He repeated a portion of the routine in the film Blue Skies (1946).
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DeWolfe's body is buried at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Billy's parents wanted him to become a Baptist minister, but while he was still young Billy decided on a career as a performer.
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Both of Billy's parents were born in Wales.
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Billy DeWolfe: (his catch phrase after being asked what he's been up to, on many talk shows) Busy, busy, bizz-zzeee!
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Other Appearances
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Good Morning, World
Roland B. Hutton Jr. |
The Pruitts of Southampton
Vernon Bradley (1967) |
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The Queen and I
Oliver Nelson |
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The Doris Day Show
Jarvis |
Toast of the Town
Himself |
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Arthur Murray Party
Billy de Wolfe; Bidu Sayão; Peter Birch Himself |
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Cops and Robbers Inspector |
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Burke's Law
Who Killed the Fat Cat? Artemis Newpenny |
Here's Hollywood
June 26, 1961 Himself |
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Love, American Style
Love and the Fractured Fibula Mr. Gratz |
Rango
Requiem for a Ranger Cribs |
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