Editing William Demarest

{{Short description|American actor (1892–1983)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = William Demarest
| image         = File:William Demarest.png  
| caption       = 1923 photograph of William Demarest 
| birth_name    = Carl William Demarest
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1892|2|27}}
| birth_place   = [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1983|12|28|1892|2|27}}
| death_place   = [[Palm Springs, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California]]
| occupation    = Actor
| yearsactive   = 1906–1978
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Estelle Collette|1923|1941|end=divorced}} (died 1968)
* {{marriage|Lucille Thayer|1942}} (died 2009)
}}
}}

'''Carl William Demarest''' (February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983) was an American actor, known especially for his supporting roles in screwball comedies by [[Preston Sturges]] and as Uncle Charley in the sitcom ''[[My Three Sons]]'' from 1965-72.<ref>Obituary ''Variety'', January 4, 1984</ref> Demarest, who frequently played crusty but good-hearted roles, was a prolific film and television actor, appearing in over 140 films, beginning in 1926 and ending in the late 1970s. Before his career in movies, he performed in [[vaudeville]] for two decades.<ref name="TNYT83">{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |author1-link=Jon Pareles |title=William Demarest, 91, Actor, Known for Roles in Comedies (obituary) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/29/obituaries/william-demarest-91-actor-known-for-roles-in-comedies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 January 2024 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 December 1983 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524142922/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/29/obituaries/william-demarest-91-actor-known-for-roles-in-comedies.html |archive-date=24 May 2015 |page=D19}}</ref>

==Early life==
Carl William Demarest was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the youngest of three sons of Wilhelmina (née Lindgren) and Samuel Demarest.<ref>"Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916," database, Carl William Demorest {{sic}}, February 28, 1892; FHL microfilm 1,309,044, Public Health Center records, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. Retrieved via FamilySearch archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.</ref> During William's infancy, the family moved to New Bridge, a hamlet in Bergen County, New Jersey.  He served in the U.S. Army during World War I.<ref name="Kaufman129">{{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=Dave |title=TV 69: Who's Who, What's What in the New TV Season |type=mass market paperback |year= 1968 |publisher=Signet |location=New York|page=129}}</ref>

== Career ==
Demarest started in show business working in vaudeville, performing initially in his youth with his two older brothers and later with his wife Estelle Collette (real name Esther Zichlin) as "Demarest and Colette".<ref name="TNYT83"/> He then moved to work on Broadway, and by 1926 also began working in films.  By the 1940s he was a member of an informal troupe of actors whom director [[Preston Sturges]] often featured in his [[screwball comedies]], appearing in 10 films written by Sturges, eight of which were under his direction.  Among these he had prominent roles in ''[[The Lady Eve]]'', ''[[Sullivan's Travels]]'', ''[[Hail the Conquering Hero]]'', and ''[[The Miracle of Morgan's Creek]]''. Demarest was such a familiar figure at the [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] studio that just his name was used in the movie ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' as a potential star for [[William Holden]]'s unsold baseball screenplay.

[[File:Don Grady William Demarest My Three Sons 1969.JPG|thumb|Demarest with [[Don Grady]] in ''[[My Three Sons]]'' (1969)]]

In 1951 Demarest had a featured role in ''[[The Strip (1951 film)|The Strip]]'' opposite [[Mickey Rooney]] as a philosophic nightclub owner and pianist fronting for a band composed of [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Jack Teagarden]], [[Barney Bigard]], [[Earl Hines|Earl "Fatha" Hines]], and Rooney himself on drums.

He played folksy Jeb Gaine, an occasional sidekick to the main character, in the 1961–62 season of the Western series ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]''.

Demarest appeared as Police Chief Aloysius of the Santa Rosita Police Department in the film ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963) and in 1964 he co-starred in an episode originally aired in the final season of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' ("[[What's in the Box]]"), portraying a hen-pecked husband who murders his wife, played by [[Joan Blondell]]. Several years later, Blondell and Demarest reunited on an episode of ''[[My Three Sons]]''.

His most famous television role was in the sitcom ''[[My Three Sons]]'' from 1965 to 1972, playing Uncle Charley O'Casey. He replaced [[William Frawley]], who was in failing health. 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 film)|The Far Horizons]]'' (1955) and was a personal friend.

==Awards==
Demarest received a single [[Academy Award]] nomination for his [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|supporting role]] in ''[[The Jolson Story]]'' (1946), playing [[Al Jolson]]'s fictional mentor. He shared the screen with the real Al Jolson in ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''.

Demarest also received an [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] nomination for the 1968–1969 season of ''[[My Three Sons]]'' as [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Role]].

Demarest has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to motion pictures, bestowed upon him on August 8, 1979 by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.walkoffame.com/william-demarest| title=William Demarest| website=Hollywood Walk of Fame| access-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/william-demarest/| title=William Demarest| website=Los Angeles Times| access-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref>  In attendance at the ceremony and then later at [[Musso & Frank Grill]] for celebrations were his ''My Three Sons'' co-stars Fred MacMurray and his wife [[June Haver]], [[Tina Cole]], [[Stanley Livingston]], [[Barry Livingston]], and [[Dawn Lyn]].

In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars]] was dedicated to him.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars+dedicated+by+date.pdf |title=Palm Springs Walk of Stars listed by date dedicated |access-date=August 27, 2022 |archive-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110222055/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Estelle Collette.png|thumb|Demarest's first wife<ref>{{cite news| title=New Life Member| newspaper=Vaudeville News| url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=VVN19210930&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-calneh------#| page=8| date=September 30, 1921| via=University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign University Library Digital Collections| access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>]]

Demarest was married twice. His first wife was his vaudeville partner Estelle Collette, born Esther Zichlin.<ref>"New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", subscribed online database, Carl William Demarest and Esther (née Zichlin) Gordon, February 5, 1923; records of Manhattan, New York accessed via FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 29, 2022.</ref><ref name="JCL1927+">''Jewish Chronicle of London'', January 14, 1927, issue and June 14, 1907, issue. Obituary of her first husband Samuel Gordon (b. 1871 Buk, Bavaria, German Empire, m. June 12, 1907, Miss Esther Zichlin, "a violinist of great promise. There was one child of the marriage, a daughter.", d. 1927 in Wandsworth, London, England).</ref> Demarest helped raise her daughter, author Phyllis Gordon Demarest, from her earlier marriage, in 1907, to English poet and novelist [[Samuel Gordon (novelist)|Samuel Gordon]], who had divorced Zichlin before his death.<ref name="JCL1908">''Jewish Chronicle of London'', April 3, 1908, issue.</ref> Demarest's second wife was Lucille Thayer, born Lucille Theurer, whom he married in Prescott, Arizona, on August 31, 1942.<ref>"Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964," database with images, Carl William Demarest and Lucille Theurer, 31 August 1942 in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona; FHL microfilm record 004251853 in Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives, and Public Records, Phoenix. Original marriage documents accessed via FamilySearch, August 29, 2022.</ref> Thayer, who later became an activist on health issues in the motion picture industry, was appointed California's lay-chairman of the [[American Nurses Association]] in October 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/|title=Ancestry® &#124; Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records|website=www.ancestry.com}}</ref>

==Death==
Demarest died at his home in Palm Springs, California on December 28, 1983,<ref name="TNYT83"/> and his body was interred at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in Glendale, California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/foreverlafieldgu00keis/page/162/mode/2up|title=Forever L.A.|date=August 27, 2010|publisher=Gibbs Smith|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
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==Partial filmography==
===Features===
[[File:Palm Beach Story-Bill Demarest.JPG|thumb|Demarest in ''[[The Palm Beach Story]]'' (1942)]]
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* ''[[When the Wife's Away]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Finger Prints (film)|Finger Prints]]'' (1927) as Cuffs Egan
* ''[[Don't Tell the Wife (1927 film)|Don't Tell the Wife]]'' (1927) as Ray Valerian
* ''[[The Gay Old Bird]]'' (1927) as Mr. Fixit
* ''[[Matinee Ladies]]'' (1927) as Man-About-Town
* ''[[A Million Bid (1927 film)|A Million Bid]]'' (1927) as George Lamont
* ''[[Simple Sis]]'' (1927) as Oscar
* ''[[The Black Diamond Express]]'' (1927) as Fireman
* ''[[What Happened to Father? (1927 film)|What Happened to Father?]]'' (1927) as Detective Dibbin
* ''[[The First Auto]]'' (1927) as The Village Cut-Up
* ''[[The Bush Leaguer]]'' (1927) as John Gilroy
* ''[[A Sailor's Sweetheart]]'' (1927) as Detective
* ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'' (1927) as Buster Billings (uncredited)
* ''[[A Reno Divorce]]'' (1927) as James, the chauffeur
* ''[[Sharp Shooters]]'' (1928) as 'Hi Jack' Murdock
* ''[[A Girl in Every Port (1928 film)|A Girl in Every Port]]'' (1928) as Man in Bombay (uncredited)
* ''[[The Escape (1928 film)|The Escape]]'' (1928) as Trigger Caswell
* ''[[Pay as You Enter]]'' (1928) as 'Terrible Bill' McGovern
* ''[[Five and Ten Cent Annie]]'' (1928) as Briggs
* ''[[The Butter and Egg Man (1928 film)|The Butter and Egg Man]]'' (1928) as Jack McLure
* ''[[The Crash (1928 film)|The Crash]]'' (1928) as Louie
* ''Seeing Things'' (1930)
* ''[[Fog Over Frisco]]'' (1934) as Spike Smith
* ''[[Many Happy Returns (1934 film)|Many Happy Returns]]'' (1934) as Brinker
* ''[[The Circus Clown]]'' (1934) (scenes deleted)
* ''[[Fugitive Lady (1934 film)|Fugitive Lady]]'' (1934) as Steve Rogers
* ''[[After Office Hours]]'' (1935) as Police Detective (uncredited)
* ''[[The Casino Murder Case (film)|The Casino Murder Case]]'' (1935) as Auctioneer (uncredited)
* ''[[The Murder Man]]'' (1935) as 'Red' Maguire
* ''[[Bright Lights (1935 film)|Bright Lights]]'' (1935) as Detective
* ''[[Diamond Jim]]'' (1935) as Harry Hill
* ''[[Hands Across the Table]]'' (1935) as Natty (uncredited)
* ''[[White Lies (1935 film)|White Lies]]'' (1935) as Roberts
* ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'' (1936) as Gene Buck (uncredited)
* ''[[Wedding Present (film)|Wedding Present]]'' (1936) as 'Smiles' Benson
* ''[[Love on the Run (1936 film)|Love on the Run]]'' (1936) as Editor Lees Berger
* ''[[Charlie Chan at the Opera]]'' (1936) as Sergeant Kelly
* ''[[Mind Your Own Business (film)|Mind Your Own Business]]'' (1936) as Droopy
* ''[[Time Out for Romance]]'' (1937) as Willoughby Sproggs
* ''[[Don't Tell the Wife (1937 film)|Don't Tell the Wife]]'' (1937) as Larry 'Horace' Tucker
* ''[[Oh, Doctor]]'' (1937) as Marty Short
* ''[[The Hit Parade (film)|The Hit Parade]]'' (1937) as Parole Officer
* ''[[The Great Hospital Mystery]]'' (1937) as Mr. Beatty
* ''[[The Great Gambini]]'' (1937) as Sergeant Kirby
* ''[[Easy Living (1937 film)|Easy Living]]'' (1937) as Wallace Whistling
* ''[[Blonde Trouble]]'' (1937) as Paul Sears
* ''[[Wake Up and Live]]'' (1937) as Radio Station Attendant
* ''[[Big City (1937 film)|Big City]]'' (1937) as Beecher
* ''[[Rosalie (1937 film)|Rosalie]]'' (1937) as Army Coach
* ''[[Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938 film)|Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm]]'' (1938) as Henry Kipper
* ''[[Romance on the Run]]'' (1938) as Police Lieutenant Eckhardt
* ''[[One Wild Night (film)|One Wild Night]]'' (1938) as Editor Collins
* ''[[Josette (1938 film)|Josette]]'' (1938) as Joe, Diner Owner
* ''[[Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus]]'' (1938) as Daro
* ''[[While New York Sleeps (1938 film)|While New York Sleeps]]'' (1938) as Red Miller
* ''[[The Great Man Votes]]'' (1939) as Charles Dale
* ''[[King of the Turf]]'' (1939) as Arnold
* ''[[The Gracie Allen Murder Case (film)|The Gracie Allen Murder Case]]'' (1939) as Police Sergeant Ernest Heath
* ''[[The Cowboy Quarterback]]'' (1939) as Rusty Walker
* ''[[Miracles for Sale]]'' (1939) as Quinn
* ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'' (1939) as Bill Griffith
* ''[[Laugh It Off (1939 film)|Laugh It Off]]'' (1939) as Barney 'Gimpy' Cole
* ''[[Wolf of New York]]'' (1940) as Bill Ennis
* ''[[The Farmer's Daughter (1940 film)|The Farmer's Daughter]]'' (1940) as Victor Walsh
* ''[[The Great McGinty]]'' (1940) as Skeeters – The Politician
* ''[[Comin' Round the Mountain (1940 film)|Comin' Round the Mountain]]'' (1940) as Gutsy Mann
* ''[[The Golden Fleecing (film)|The Golden Fleecing]]'' (1940) as Swallow
* ''[[Christmas in July (film)|Christmas in July]]'' (1940) as Mr. Bildocker
* ''[[Little Men (1940 film)|Little Men]]'' (1940) as Constable Tom Thorpe
* ''[[The Lady Eve]]'' (1941) as Muggsy
* ''[[The Devil and Miss Jones]]'' (1941) as First Detective
* ''[[Rookies on Parade]]'' (1941) as Mike Brady
* ''[[Ride on Vaquero]]'' (1941) as Bartender Barney
* ''[[Country Fair (film)|Country Fair]]'' (1941) as Stogie McPhee
* ''[[Dressed to Kill (1941 film)|Dressed to Kill]]'' (1941) as Inspector Pierson
* ''[[All Through the Night (film)|All Through the Night]]'' (1941) as Sunshine
* ''[[Sullivan's Travels]]'' (1941) as Mr. Jonas
* ''[[Glamour Boy (film)|Glamour Boy]]'' (1941) as Papa Doran
* ''[[True to the Army]]'' (1942) as Sergeant Butts
* ''[[My Favorite Spy (1942 film)|My Favorite Spy]]'' (1942) as Flower Pot Policeman
* ''[[Pardon My Sarong]]'' (1942) as Detective Kendall
* ''[[The Palm Beach Story]]'' (1942) as First Member Ale and Quail Club
* ''[[Behind the Eight Ball (film)|Behind the Eight Ball]]'' (1942) as McKenzie
* ''[[Life Begins at Eight-Thirty]]'' (1942) as Police Officer
* ''[[Johnny Doughboy]]'' (1942) as Harry Fabian
* ''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]'' (1943) as William Demarest
* ''[[Dangerous Blondes]]'' (1943) as Detective Gatling
* ''[[True to Life (film)|True to Life]]'' (1943) as Uncle Jake
* ''[[The Miracle of Morgan's Creek]]'' (1944) as Constable Edmund Kockenlocker
* ''[[Nine Girls]]'' (1944) as Walter Cummings
* ''[[Once Upon a Time (1944 film)|Once Upon a Time]]'' (1944) as Brandt
* ''[[Hail the Conquering Hero]]'' (1944) as Sergeant Heffelfinger
* ''[[The Great Moment (1944 film)|The Great Moment]]'' (1944) as Eben Frost
* ''[[Salty O'Rourke]]'' (1945) as Smitty
* ''[[Along Came Jones (film)|Along Came Jones]]'' (1945) as George Fury
* ''[[Duffy's Tavern (film)|Duffy's Tavern]]'' (1945) as Himself
* ''[[Pardon My Past]]'' (1945) as Chuck Gibson
* ''[[Our Hearts Were Growing Up]]'' (1946) as Peanuts Schultz
* ''[[The Jolson Story]]'' (1946) as Steve Martin
* ''[[The Perils of Pauline (1947 film)|The Perils of Pauline]]'' (1947) as George 'Mac' McGuire
* ''[[Variety Girl]]'' (1947) as Barker
* ''[[On Our Merry Way]]'' (1948) as Floyd
* ''[[The Sainted Sisters]]'' (1948) as Vern Tewilliger
* ''[[Night Has a Thousand Eyes]]'' (1948) as Lieutenant Shawn
* ''[[Whispering Smith]]'' (1948) as Bill Dansing
* ''[[Sorrowful Jones]]'' (1949) as Regret
* ''[[Jolson Sings Again]]'' (1949) as Steve Martin
* ''[[Red, Hot and Blue (film)|Red, Hot and Blue]]'' (1949) as Charlie Baxter, Press Agent
* ''[[When Willie Comes Marching Home]]'' (1950) as Herman Kluggs
* ''[[Riding High (1950 film)|Riding High]]'' (1950) as Happy
* ''[[Never a Dull Moment (1950 film)|Never a Dull Moment]]'' (1950) as Mears
* ''[[He's a Cockeyed Wonder]]'' (1950) as Bob Sears
* ''[[The First Legion]]'' (1951) as Monsignor Michael Carey
* ''[[Excuse My Dust (1951 film)|Excuse My Dust]]'' (1951) as Harvey Bullitt
* ''[[The Strip (1951 film)|The Strip]]'' (1951) as Fluff
* ''[[Behave Yourself!]]'' (1951) as Officer O'Ryan
* ''[[What Price Glory (1952 film)|What Price Glory]]'' (1952) as Corporal Kiper
* ''[[The Blazing Forest]]'' (1952) as Syd Jessup
* ''[[The Lady Wants Mink]]'' (1953) as Harvey Jones
* ''[[Dangerous When Wet]]'' (1953) as Pa Higgins
* ''[[Here Come the Girls (1953 film)|Here Come the Girls]]'' (1953) as Dennis Logan
* ''[[Escape from Fort Bravo]]'' (1953) as Campbell
* ''[[The Yellow Mountain]]'' (1954) as Jackpot Wray
* ''[[Jupiter's Darling (film)|Jupiter's Darling]]'' (1955) as Mago
* ''[[The Far Horizons (1955 film)|The Far Horizons]]'' (1955) as Sergeant Gass
* ''[[The Private War of Major Benson]]'' (1955) as John
* ''[[Lucy Gallant]]'' (1955) as Charles Madden
* ''[[Sincerely Yours (film)|Sincerely Yours]]'' (1955) as Sam Dunne
* ''[[Hell on Frisco Bay]]'' (1956) as Dan Bianco
* ''[[The Rawhide Years]]'' (1956) as Brand Comfort
* ''[[The Mountain (1956 film)|The Mountain]]'' (1956) as Father Belacchi
* ''[[Pepe (1960 film)|Pepe]]'' (1960) as Movie Studio Gateman
* ''[[The Big Bankroll]]'' (1961) as Henry Hecht
* ''[[Twenty Plus Two]]'' (1961) as Desmond Slocum
* ''[[Son of Flubber]]'' (1963) as Mr. Hummel
* ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963) as Aloysius, Chief of the Santa Rosita Police Department
* ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]'' (1964) as Mr. Martin
* ''[[That Darn Cat! (1965 film)|That Darn Cat]]'' (1965) as Mr. MacDougall
* ''[[Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973 film)|Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark]]'' (1973) as Mr. Harris
* ''[[The Wild McCullochs]]'' (1975) as Father Gurkin
* ''[[Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood]]'' (1976) as Studio Gatekeeper
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===Short subjects===
* ''A Night at Coffee Dan's'' (1927) as M.C.
* ''Amateur Night'' (1927) as Theatre Manager
* ''The Night Court'' (1927) as Defense Counsel (uncredited)
* ''Seeing Things'' (1930)
* ''The Run Around'' (1932)

===Television===
* ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'' in 5 episodes (1957–1958) as Mr. Daly
* ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1958) (Season 4 Episode 11: "And the Desert Shall Blossom") as Tom Akins
* ''[[The Rebel (American TV series)|The Rebel]]'' in "The Hope Chest (1960) as Ulysses Bowman
* ''[[Love and Marriage (1959 TV series)|Love and Marriage]]'' (1959–1960) as William Harris
* ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'' (1961–1962) as Jeb Gaine
*Wagon Train in season 4, episode 25 (3/15/61) The Christopher Hale Story
* ''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]'' in "The Slasher" (1963) as Marty
* ''[[Bonanza]]'' in the episode "The Hayburner" (1963) as Enos Milford
* ''[[Bonanza]]'' in the episode "Old Sheba" (1964) as Angus Tweedy
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' in the episode "What's in the Box?" (1964) as Joe Britt
* ''[[My Three Sons]]'' (215 episodes, 1965–1972) as Uncle Charley O'Casey
* ''[[McMillan and Wife]]'' [Two Dollars on Trouble to Win] S2/Ep07 (1973) as Uncle Cyrus, [Deadly Inheritance] S5/E01 (1975) as Andy Kenesaw

==Radio appearances==
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| 1940|| ''[[Stars over Hollywood]]'' || ''The Town Constable''<ref name=ndw13>{{cite journal|title=Those Were the Days|journal=Nostalgia Digest|date=Winter 2013|volume=39|issue=1|pages=32–41}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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