Billy DeWolfe's life was a culmination of five decades in the show business, a career that spanned his entire life. The effeminate antics of Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, and Franklin Pangborn likely inspired Billy's own burlesque clown performances.
Personal Details
BornFeb 18, 1907 Wollaston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Career
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1974

Free to Be... You & Me as The Principal (voice)
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1973

The World's Greatest Athlete as Dean Maxwell
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1969

Arsenic and Old Lace as Officer O'Hara
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Frosty the Snowman as Professor Hinkle (voice)
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1967

Good Morning World as Roland Hutton Jr.
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1966
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1965

Billie as Mayor Charlie Davis
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1953

Call Me Madam as Pemberton Maxwell
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1951

Lullaby of Broadway as Lefty Mack
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Dear Brat as Albert
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1950

Tea for Two as Larry Blair
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1949

Dear Wife as Albert Krummer
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1948

Isn't It Romantic as Horace Frazier
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1947

The Perils of Pauline as Mr. Timmy Timmons
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Dear Ruth as Albert Kummer
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Variety Girl as Billy De Wolfe
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1946

Our Hearts Were Growing Up as Roland du Frere
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Blue Skies as Tony
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Miss Susie Slagle's as Ben Mead
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1945

Duffy's Tavern as Doctor
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1943

Dixie as Mr. Bones