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. Raised in Rich Hill, Missouri, ...
Cremated - ashes scattered somewhere in California
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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."
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Petticoat Junction
1965-1966
TV Series
Tony Allison / Oliver Fenton
Who Goes There?
1965
TV Movie
Cogmire
Hazel
1965
TV Series
Robert Dunlap
Fluffy
1965
Claridge
Bonanza
1964
TV Series
Samuel T. Washburn
Grindl
1964
TV Series
Luther Pontifex
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
TV Series
Homer Johnson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1961-1962
TV Series
Wilkens / Howard Rutherford
The Twilight Zone
1959-1962
TV Series
Charles Whitley / Pedott
The Dick Powell Theatre
1962
TV Series
Dr. Davids
The Red Skelton Hour
1961
TV Series
Dean Whitney
Pete and Gladys
1961
TV Series
Pop / Pops
Dennis the Menace
1960
TV Series
Mr. McGuire
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1960
TV Series
Daniel - Security Guard
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
TV Series
Mr. Steckel
The Ann Sothern Show
1958-1959
TV Series
Jason McCauley / Jason Macauley / Jason Macauly
Twilight for the Gods
1958
Rev. Butterfield
The Millionaire
1958
TV Series
Andrew Sterling
Matinee Theatre
1956-1958
TV Series
Father Knows Best
1957
TV Series
Grampa
Playhouse 90
1957
TV Series
Uncle John
All Mine to Give
1957
Doctor Delbert
Lux Video Theatre
1955-1957
TV Series
Aloysius P. McKeever / Barkley Cooper
The Leather Saint
1956
Father Ritchie
Justice
1954-1956
TV Series
Star Tonight
1955
TV Series
Fred Cotton
Climax!
1955
TV Series
Uncle William
Producers' Showcase
1955
TV Series
Dr. Gibbs
Studio One in Hollywood
1955
TV Series
Martin Bristol
The Elgin Hour
1955
TV Series
Pop
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1953-1955
TV Series
Hudlin / Party Guest / Computer Owner / ...
The United States Steel Hour
1955
TV Series
Dan
Ponds Theater
1954-1955
TV Series
The Halls of Ivy
1954
TV Series
Jamie
1953-1954
TV Series
Grandpa McHummer
Kraft Theatre
1952-1954
TV Series
White Knight
Inner Sanctum
1954
TV Series
Pomeroy
Goodyear Playhouse
1952-1953
TV Series
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1953
TV Series
Medallion Theatre
1953
TV Series
Mister Peepers
1952-1953
TV Series
Mr. Remington
The Plymouth Playhouse
1953
TV Series
Grandpa
Broadway Television Theatre
1952-1953
TV Series
George / Tom Prior / E.M. Burke / ...
The Doctor
1953
TV Series
Schlitz Playhouse
1952
TV Series
Cameo Theatre
1950-1952
TV Series
Celanese Theatre
1952
TV Series
Dr. Anton Krug
Danger
1951
TV Series
The Ford Theatre Hour
1950-1951
TV Series
Dan Dorgan / Father Malachy
Starlight Theatre
1950
TV Series
Strawhat Cinderella
1949
Short
Ernest Truex
Program Playhouse
1949
TV Series
Caspar Milquetoast (in premiere broadcast, 'The Timid Soul')
Suspense
1949
TV Series
George Thomas
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
1948-1949
TV Series
Otto
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
Homer Purdy
On an Island with You
1948
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Always Together
1947
Mr. Timothy J. Bull, Attorney
Night in Paradise
1946
Scribe
Life with Blondie
1945
Theodore Glassby, Apex Advertising
Club Havana
1945
Willy Kingston
Men in Her Diary
1945
Vernon Williams
Pan-Americana
1945
Uncle Rudy
Her Primitive Man
1944
Uncle Hubert
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
Henry McHugh
True to Life
1943
Oscar Elkins
Sleepy Lagoon
1943
Dudley Joyner
Fired Wife
1943
Willie Wilson
This Is the Army
1943
Soldier's Father (uncredited)
Rhythm of the Islands
1943
Mr. Holton
The Crystal Ball
1943
Mr. Martin (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
1942
Llewellyn Castle
Private Buckaroo
1942
Col. Elias Weatherford
You're Telling Me
1942
Charles Handley
Twin Beds
1942
Larky
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Murgatroyd in Priorities Skit
Don't Get Personal
1942
Jules Kinsey
Unexpected Uncle
1941
Wilkins
We Go Fast
1941
Harold Bruggins
Tillie the Toiler
1941
George Winkler
The Gay Vagabond
1941
A.J. Wilber
Christmas in July
1940
Mr. Baxter
Calling All Husbands
1940
Homer Trippe
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
Bailey #1
Lillian Russell
1940
Charles K. Leonard
Little Orvie
1940
Frank Stone
Adventure in Diamonds
1940
Toutasche
His Girl Friday
1940
Bensinger
Slightly Honorable
1939
P. Hemingway Collins
Little Accident
1939
Tabby Morgan
The Under-Pup
1939
Mr. Binns
These Glamour Girls
1939
Alumnus
Island of Lost Men
1939
Frobenius
Bachelor Mother
1939
Investigator
It's a Wonderful World
1939
Willie Heyward
Sales Slips
1939
Short
The Husband
Ambush
1939
Mr. Gibbs
Swing, Sister, Swing
1938
Prof. L. Orlando Beebee
Swing That Cheer
1938
Professor Peabody
Freshman Year
1938
Professor Lucius Peabody
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
Binguccio
Start Cheering
1938
Blodgett
Mama Runs Wild
1937
Ernest Summers
Everybody Dance
1936
Wilbur Spurgeon
Triple Trouble
1936
Short
The Bridegroom
Ladies Love Hats
1935
Short
The Amateur Husband
1935
Short
The Husband
The Light Fantastic
1935
Short
Friendly Spirits
1935
Short
Only the Brave
1935
Short
Chester
Object Not Matrimony
1935
Short
Ernest
The Expectant Father
1934
Short
Gentlemen of the Bar
1934
Short
Dog-gone Babies
1934
Short
Father
Get That Venus
1933
Tom Wilson
The Warrior's Husband
1933
Sapiens
Whistling in the Dark
1933
Wallace Porter
Six Cylinder Love
1923
Gilbert Sterling
The Bashful Lover
1922
Short
Ernest Biggs
Little, But Oh My!
1921
Short
'Shrimp' Biggs
Stick Around
1920
Short
Ernie Biggs
The Night of the Dub
1920
Short
Too Good to Be True
1919
Short
Oh, You Women!
1919
Abraham Lincoln Jones
Good-Bye, Bill
1918
Teddy Swift
Come on In
1918
Ernest Short
Artie, the Millionaire Kid
1916
Artie Hamilton
The Bomb Boy
1914
Short
Jimmie - the Messenger Boy
The Quest of the Sacred Jewel
1914
Short
The Office Boy / Sleuth
Dope
1914
Jimmy Binkley
A Good Little Devil
1914
Charles MacLance - a Good Little Devil
An American Citizen
1914
Mercury
Caprice
1913
Wally Henderson
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dennis the Menace
1960
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Unexpected Uncle
1941
performer: "Strolling Through the Park One Day" 1884 - uncredited
Calling All Husbands
1940
performer: "In My Merry Oldsmobile" 1905 - uncredited