Person
Ernest Truex
Acting · 1889–1973 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Known for
Father Knows Best
Grampa
The Twilight Zone
Pedott
Climax!
Uncle William
Petticoat Junction
Oliver Fenton
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Matinee Theater
1955
Hazel
Robert Dunlap
Studio One
Martin Bristol
The Millionaire
Andrew Sterling
Suspense
George Thomas
Filmography
- 1965FluffyClaridge
- 1963Petticoat JunctionOliver Fenton
- 1963Grindl
- 1961HazelRobert Dunlap
- 1960The Tom Ewell Show
- 1960Pete and Gladys
- 1959Dennis the Menace
- 1959The Twilight ZonePedott
- 1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonDaniel
- 1958The Ann Sothern ShowJason McCauley
- 1958Twilight for the GodsRev. Butterfield
- 1957All Mine to GiveDoctor Delbert
- 1957If You Knew ElizabethUncle John
- 1956The Leather SaintFather Ritchie
- 1955Matinee Theater
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsHoward Rutherford
- 1955Our TownDr. Gibbs
- 1955The MillionaireAndrew Sterling
- 1954Climax!Uncle William
- 1954Father Knows BestGrampa
- 1954Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in WonderlandWhite Knight
- 1954Inner Sanctum
- 1953JamieGrandpa McHummer
- 1950Lux Video TheatreBarkley Cooper
- 1950Cameo Theatre
- 1949SuspenseGeorge Thomas
- 1948Studio OneMartin Bristol
- 1948The Ford Theatre HourDan Dorgan
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse
- 1948The Girl from ManhattanHomer Purdy
- 1948On an Island with You(uncredited)
- 1947Always TogetherTimothy J. Bull
- 1947Kraft Television TheatreWhite Knight
- 1946Night in ParadiseScribe
- 1945Life with BlondieTheodor Glassby
- 1945Club HavanaWilly Kingston
- 1945Men in Her DiaryVernon Williams
- 1945Pan-AmericanaUncle Rudy
- 1944Her Primitive ManUncle Hubert
- 1944Chip Off the Old BlockHenry McHugh
- 1943True to LifeOscar Elkins
- 1943Sleepy LagoonDudley Joyner
- 1943Fired WifeWillie Wilson
- 1943This Is the ArmySoldier's Father (uncredited)
- 1943Rhythm of the IslandsMr. Holton
- 1942The Affairs of MarthaLlewellyn Castle
- 1942Private BuckarooCol. Elias Weatherford
- 1942You're Telling MeCharles Handley
- 1942Twin BedsLarky
- 1942Star Spangled RhythmMurgatroyd
- 1942Don't Get PersonalJules Kinsey
- 1941Unexpected UncleWilkins
- 1941We Go FastHarold Bruggins
- 1941Tillie the ToilerGeorge Winkler
- 1941The Gay VagabondA.J. Wilber
- 1940Christmas in JulyMr. Baxter
- 1940Calling All HusbandsHomer Trippe
- 1940Dance, Girl, DanceBailey #1
- 1940Lillian RussellCharles K. Leonard
- 1940Little OrvieFrank Stone
- 1940Adventure in DiamondsToutasche
- 1940His Girl FridayBensinger
- 1939Slightly HonorableP. Hemingway Collins
- 1939Little AccidentTabby Morgan
- 1939The Under-PupMr. Binns
- 1939These Glamour GirlsAlumnus
- 1939Island of Lost MenFrobenius
- 1939Bachelor MotherInvestigator
- 1939It's a Wonderful WorldWillie Heyward
- 1939AmbushMr. Gibbs
- 1938Swing, Sister, SwingProf. L. Orlando Beebee
- 1938Swing That CheerProfessor Peabody
- 1938Freshman YearProfessor Peabody
- 1938The Adventures of Marco PoloBinguccio
- 1938Start CheeringBlodgett
- 1937Mama Runs WildErnest Summers
- 1936Everybody DanceWilbur Spurgeon
- 1934Gentlemen of the Bar
- 1934Dog-gone Babies
- 1934His Lucky Day
- 1934The Expectant Father
- 1933Get That VenusTom Wilson
- 1933Mr. AdamAdam
- 1933The Warrior's HusbandSapiens
- 1933Whistling in the DarkWallace Porter
- 1923Six Cylinder LoveGilbert Sterling
- 1919Oh, You Women!Abraham Lincoln Jones
- 1918Good-Bye, BillTeddy Swift
- 1918Come on InErnest Short
- 1914The Bomb BoyJimmie - the Messenger Boy
- 1914A Good Little DevilCharles MacLance - a Good Little Devil
- 1914An American CitizenMercury
- 1913CapriceWally Henderson
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