Billy De Wolfe (February 18, 1907 – March 5, 1974) was an American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974.
Life
Born William Andrew Jones in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, DeWolfe was the son of a Welshbookbinder who encouraged him to become a Baptist minister. Instead, "Billy" developed an interest in the theatre. He found work as an usher before becoming a dancer with the Jimmy O'Connor Band. It was at this point that he changed his last name to De Wolfe, which was the last name of the manager of the Massachusetts theatre where he worked. He went on to tour Europe with a dance team, appearing in a London revue called "Revels in Rhythm" and "danced before royalty on nine continents." At some point during World War II, he served in the United States Navy until he was discharged for "medical" reasons in 1944.
He signed with Paramount Pictures in 1943 and became a reliable comedian. His pencil-mustached and often pompous character contrasted humorously with the films' romantic leads. His best-known role of his Paramount tenure is probably the ham actor turned silent-movie villain in the 1947 fictionalizedPearl White biography The Perils of Pauline. De Wolfe became known for his portrayal of fussy, petty men ("Never touch!," he would say imperiously whenever someone accosted him physically). A New York Times review of his 1948 film Isn't It Romantic? strongly criticized the way the other actors' material limited their performances, contrasting their performances with his: "But Mr. De Wolfe is nothing daunted. He rips up the place with great delight. The material is at his mercy. Likewise the scenery. And he chews it to bits."
Funny Man Billy DeWolfe stepping out of character on Good Morning World.
He is one of my favorite entertainers!!!!
published: 16 Feb 2017
You're Dependable from Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
My favourite song from this movie (which is odd since it doesn't have Doris singing in it lol)
Billy De Wolfe & Anne Triola singing You're Dependable from the Doris Day music Lullaby of Broadway.
published: 04 May 2008
Ban Roll On with Billy DeWolfe
When I think way back (to the 1960s), sometimes old ladies with mustaches would really want to kiss you!! And then when they did kiss you, the rule was to always wait until they walked away before you could wipe it off.
If a middle-aged guy with a mustache dressed like an old lady was trying to kiss me, I'd think that Ban Roll-on would come in handy?? It could help me stay dry and odor-free as I was stickin' and movin'...
published: 14 Jul 2009
Round Tones (Like An Orange)
Betty Hutton and Billy De Wolfe share a fun moment in the 1947 biopic of Pearl White.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039698/
Though not quite the masterpiece Singin' in the Rain is, this lesser known musical similarly deals with early filmmaking and its initial struggles. The film is available on dvd.
published: 03 Oct 2006
Hermione Gingold and Billy De Wolfe: "Winter in Palm Springs" (1955)
In this video I am at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy Massachusetts to visit with character actor Billy De Wolfe
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published: 13 Dec 2023
ban commercial 1960 s billy de wolfe
published: 18 Dec 2023
Retro Ban Deodorant Commercial 60s Billy De Wolfe
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published: 18 Aug 2022
Billy Bob’s Wonderland - Billy Con IV July 2024 - Rolfe DeWolfe and Earl Schmerle
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The Perils Of Pauline - Full Movie | Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest
Featuring Frank Loesser’s Oscar nominated song, "I Wish I Didn’t Love You So," The Perils of Pauline is about the rise to fame of silent screen star Pearl White (Betty Hutton). Directed by George Marshall (The Blue Dahlia, Houdini), the cast includes such stars as Billy De Wolfe, John Lund, and William Demarest, plus appearances by silent screen aces Snub Pollard and Chester Conklin. Still, it’s Hutton’s movie all the way – her energy and charisma highlight this tribute to the golden age of moviemaking!
Director: George Marshall
Writers: P.J. Wolfson, Frank Butler
Starring: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest, Constance Collier, Frank Faylen
My favourite song from this movie (which is odd since it doesn't have Doris singing in it lol)
Billy De Wolfe & Anne Triola singing You're Dependable from the ...
My favourite song from this movie (which is odd since it doesn't have Doris singing in it lol)
Billy De Wolfe & Anne Triola singing You're Dependable from the Doris Day music Lullaby of Broadway.
My favourite song from this movie (which is odd since it doesn't have Doris singing in it lol)
Billy De Wolfe & Anne Triola singing You're Dependable from the Doris Day music Lullaby of Broadway.
When I think way back (to the 1960s), sometimes old ladies with mustaches would really want to kiss you!! And then when they did kiss you, the rule was to alwa...
When I think way back (to the 1960s), sometimes old ladies with mustaches would really want to kiss you!! And then when they did kiss you, the rule was to always wait until they walked away before you could wipe it off.
If a middle-aged guy with a mustache dressed like an old lady was trying to kiss me, I'd think that Ban Roll-on would come in handy?? It could help me stay dry and odor-free as I was stickin' and movin'...
When I think way back (to the 1960s), sometimes old ladies with mustaches would really want to kiss you!! And then when they did kiss you, the rule was to always wait until they walked away before you could wipe it off.
If a middle-aged guy with a mustache dressed like an old lady was trying to kiss me, I'd think that Ban Roll-on would come in handy?? It could help me stay dry and odor-free as I was stickin' and movin'...
Betty Hutton and Billy De Wolfe share a fun moment in the 1947 biopic of Pearl White.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039698/
Though not quite the masterpie...
Betty Hutton and Billy De Wolfe share a fun moment in the 1947 biopic of Pearl White.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039698/
Though not quite the masterpiece Singin' in the Rain is, this lesser known musical similarly deals with early filmmaking and its initial struggles. The film is available on dvd.
Betty Hutton and Billy De Wolfe share a fun moment in the 1947 biopic of Pearl White.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039698/
Though not quite the masterpiece Singin' in the Rain is, this lesser known musical similarly deals with early filmmaking and its initial struggles. The film is available on dvd.
Released in Sept. 1955 on CORAL 45 rpm single, #Q72100
Reissued on the 1957 CORAL LP, "Fun Time", CRL 57072 (MG 4826)
Tech data: mastered with AVA triple filte...
In this video I am at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy Massachusetts to visit with character actor Billy De Wolfe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_De_Wolf...
In this video I am at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy Massachusetts to visit with character actor Billy De Wolfe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_De_Wolfe
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In this video I am at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy Massachusetts to visit with character actor Billy De Wolfe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_De_Wolfe
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Featuring Frank Loesser’s Oscar nominated song, "I Wish I Didn’t Love You So," The Perils of Pauline is about the rise to fame of silent screen star Pearl White...
Featuring Frank Loesser’s Oscar nominated song, "I Wish I Didn’t Love You So," The Perils of Pauline is about the rise to fame of silent screen star Pearl White (Betty Hutton). Directed by George Marshall (The Blue Dahlia, Houdini), the cast includes such stars as Billy De Wolfe, John Lund, and William Demarest, plus appearances by silent screen aces Snub Pollard and Chester Conklin. Still, it’s Hutton’s movie all the way – her energy and charisma highlight this tribute to the golden age of moviemaking!
Director: George Marshall
Writers: P.J. Wolfson, Frank Butler
Starring: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest, Constance Collier, Frank Faylen
Featuring Frank Loesser’s Oscar nominated song, "I Wish I Didn’t Love You So," The Perils of Pauline is about the rise to fame of silent screen star Pearl White (Betty Hutton). Directed by George Marshall (The Blue Dahlia, Houdini), the cast includes such stars as Billy De Wolfe, John Lund, and William Demarest, plus appearances by silent screen aces Snub Pollard and Chester Conklin. Still, it’s Hutton’s movie all the way – her energy and charisma highlight this tribute to the golden age of moviemaking!
Director: George Marshall
Writers: P.J. Wolfson, Frank Butler
Starring: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest, Constance Collier, Frank Faylen
My favourite song from this movie (which is odd since it doesn't have Doris singing in it lol)
Billy De Wolfe & Anne Triola singing You're Dependable from the Doris Day music Lullaby of Broadway.
When I think way back (to the 1960s), sometimes old ladies with mustaches would really want to kiss you!! And then when they did kiss you, the rule was to always wait until they walked away before you could wipe it off.
If a middle-aged guy with a mustache dressed like an old lady was trying to kiss me, I'd think that Ban Roll-on would come in handy?? It could help me stay dry and odor-free as I was stickin' and movin'...
Betty Hutton and Billy De Wolfe share a fun moment in the 1947 biopic of Pearl White.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039698/
Though not quite the masterpiece Singin' in the Rain is, this lesser known musical similarly deals with early filmmaking and its initial struggles. The film is available on dvd.
In this video I am at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy Massachusetts to visit with character actor Billy De Wolfe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_De_Wolfe
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Featuring Frank Loesser’s Oscar nominated song, "I Wish I Didn’t Love You So," The Perils of Pauline is about the rise to fame of silent screen star Pearl White (Betty Hutton). Directed by George Marshall (The Blue Dahlia, Houdini), the cast includes such stars as Billy De Wolfe, John Lund, and William Demarest, plus appearances by silent screen aces Snub Pollard and Chester Conklin. Still, it’s Hutton’s movie all the way – her energy and charisma highlight this tribute to the golden age of moviemaking!
Director: George Marshall
Writers: P.J. Wolfson, Frank Butler
Starring: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest, Constance Collier, Frank Faylen
Billy De Wolfe (February 18, 1907 – March 5, 1974) was an American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974.
Life
Born William Andrew Jones in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, DeWolfe was the son of a Welshbookbinder who encouraged him to become a Baptist minister. Instead, "Billy" developed an interest in the theatre. He found work as an usher before becoming a dancer with the Jimmy O'Connor Band. It was at this point that he changed his last name to De Wolfe, which was the last name of the manager of the Massachusetts theatre where he worked. He went on to tour Europe with a dance team, appearing in a London revue called "Revels in Rhythm" and "danced before royalty on nine continents." At some point during World War II, he served in the United States Navy until he was discharged for "medical" reasons in 1944.
He signed with Paramount Pictures in 1943 and became a reliable comedian. His pencil-mustached and often pompous character contrasted humorously with the films' romantic leads. His best-known role of his Paramount tenure is probably the ham actor turned silent-movie villain in the 1947 fictionalizedPearl White biography The Perils of Pauline. De Wolfe became known for his portrayal of fussy, petty men ("Never touch!," he would say imperiously whenever someone accosted him physically). A New York Times review of his 1948 film Isn't It Romantic? strongly criticized the way the other actors' material limited their performances, contrasting their performances with his: "But Mr. De Wolfe is nothing daunted. He rips up the place with great delight. The material is at his mercy. Likewise the scenery. And he chews it to bits."
Locked within Luciferian stronghold A damnation terminal Makes this flesh the trigger Predatory action must be taken Under sweeping wings burnt cold Doomed hard and forever more Way down in the dark Utter death has been lurking This beast a hard drugged assassin Bearing fangs and weapons of murder Acid surging blood flow Bleed by own hand, defiance ungodly By withered tongue unspoken Cries of thorn clad rebellion Bury morals deep in the ground Turn this face to stone Leave veins all wide open Turn as ice so cold Leave the forest frozen
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) ...Rankin/Bass) ... The song didn’t really have a villain — other than that traffic cop and the sun — so this special adds a failed magician (Billy De Wolfe) trying to grab Frosty’s hat for himself ... .
The majority of WebbCity’s experience is on the defensive side of the football with returning starters in Dante Washington (CB), Kaylor Darnell (DB), Billy Wolfe (LB), A.J.Bash (DL) and Lucas Ott (LB/DE) ... REPUBLIC AT CARTHAGE ... CARL JUNCTION AT OZARK ... .
8pm, Channel 4... But as Rhea (Jenni Baird) resurfaces with blackmail on her mind, Meghan (Jessica De Gouw) is preoccupied serving up stark ultimatums. Danielle de Wolfe ... BillyWilder meets Agatha Christie in court and the verdict is unanimously positive.