Doodles Weaver
Doodles Weaver
Wacky comic actor Doodles Weaver started appearing in films in the late '30s, usually playing country-bumpkin bits. He rose to fame as a musician/comedian with the Spike Jones Orchestra, regaling audiences with his double-talk renditions of such tunes as "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" and "The Whiffenpoof Song." His most popular routine was his mile-a-minute parody of an overly excited sports announcer ("And the winnerrrrrrrr....Bei-del-baum!!!!). So valuable was Weaver to Jones' aggregation that Doodles was the only member of the group who was allowed to drink while on tour. This indulgence, alas, proved to be Weaver's undoing; though he'd scaled the heights as a radio and TV star in the 1940s and 1950s, Doodles had lost most of his comic expertise by the 1960s thanks to his fondness for the bottle. A bitter, broken man in his last years, Weaver died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 71. Doodles Weaver was the brother of TV executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, and the uncle of actress Sigourney Weaver. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Doodles Weaver:
- The Errand Boy with Jerry Lewis , Brian Donlevy , Howard McNear , Renee Taylor , Kathleen Freeman , Isobel Elsom , Sig Rumann , Fritz Feld , Kenneth MacDonald , Roscoe Ates , Don "Red" Barry , Lorne Greene , Mike Mazurki , Harry "Snub" Pollard , Michael Ross , Frank Scannell , Herb Vigran , Dick Winslow , Richard Bakalyan , Michael Landon , Benny Rubin
- Banjo Hackett with Chuck Connors , Dan O'Herlihy , Jeff Corey , Gloria DeHaven , L.Q. Jones , Jan Murray , Anne Francis , Slim Pickens
- Pocketful of Miracles with Glenn Ford , Bette Davis , Hope Lange , Arthur O'Connell , Peter Falk , Edward Everett Horton , Thomas Mitchell , Mickey Shaughnessy , David Brian , Sheldon Leonard , Ann-Margret , John Litel , Jerome Cowan , Fritz Feld , Benny Rubin , Jack Elam , Mike Mazurki , Hayden Rorke , Angelo Rossitto , George E. Stone , Betty Bronson , Ellen Corby , Barton MacLane , Harry "Snub" Pollard
- Since You Went Away with Claudette Colbert , Jennifer Jones , Joseph Cotten , Shirley Temple , Agnes Moorehead , Monty Woolley , Lionel Barrymore , Robert Walker , Hattie R. McDaniel , Lloyd Corrigan , Grady Sutton , Andrew V. McLaglen , Guy Madison , Florence Bates , Ruth Roman , Craig Stevens , Albert Basserman , Keenan Wynn , Rhonda Fleming , Dorothy Dandridge , Neil Hamilton , Alla Nazimova , Terry Moore
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood with Bruce Dern , Madeline Kahn , Art Carney , Phil Silvers , Ron Leibman , Teri Garr , Edward Ashley , Billy Barty , William Benedict , Edgar Bergen , Janet Blair , Joan Blondell , John Carradine , Jack Carter , Cyd Charisse , Jackie Coogan , Broderick Crawford , Yvonne DeCarlo , Gloria DeHaven , William Demarest , Andy Devine , Alice Faye , Fritz Feld , Stepin Fetchit , Rhonda Fleming , Eddie Jr. Foy , Shecky Greene , Huntz Hall , Dick Haymes , Sterling Holloway , Dorothy Lamour , Peter Lawford , Keye Luke , Guy Madison , Victor Mature , Virginia Mayo , Mike Mazurki , Ethel Merman , Ann Miller , Ricardo Montalban , Dennis Morgan , Patricia Morison , Louis Nye , Walter Pidgeon , Aldo Ray , Ann Rutherford , Dean Stockwell , Regis Toomey , Rudy Vallee , Jesse White , Henny Youngman , Milton Berle , Rory Calhoun , Tab Hunter , George Jessel , Fernando Lamas , Ken Murray , Henry Wilcoxon
- This Is the Army with George Murphy , Joan Leslie , Ronald W. Reagan , Alan Sr. Hale , George Tobias , Charles Butterworth , Dolores Costello , Una Merkel , Stanley Ridges , Rosemary DeCamp , Ruth Donnelly , Frances Langford , Warner Anderson , Irving Berlin , Frank Jr. Coghlan , Richard Crane , John James , Henry Jones , Victor Moore , Arthur Space , Ernest Truex , Gene Nelson
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with Spencer Tracy , Milton Berle , Sid Caesar , Buddy Hackett , Mickey Rooney , Ethel Merman , Phil Silvers , Dick Shawn , Jimmy Durante , Buster Keaton , Jonathan Winters , Edie Adams , Dorothy Provine , Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , Ben Blue , William Demarest , Peter Falk , Paul Ford , Leo Gorcey , Edward Everett Horton , Don Knotts , Carl Reiner , Andy Devine , Sterling Holloway , Marvin Kaplan , Charles McGraw , ZaSu Pitts , Madlyn Rhue , Arnold Stang , Jesse White , Lloyd Corrigan , Norman Fell , Jim Backus , Joe E. Brown , Stanley Clements , Howard DaSilva , Larry Fine , Moe Howard , Allen Jenkins , Harry Lauter , Mike Mazurki , Roy Roberts , Terry-Thomas , Jerry Lewis
Doodles Weaver Trivia
When was Doodles Weaver born?
Doodles Weaver date of birth: May 11, 1912
What role did Doodles Weaver portray in The Wild McCullochs?
Doodles Weaver played Pop in The Wild McCullochs
What role did Doodles Weaver portray in The Errand Boy?
Doodles Weaver played Man on scaffold in The Errand Boy
What role did Doodles Weaver portray in Zebra in the Kitchen?
Doodles Weaver played Nearsighted Man in Zebra in the Kitchen
What role did Doodles Weaver play in Banjo Hackett?
Doodles Weaver played Old Turkey in Banjo Hackett
What role did Doodles Weaver portray in Pocketful of Miracles?
Doodles Weaver played Pool player in Pocketful of Miracles
Who did Doodles Weaver play in Since You Went Away?
Doodles Weaver was Convalescent in Since You Went Away
What role did Doodles Weaver play in Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood?
Doodles Weaver played Man in Mexican Film in Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
What role did Doodles Weaver play in This Is the Army?
Doodles Weaver played Soldier on Cot in This Is the Army
Who did Doodles Weaver portray in The Pied Piper of Hamelin?
Doodles Weaver was First Counselor in The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Who did Doodles Weaver portray in The Nutty Professor?
Doodles Weaver was Rube in The Nutty Professor
Who did Doodles Weaver portray in Macon County Line?
Doodles Weaver was Augie in Macon County Line
What role did Doodles Weaver play in Kitty Foyle?
Doodles Weaver played Pianist in Kitty Foyle
Who did Doodles Weaver portray in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World?
Doodles Weaver was Salesman in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
What role did Doodles Weaver portray in The Birds?
Doodles Weaver played Fisherman in The Birds
