Is Don DeFore still alive?

Is Don DeFore still alive?

Deceased (1913–1993)
Don DeFore/Living or Deceased

Why did Don DeFore leave the Ozzie and Harriet show?

Don DeFore was born August 25, 1913, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At the beginning of the 1956 season, Don, who played neighbor Thorny Thornberry, asked to leave Ozzie and Harriet so he could devote his full time to movies. He hadn’t acted in films but was appearing on stage in a play at Knott’s Berry Farm.

How old is Don DeFore?

80 years (1913–1993)
Don DeFore/Age at death

When did Don DeFore die?

December 22, 1993
Don DeFore/Date of death

Where is Bobby Buntrock now?

Bobby Buntrock is buried in Mountain View Cemetery (also known as Keystone Cemetery) in South Dakota, which is touted as the only cemetery in the world with a view of Mount Rushmore.

How old is Bobby Buntrock?

21 years (1952–1974)
Bobby Buntrock/Age at death

Why did Whitney Blake miss episodes of Hazel?

Miss Blake died Saturday at her home in Edgartown, Mass., after a long illness, said her husband, writer-producer Allan Manings. The show, in which Booth as Hazel ran the household rather than Miss Blake as the homemaker, was so popular, Miss Blake told the Los Angeles Times in 1963, because “we make people happy.”

Why did they change Mr Baxter on Hazel?

Now, after hours of research at the Paley Center and the Library of Congress (not really, but that sounds better than “I looked at an online message board), I have discovered that behind the scenes, the Baxters were basically canned for financial reasons, and Shirley Booth soldiered on for this one last year before …

What happened to the father on Hazel?

in Shirley Booth’s series “Hazel,” has died. He was 80. DeFore, a veteran actor on Broadway and in films and television who earned a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, died Wednesday night at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica of cardiac arrest.

What kind of roles did Don DeFore play?

In films since 1941, he occasionally played leads in B pictures, but was more often cast as the good-natured buddy of the hero or a likable but gullible character whom the hero has to bail out of trouble. DeFore found much more success on television, and was a regular in the hit series Hazel (1961) and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952).

Who was Don DeFore married to in real life?

Don Defore played Mr. Thornberry (“Thorny”) on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952), a role that came came easy for him as in real life he was pretty much like his “Thorny” character. He married his wife Marion in 1942 and they lived in a farmhouse in the Mandeville Canyon area outside Los Angeles,…

When did Don DeFore first appear on Broadway?

Don DeFore toured the country in stock companies for several years before making his Broadway debut in 1938. In films since 1941, he occasionally played leads in B pictures, but was more often cast as the good-natured buddy of the hero or a likable but gullible character whom the hero has to bail out of trouble.

Who was Don DeFore in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet?

DeFore found much more success on television, and was a regular in the hit series Hazel (1961) and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952). Don Defore played Mr. Thornberry (“Thorny”) on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952), a role that came came easy for him as in real life he was pretty much like his “Thorny” character.