Spoiler : Cliff Arquette (Clifford Charles Arquette) Born Toledo, Ohio, December 27, 1905 Died Burbank, California, September 23, 1974 Age 68 (heart attack) Very prolific entertainer who got his start as a barroom piano player. Today, he is best remembered for his Charlie Weaver character which got its start on a radio program with Dave Willock in 1950. After 1959 he only appeared as Charlie Weaver, except when he did a Mrs. Butterworth’s pancake syrup commercial for TV. He played Mrs. Butterworth. Some of the shows he did on radio include Cliff and Lolly, Hollywood Spotlight, Calling All Cars, Jack Benny, Rudy Vallee, Red Skelton, Honorable Archie, Point Sublime, Bob Burns, Command Performance, Glamour Manor, Ellery Queen, Hopalong Cassidy, Fibber McGee & Molly, Lum and Abner, Great Gildersleeve, Dave Willock/Cliff Arquette, Honest Harold, Mr. and Mrs. Blandings, The Whistler, Wild Bill Hickok, Dragnet, Roy Rogers, and Listen to Grandma. He was father of Lewis Arquette and grandfather of Patricia Arquette, Rosanna Arquette, Alexis Arquette, Richmond Arquette, and David Arquette.

Spoiler : Born in Toledo, Ohio 12/28/1905 (some sources say 1907); died 9/23/1974 of a heart attack in Burbank, California. Father of character actor Lewis Arquette. Arquette was schooled as a map maker, then was a cartoonist on a Toledo newspaper before he became a pianist in night clubs. Joined the Henry Halstead band in 1923 as a pianist. Radio debut in 1924. Even as a young man Arquette had a husky voice, making good money playing old people.

Spoiler : Thaddeus Cornfelder on Myrt And Marge for CBS-Radio (1931-37). Sheriff Luke Ferguson on Welcome Valley for NBC-Radio (1935). The Old Timer, Bessie and many other roles on The Fibber McGee And Molly Show for NBC-BLUE and NBC-Red (1935-1939, again beginning in 1949); Wallingford Tuttle Gildersleeve (the original Gildersleeve) on the program beginning in 1936. Grandpaw Sneed and other roles on The Packard Hour for CBS-Radio (1937-1938). Manager of the Glamor Manor Hotel, Captain Billy and Mrs. Wilson on Glamor Manor for NBC-BLUE and ABC-Radio (1944-1946). Ben Willet on Point Sublime for ABC-Radio (1947-1948). Mrs Wilson on The Dick Haymes Show for NBC- Radio (1947-1948). Regular performer on radio programs including Avalon Time for NBC (1940);

Spoiler : The New Lum And Abner Show for CBS and ABC (1948-1954).

Spoiler : Co-star with Dave Willock on Dave And Charlie for NBC-TV (1952). Arquette created his Charlie Weaver character when he was a regular performer on The RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day for NBC-TV (1952-1954). Regular performer on television programs including The Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Show for ABC (1962-1963); The Jonathan Winters Show for CBS (1967-1969). Host of Do It Yourself on NBC-TV (1955); The Charlie Weaver Show (Charley Weaver's Hobby Lobby) on ABC-TV (1959-1960). Panelist on The Hollywood Squares for NBC-TV (1968).

Spoiler : At one time Cliff was also an amateur radio operator and a load of fun. Does anyone recall his amateur radio call sign?

Spoiler : He was W6SGP (Sweet Gran Pa) according to my dad W2NZH.