
Ernest Truex
Known for Acting ยท 93 credits
- Born
- 1889-09-18
- Died
- 1973-06-26
- Place of birth
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Known For
TV Shows (23)

Matinee Theater
1955

Father Knows Best
1954
as Grampa

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Pedott / Charles Whitley

Petticoat Junction
1963
as Oliver Fenton / Tony Allison

Climax!
1954
as Uncle William

Studio One
1948
as Martin Bristol

Dennis the Menace
1959

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as White Knight

Hazel
1961
as Robert Dunlap

The Millionaire
1955
as Andrew Sterling

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Howard Rutherford / Wilkens

Suspense
1949
as George Thomas
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Barkley Cooper / Aloysius P. McKeever

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Daniel

Pete and Gladys
1960

The Ann Sothern Show
1958
as Jason McCauley
Cameo Theatre
1950

Inner Sanctum
1954
Grindl
1963
Jamie
1953
as Grandpa McHummer
The Tom Ewell Show
1960

The Ford Theatre Hour
1948
as Dan Dorgan
Movies (70)

His Girl Friday
1940
as Bensinger

Start Cheering
1938
as Blodgett

Caprice
1913
as Wally Henderson

It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Willie Heyward

Night in Paradise
1946
as Scribe

Twin Beds
1942
as Larky

Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
as Bailey #1

Rhythm of the Islands
1943
as Mr. Holton

This Is the Army
1943
as Soldier's Father (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Murgatroyd

The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Binguccio

Club Havana
1945
as Willy Kingston

All Mine to Give
1957
as Doctor Delbert

Everybody Dance
1936
as Wilbur Spurgeon

Good-Bye, Bill
1918
as Teddy Swift

Her Primitive Man
1944
as Uncle Hubert

Men in Her Diary
1945
as Vernon Williams

Oh, You Women!
1919
as Abraham Lincoln Jones

A Good Little Devil
1914
as Charles MacLance - a Good Little Devil

The Leather Saint
1956
as Father Ritchie

Twilight for the Gods
1958
as Rev. Butterfield

Calling All Husbands
1940
as Homer Trippe

Life with Blondie
1945
as Theodor Glassby

Christmas in July
1940
as Mr. Baxter

On an Island with You
1948
as (uncredited)

Chip Off the Old Block
1944
as Henry McHugh

An American Citizen
1914
as Mercury

Slightly Honorable
1939
as P. Hemingway Collins

The Affairs of Martha
1942
as Llewellyn Castle

Get That Venus
1933
as Tom Wilson

Six Cylinder Love
1923
as Gilbert Sterling

These Glamour Girls
1939
as Alumnus

Swing, Sister, Swing
1938
as Prof. L. Orlando Beebee

Lillian Russell
1940
as Charles K. Leonard

The Gay Vagabond
1941
as A.J. Wilber

Swing That Cheer
1938
as Professor Peabody

Private Buckaroo
1942
as Col. Elias Weatherford

True to Life
1943
as Oscar Elkins

If You Knew Elizabeth
1957
as Uncle John

Bachelor Mother
1939
as Investigator
Gentlemen of the Bar
1934

Fired Wife
1943
as Willie Wilson

Adventure in Diamonds
1940
as Toutasche

Island of Lost Men
1939
as Frobenius

Little Accident
1939
as Tabby Morgan

Little Orvie
1940
as Frank Stone

Don't Get Personal
1942
as Jules Kinsey

We Go Fast
1941
as Harold Bruggins

Always Together
1947
as Timothy J. Bull

Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
1954
as White Knight

Our Town
1955
as Dr. Gibbs

Tillie the Toiler
1941
as George Winkler

Pan-Americana
1945
as Uncle Rudy

Sleepy Lagoon
1943
as Dudley Joyner

Whistling in the Dark
1933
as Wallace Porter

The Girl from Manhattan
1948
as Homer Purdy

Fluffy
1965
as Claridge

Unexpected Uncle
1941
as Wilkins

Ambush
1939
as Mr. Gibbs

Freshman Year
1938
as Professor Peabody

The Under-Pup
1939
as Mr. Binns

The Warrior's Husband
1933
as Sapiens
Mr. Adam
1933
as Adam
The Expectant Father
1934
His Lucky Day
1934

Come on In
1918
as Ernest Short
The Bomb Boy
1914
as Jimmie - the Messenger Boy
Dog-gone Babies
1934

You're Telling Me
1942
as Charles Handley

Mama Runs Wild
1937
as Ernest Summers
About Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex is a notable figure in cinema and television, best known for contributions to Acting. With 93 credits spanning from 1913 to 1965, Ernest Truex has appeared in 70 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ernest Truex Movies
- His Girl Friday (1940) โ as Bensinger
- Start Cheering (1938) โ as Blodgett
- Caprice (1913) โ as Wally Henderson
- It's a Wonderful World (1939) โ as Willie Heyward
- Night in Paradise (1946) โ as Scribe
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