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Willard Lewis Waterman was a character actor in films, TV and on radio, remembered best for replacing Harold Peary as the title character of The Great Gildersleeve at the height of that show's popularity.
Birth Name
Willard Lewis Waterman
Born
Saturday, 29 August 1914
Died
Thursday, 02 February 1995
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hail | Vice President | 1973 |
| Summer Fun | Dr. Wheeler | 1966 |
| Camp Runamuck | Mr. Radibble | 1965 |
| My Brother the Angel | Mr. Ettinger | 1965 |
| F Troop | Bill McCormick | 1965 |
| Get Yourself a College Girl | Senator Hubert Morrison / Sen. Hubert Morrison | 1964 |
| Many Happy Returns | Fosdick | 1964 |
| Mickey | Elroy Smight | 1964 |
| The Bing Crosby Show | Mr. Appleby | 1964 |
| My Favorite Martian | Mr. Trimble | 1963 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hail | Vice President | 1973 |
| Summer Fun | Dr. Wheeler | 1966 |
| Camp Runamuck | Mr. Radibble | 1965 |
| My Brother the Angel | Mr. Ettinger | 1965 |
| F Troop | Bill McCormick | 1965 |
| Get Yourself a College Girl | Senator Hubert Morrison / Sen. Hubert Morrison | 1964 |
| Many Happy Returns | Fosdick | 1964 |
| Mickey | Elroy Smight | 1964 |
| The Bing Crosby Show | Mr. Appleby | 1964 |
| My Favorite Martian | Mr. Trimble | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Henry Palmer | 1963 |
| Vacation Playhouse | Coach Walter Biddle | 1963 |
| The Lucy Show | Greg Gregory / Critter | 1962 |
| Walk on the Wild Side | Man Listening to Speech | 1962 |
| Frontier Circus | Parker | 1961 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Uncle Harold | 1961 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Jonathan Flint | 1961 |
| One Happy Family | Mr. Douglas | 1961 |
| Mister Ed | Mr. Douglas / Mr. Halsted | 1961 |
| Peter Loves Mary | Mr. Merrill | 1960 |
| Guestward Ho! | Mr. Presser | 1960 |
| Pete and Gladys | Higgins | 1960 |
| The Apartment | Mr. Vanderhoff | 1960 |
| The Flintstones | Gus Gravel | 1960 |
| Dennis the Menace | Otis Quigley / Mr. Quigley / Marvin Quigley | 1959 |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Officer Casper | 1959 |
| Laramie | Bender | 1959 |
| Riverboat | de Lesseps | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Cyrus K. Throckmorton | 1959 |
| Markham | Mr. Collier | 1959 |
| Auntie Mame | Claude Upson | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | George Wells | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Town Merchant / Mayor Goodwin / Bank Manager | 1958 |
| Lawman | Deacon Hurley / Reverend Edwards | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Father / Capt. Efraim Longstocking | 1958 |
| Casey Jones | Arlo Bradford | 1957 |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | Mr. Bottomley | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | Mac MacGinnis / Mac Maginnis | 1957 |
| Maverick | Mayor Oliver / Whittleseed | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Mayor / Hezekiah / Dr. Allison Day / Andrew Harley | 1957 |
| The Eve Arden Show | Carl Foster | 1957 |
| Date with the Angels | Slike | 1957 |
| Hollywood or Bust | Manager Neville | 1956 |
| Circus Boy | Mayor Humphrey | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Judge Jonas Koford | 1956 |
| Cheyenne | Purdie | 1955 |
| The Great Gildersleeve | Throckmorton P. 'Gildy' Gildersleeve / Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve | 1955 |
| How to Be Very, Very Popular | Speaker | 1955 |
| Three for the Show | TV Show Moderator | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Umpire | 1954 |
| The Halls of Ivy | John Merriwether | 1954 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Major Morton Mockingbird | 1954 |
| December Bride | Sam Winslow | 1954 |
| Three Coins in the Fountain | Mr. Hoyt | 1954 |
| Colonel Humphrey Flack | Tony Werner | 1953 |
| Half a Hero | Charles McEstway | 1953 |
| It Happens Every Thursday | Myron Trout | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Mr. Charney / Mr. Zachary | 1953 |
| Has Anybody Seen My Gal | Dr. Wallace | 1952 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | J.B. Pressure | 1951 |
| Sunny Side of the Street | John Stevens / John 'J.R.' Stevens | 1951 |
| Rhubarb | Orlando Dill | 1951 |
| Darling, How Could You! | Theatre Manager | 1951 |
| Francis Goes to the Races | Exerciser | 1951 |
| Fourteen Hours | Mr. Harris | 1951 |
| Watch the Birdie | Mayor | 1950 |
| Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone | Mr. Ogle | 1950 |
| Hit Parade of 1951 | Oilman | 1950 |
| Three Secrets | Max | 1950 |
| Mystery Street | A Mortician / The Mortician | 1950 |
| The Lawless | Pawling | 1950 |
| Louisa | Dick Stewart | 1950 |
| Father of the Bride | Vincent Dixon | 1950 |
| So You Think You're Not Guilty | Prosecuting Attorney | 1950 |
| Riding High | Arthur Winslow | 1950 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | J.J. Schumacher | 1950 |
| No Man of Her Own | Jack Olsen | 1950 |
| Free for All | Commander H.C. Christie | 1949 |
| Flame of Youth | Steve Miller | 1949 |
| So You're Having in-Law Trouble | John - Joe's Father-in-Law | 1949 |
| Flaming Fury | Dutch | 1949 |
| So You Want to Be a Muscle Man | Lester Apollo - Bodybuilder | 1949 |
