Winstead Sheffield Glenndenning Dixon Weaver (May 11, 1911 – January 17, 1983), known professionally as Doodles Weaver, was an American character actor, comedian and musician.Born into a wealthy West Coast family, Weaver began his career in radio. In the late 1930s, he performed on Rudy Vallée's radio programs and Kraft Music Hall. He later joined Spike Jones' City Slickers. In 1957, Weaver hosted his own variety show The Doodles Weaver Show, which aired on NBC. In addition to his radio work, he also recorded a number of comedy records, appeared in films, and guest starred on numerous television series from the 1950s through the 1970s. Weaver made his last onscreen appearance in 1981.Weaver was married four times, with all his marriages ending in divorce. He had two sons from his last marriage to actress Reita Green. Despondent over poor health, Weaver fatally shot himself in January 1983.
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[1972 interview] I don't miss being a star. I don't miss anything because I live in the now.
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[in 1981 interview] Nothing means anything when you're in pain. I have a nice house and an income but not a thing to live for.
Two children with Reita Green: Janella J. Weaver born August 24, 1958 (who wed Mark D. Butler on April 3, 1982) and Winstead B. Weaver born on June 6, 1960, both in Los Angeles, California.
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Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 71.
Son of Sylvester Laflin Weaver and wife Annabel Dixon.
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Suffered from major illnesses in his later years (from 1977 on), including a triple-bypass heart operation.
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Later life was marred by chronic alcoholism.
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His four marriages ended in three divorces and an annulment. Two of his brides were 21; the other two were 19.
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His local Los Angeles children's show "Doodles Club House" ran a couple of years in the late 1950s. He also hosted a kiddie show in San Francisco for one season.
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Was given his own summer series by NBC after he was seen in an Ajax commercial on the Colgate Comedy Hour sharing the screen with a live pig.
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His biggest break as a comedian did not occur until his "Professor Feedelbaum" character caught on with the Spike Jones band on radio in 1948.
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Once had designs on being a school athletic director.
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Because of his freckles and large ears, his mother nicknamed him "Doodlebug".
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Father was a well-to-do industrialist who founded the tourist-promoting All-Year Club in Los Angeles.
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He told about being an undergraduate student at Stanford. He and some friends painted footprints up the side of the campanile and into a window at the top. The university was aghast and immediately dispatched a cleanup crew, which had to rent a giant cherry-picker to do the paint removal job. Next morning there were footprints leading down from the window to the ground.
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Hosted his own daily kids TV show in the Los Angeles (CA) viewing area in the early 1950s. He also performed on a series of color silent film comedies for nationally syndicated TV, entitled "A Day With Doodles Weaver".
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