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Clifford Charles Arquette (December 28, 1905 ⁠– September 23, 1974) was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for performing comedic routines as his alter-ego Charley Weaver on numerous television and radio shows. Early life and career Cliff Arquette was born on December 27 1905, in Toledo, Ohio, the youngest of four children born to Winifred Ethel Clark (July 30, 1878 ⁠– February 12, 1966) and Charles Augustus Arquette (October 23, 1878 ⁠– August 12, 1927), a vaudevillian. His siblings were Naomi "Jane" Arquette Hammett (1899⁠–1934), Russell Arquette (1901⁠–1982), and Lester Kear Arquette (1904⁠–1969). Cliff was of part French-Canadian descent, and his family's surname was originally "Arcouet". Cliff Arquette fathered a son named Alden Arquette in 1921 when he and his girlfriend were 16. Their marriage was annulled (there is no record of the marriage) but there is a record of Alden's birth.Arquette is credited for inventing the modern rubber theatrical prosthetic mask, which was flexible enough to allow changing facial expressions, and porous enough to allow air to reach the actor's skin.Arquette had been a performer in radio, theatre, and motion pictures until 1956, when he retired from show business. At one time, he was credited with performing in 13 different daily radio shows at different stations in the Chicago market, getting from one studio to the other by way of motorboats along the Chicago River through its downtown. One such radio series he performed on was The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok.Arquette and Dave Willock had their own radio show, Dave and Charley, in the early 1950s, as well as a television show by the same title that was on the air for three months. It was when Arquette performed on the shows that he created and inaugurated his performances as his eventual trademark character of Charley Weaver. Charley Weaver Arquette accepted Jack Paar's invitation to appear on Paar's NBC Tonight Show in 1957. Arquette had previously created the character of "Charley Weaver, the wild old man from Mount Idy". He would read a letter from his "Mamma" back home. This characterization proved so popular that Arquette almost never again appeared in public as himself, but nearly always as Charley Weaver, complete with his squashed hat, little round glasses, rumpled shirt, broad tie, baggy pants, and suspenders. Arquette could often convulse Paar and the audience into helpless laughter by way of his timing and use of double entendres in describing the misadventures of his fictional family and townspeople. As Paar noted, in his foreword to Arquette's first Charley Weaver book: Sometimes his jokes are old, and I live in the constant fear that the audience will beat him to the punch line, but they never have. And I suspect that if they ever do, he will rewrite the ending on the spot. I would not like to say that all his jokes are old, although some have been found carved in stone. What I want to say is that in a free-for-all ad lib session, Charley Weaver has and will beat the fastest gun alive. Arquette, as Charley Weaver, hosted Charley Weaver's Hobby Lobby on ABC from September 30, 1959, to March 23, 1960. He also appeared as Charley Weaver on The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show in 1962.In 1960, Arquette was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to radio. Later career and legacy Arquette's Charley Weaver character was a fixture on the TV game show Hollywood Squares for many years, always sitting in the lower left corner of the tic-tac-toe board. As a rule, he was given questions about American History, and as a rule, his answers were correct. A Civil War buff, in the 1950s Arquette opened the Charley Weaver Museum of the Civil War in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The museum was housed in a building that had served as headquarters for General O.O. Howard during the Battle of Gettysburg, and remained in operation for about ten years. The site later became the Soldier's National Museum, and closed in early November 2014.Arquette spent some time in the hospital in the early 1970s, due to heart disease. He suffered a stroke in 1972 that kept him off Hollywood Squares for some time. Death Arquette died in Burbank, California, following a stroke on September 23, 1974. He was 68 years old. Selected bibliography Charley Weaver's Letters from Mamma (with introduction by Jack Paar; John C. Winston Co., 1959) Charley Weaver's Family Album (These Are My People) (John C. Winston Co., 1960) Things Are Fine in Mount Idy (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960)Discography Charley Weaver Sings for His People (Music direction by Charles (Puddin' Head) Dant and the Mt. Idy Symphonette, Columbia HF LP, Artist: Charley Weaver, Release date: 1959) Let's Play Trains with Cliff Arquette (Edited by H.W. Dunn, Produced by H. Krasne, Sound Effects by Ralph Curtiss and Byron Winett, Columbia HL 9513 (Harmony) LP, Release Date: 1960)References External links Cliff Arquette at IMDb Cliff Arquette at AllMovie. Discover the Charley Marsh popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Charley Marsh books.

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  • Alcatraz Moon synopsis, comments

    Alcatraz Moon

    Charley Marsh

    Alcatraz Moon. Named after an obscure Old Earth prison. The most feared prison in the galaxy, located on a moon once known as Triton.Alcatraz Moon. No wardens. No workers. No commu...

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    The Long Road Home

    Charley Marsh

    There are many ways to heal a broken heart. Some more sensible than others.Riding solo across the US on a Harley presents unforeseen challenges for Camden Burns–but none as troubli...

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    Junkyard Dog

    Charley Marsh

    Bounced through an asteroid field like a pinball, Major Rita King crashes her damaged star cruiser on a lifeless planet. Her troubles are just beginning.Rita loves her ship.Loves t...

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    Junkyard Dog Omnibus Books 1-13

    Charley Marsh

    Bounced through an asteroid field like a pinball, Major Rita King crashes her damaged star cruiser on a lifeless planet. Her troubles are just beginning.Rita loves her ship.Loves t...

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    Double Cross

    Charley Marsh

    Sometimes even the simplest of tasks can go wrong.Important banking business takes space pilot Rita King and her two companions to the galaxy's Central Bank on ZetiTau, an efficien...

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    A Small Favor

    Charley Marsh

    How far would you go to get back what was rightfully yours?Rayne Rhymes worked hard to earn enough credits to buy her space ship, the Bodicea.Under Deneb law, all of Rayne's posses...

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    Junkyard Dog Collection 2 Books 4-6

    Charley Marsh

    Novellas four, five, and six of the Junkyard Dog series now available in a new collection.RUBY CITYRuby City hides secrets thousands of years old. None worth dying for. One worth k...

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    Twisted Sister

    Charley Marsh

    When the people you love betray you . . .Faith Donahue finds herself abandoned in the northern Maine mountains. A winter camping trip with her sister gone horribly wrong. No snowmo...

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    Omega Lab

    Charley Marsh

    Need a replacement body part? No problem with all the specialized cloning labs in the Milky Way galaxy.Margarita King, commander of the Junkyard Dog, believes in the practice–excep...

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    Junkyard Dog Collection 3 Books 7-9

    Charley Marsh

    Novellas seven, eight, and nine of the Junkyard Dog series now available in a new collection.Rose SunstoneOnce a galaxy cop who believed in the black and white of the law, now a pr...

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    Twisted Sister

    Charley Marsh

    When the people you love betray you . . .Faith Donahue finds herself abandoned in the northern Maine mountains. A winter camping trip with her sister gone horribly wrong. No snowmo...

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    Kraken Blues

    Charley Marsh

    Monsters in the deep?Rita King heads to the planet Harmos–her favorite destination for R & R– to recover from her recent ordeal. Harmos is all about Old Earth blues and jazz cl...

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    Dream World

    Charley Marsh

    When dream becomes reality . . .Lucid Dreaming, the brain child of a computer nerd  and his rich friend, needs a guinea pig. Someone who doesn't mind having their brain probed...

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    Dark Horse

    Charley Marsh

    Horse shows aren't all fun and glamour. They also require long grueling hours of work. While unloading a trailer after a jampacked show weekend, amateur sleuth Spencer Reed discove...

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    New Earth

    Charley Marsh

    Danger lurks everywhere in the galaxy.Rita King, owner and commander of the Junkyard Dog, decides to visit New Earth to give her friends some much needed rest and relaxation. ...

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    Steampunk Heart

    Charley Marsh

    In 1866, Zula Smith begins life on a lab table hidden deep in a limestone cave. Not quite human. Not quite Other. A mixture of both.Nearby La Crosse, Wisconsin bustles with pioneer...

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    The Zabolov Gambit

    Charley Marsh

    A stalled negotiation leaves a translator clone with only two options: succeed or die.Translator clone Thalia Blueheart can learn and speak any language in the known universe, but ...

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    The Upheaval Series

    Charley Marsh

    The Upheaval Trilogy contains all three volumes: Slow Walk, Edge of Reality, and Solstice MoonSLOW WALKCourage is the mastery of fear. Mark TwainThree quarters of the earth's peopl...

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    Romancing the Gods Collection

    Charley Marsh

    Humans have been telling one another stories ever since they first developed language. Stories that teach, stories that entertain. The ancient Greek story tellers had a nasty habit...

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    Gypsy Gold

    Charley Marsh

    Amateur sleuth Spencer Reed lives with her crippled grandfather and a mother who refuses to leave the house. Home schooled and isolated, only the certain knowledge that she'll inhe...

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    Destination Death Collection Books 1-7

    Charley Marsh

    Sunny days and starlit nights. Sugarfine sand. Palm trees, turquoise water, and the bestequipped marina in the world. An amusement park and circus. The finest dining. All set on a ...