Biography

Don DeFore toured the country in stock companies for several years before making his Broadway debut in 1938. In films since 1941, he occasionally played leads in B pictures, but was more often cast as the good-natured buddy of the hero or a likable but gullible character whom the hero has to bail out of trouble. DeFore found much more success on television, and was a regular in the hit series Hazel (1961) and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952).

Actor

St. Elsewhere(1982)as Harry Klein

Murder, She Wrote(1984)as Jake Sanford

Rare Breed(1984)as Frank Nelson

Matt Houston(1982)as Mayor

Vega$(1978)as Sid Green

Additional Crew

Kid Galahad(1937)

Soundtrack

Hazel(1961)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue(1947)

The Affairs of Susan(1945)

A Guy Named Joe(1943)

The Human Comedy(1943)

Self

Stu's Show(2006)as Self - Guest

Family Comedy Hour(1987)as Self

The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards(1987)as Self - Audience Member

NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration(1986)as Self

All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan(1985)as Self

Archive Footage

Compression(1995)as Self

The First Motion Picture Unit: When Hollywood Went to War(2014)

All This and World War II(1976)as Self

Known for

Romance on the High Seas1948 · Actor It Happened on Fifth Avenue1947 · Actor Too Late for Tears1949 · Actor SOuthside 1-10001950 · Actor

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Don DeFore and George Tobias in SOuthside 1-1000 (1950)

Don DeFore and Andrea King in SOuthside 1-1000 (1950)

Don DeFore, Andrea King, and Kippee Valez in SOuthside 1-1000 (1950)

Van Johnson, Don DeFore, Herbert Gunn, Robert Walker, and Tim Murdock in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

Van Johnson, Don DeFore, Herbert Gunn, and Tim Murdock in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

Don DeFore in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

Credit Score: Don DeFore

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

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Fri Oct 03 1952 – Tue May 08 1956

#	Name	Score	Year	Nom	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	18.75	1952	•	•	7.4	0	3	1816
2	Hazel	9.75	1961		•	7.2	2	4	2382
3	It Happened on Fifth Avenue	6.50	1947		•	7.6	0	1	7605
4	Too Late for Tears	4.88	1949		•	7.3	0	0	6543
5	Romance on the High Seas	4.88	1948		•	7.1	0	2	3039
6	SOuthside 1-1000	3.25	1950		•	6.3	0	0	568
7	My Friend Irma	3.25	1949		•	6.4	0	0	1380
8	Ramrod	3.25	1947		•	6.6	0	0	2061
9	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	3.00	1944			7.2	1	2	7087
10	A Time to Love and a Time to Die	2.60	1958			7.6	0	1	4055