Don DeFore Overview:

Actor, Don DeFore, was born Donald John DeFore on Aug 25, 1913 in Cedar Rapids, IA. DeFore died at the age of 80 on Dec 22, 1993 in Santa Monica, CA .

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television.

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“Romance On The High Seas” – Doris Day, Janis Paige, , Jack Carson

By Art on Apr 3, 2011 From Classic Cinema Gold

Romance and Laughter…under a Rio moon! ? Romance On The High Seas (Warner Brothers 1948) is a musical romantic comedy filmed in Technicolor starring Jack Carson, Janis Paige, , and Doris Day. The movie also stars Oscar Lavent, S. Z. Sakall, and Leslie Brooks. It was nominated for tw... Read full article


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His father was Joseph Ervin DeFore (1878 - 1942), a railroad engineer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His mother was Albina Sylvia Nezerka (1883 - 1975), aka Mrs. Joseph E. DeFore.

Attended Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Briefly attended the University of Iowa with intentions of becoming a lawyer. "Less than one year there, I knew I'd made the wrong choice," he later said.

He was the only individual allowed to open a restaurant at Disneyland. He operated the Silver Banjo in Frontierland from 1957 to 1961. His brother Verne DeFore helped him, and they used a gift that their father, a railroad engineer, had brought home from Louisiana - a beautiful silver banjo - as the tiny restaurant's inspiration.

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