Because of his freckles and large ears, Doodles' mother nicknamed him "Doodlebug."
Brother-in-law of Elizabeth Inglis.
Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 71.
Father was a well-to-do industrialist who founded the tourist-promoting All-Year Club in Los Angeles.
He (Doodles) 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 the cleanup crew, who 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.
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.
His four marriages ended in three divorces and an annulment. Two of his brides were 21; the other two were 19.
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.
Later life was marred by chronic alcoholism.
Mr.Weaver hosted his own daily kids TV show in The Los Angeles, California 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".
Once had designs on being a school athletic director.
Son of Sylvester Laflin Weaver and wife Annabel Dixon.
Suffered from major illnesses in his later years (from 1977 on), including a triple-bypass heart operation.
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.
Uncle of Sigourney Weaver
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.
Younger brother of NBC-TV executive Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. ("Pat" Weaver).