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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Served as president of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from 1954-1955 and was instrumental in arranging for the Emmy Awards to be broadcast on national TV for the first time on March 7, 1955.

Judy Garland was Matron of Honor at his wedding to Marion Holmes DeFore.

He once generously helped the beloved Walt Disney out of a jam. During the annual Disneyland Christmas parade, Disney's grandchildren were supposed to ride with him in a horse drawn carriage. Parade time was approaching and the grandchildren had not yet shown up, so he called Don DeFore in a panic and asked if he could borrow two of his children, because he couldn't ride in the parade without kids in his carriage. So Don generously offered up two of his children, Dawn DeFore and Ronnie DeFore to ride in the carriage with Disney in the parade and they dutifully waved to the crowd. This is one of Dawn and Ronnie's fondest childhood memories, and they treasure the pictures of the occasion.

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