16 Facts About Cliff Arquette

Clifford Charles Arquette was an American actor and comedian.

Cliff Arquette was born on December 27 1905, in Toledo, Ohio, he was the youngest of four children born to Winifred Ethel Clark and Charles Augustus Arquette, a vaudevillian.

Cliff Arquette's siblings were Naomi "Jane" Arquette Hammett, Russell Arquette, and Lester Kear Arquette.

Cliff Arquette fathered another son named Alden Arquette in 1921 when he and his girlfriend were 16.

Cliff 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.

Cliff Arquette had been a performer in radio, theatre, and motion pictures until 1956, when he retired from show business.

Cliff Arquette accepted Jack Paar's invitation to appear on Paar's NBC Tonight Show in 1957.

Cliff Arquette had previously created the character of "Charley Weaver, the wild old man from Mount Idy".

Cliff Arquette would read a letter from his "Mamma" back home.

Cliff Arquette appeared as Charley Weaver on The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show.

In 1960, Cliff Arquette was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to radio.

Cliff 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.

Cliff Arquette spent some time in the hospital in the early 1970s, due to heart disease.

Cliff Arquette suffered a stroke in 1972 that kept him off Hollywood Squares for some time.

Partially paralyzed by the stroke and using a wheelchair, Cliff Arquette eventually returned to Squares.

Cliff Arquette died in Burbank, California, following a stroke on September 23,1974.