Lewis Arquette

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Lewis Michael Arquette (December 14, 1935 – February 10, 2001) was an American film actor, writer and producer. Arquette was well known as "J. D. Pickett" on the TV series, The Waltons, where he worked from 1978-1981.

Contents 1 Family 2 Filmography 2.1 Actor 2.2 Writer 2.3 Producer 2.4 Himself 3 External links

[edit] Family

Lewis Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois to the late comic actor Cliff Arquette, best remembered for his "Charley Weaver" character, a fixture on the original Hollywood Squares. He was part of the famous Arquette-Cox family.

He was the father of actors Patricia, Alexis, Rosanna, David and Richmond Arquette. He is the father-in-law of actress Courteney Cox and actor Thomas Jane and the former father-in-law of actor Nicolas Cage. Arquette frequently appeared in movies with his sons.

In 1963, Arquette moved his family to Chicago, where he managed The Second City theater for several years. In 1970 the family moved to a commune in Front Royal, Virginia.

His wife, Brenda "Mardi" Nowak, died in 1997 from breast cancer. Mardi was Jewish and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor from Poland. Arquette was a Christian convert to Islam.[1] The family celebrated holidays associated with both religions.

His death in Los Angeles, California, aged 65, was due to congestive heart failure.

[edit] Filmography

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• Out Cold (2001) .... Herbert 'Papa' Muntz
• FreakyLinks - Subject: Me and My Shadow (2001) TV Episode .... Bob Frewer
• Escape from Monkey Island (2000) (VG) (voice) .... Freddie
• Little Nicky (2000) .... Cardinal
• Best in Show (2000) .... Fern City Show Spectator
• Ready to Rumble (2000/I) .... Fred King
• Almost Heroes (1998) .... Merchant
• Twilight (1998) .... Water Pistol Man
• Scream 2 (1997) .... Chief Lewis Hartley
• Sleepwalkers - Pilot (1997) TV Episode
• The Westing Game (1997) (TV) .... Otis Amber ... aka Get a Clue (USA: video title)
• Life During Wartime (1997) .... Bruce Hudler ... aka The Alarmist (USA: new title)
• Mononoke-hime (1997) (voice: English version) .... Additional Voices ... aka Princess Mononoke (USA)
• Spawn (1997/II) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices ... aka Todd McFarlane's Spawn
• Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (1997) (mini) TV Series
• Meet Wally Sparks (1997) .... Cardinal
• A River Made to Drown In (1997) .... Vagabond
• Adventures with Barbie: Ocean Discovery (1997) (VG) (voice)
• Kid Cop (1996) (V) .... Mayor Cosgrove
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest ... aka Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures - The Ballad of Belle Bonnet (1996) TV Episode (voice) .... Civilian/Driver
• Waiting for Guffman (1996) .... Clifford Wooley
• Kiss & Tell (1996) .... Detective
• Babylon 5 ... aka B5 (USA: promotional abbreviation) - Point of No Return (1996) TV Episode .... General Smits
• Fox Hunt (1996) .... The Wolf
• Hypernauts (1996) TV Series (voice) .... Horten
• Mojave Moon (1996) .... Charlie
• Seinfeld - The Secret Code (1995) TV Episode .... Leapin' Larry
• Wild Side (1995) .... The Chief
• Stuart Saves His Family (1995) .... Cemetery official
• SeaQuest DSV ... aka SeaQuest 2032 (USA: new title) - Something in the Air (1995) TV Episode .... Kearny
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class - Back at the Ranch (1994) TV Episode .... Uncle Lester
• Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (1994) (VG) (voice) .... Whittlin' Willie/P. H. Balance
• Sleep with Me (1994) .... Minister
• Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994) (TV) .... Lyle's Jury: Juror #3
• The Flintstones: Wacky Inventions (1994) (V) (voice) .... Prof, Einstone
• Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993) (TV) .... Mr. Ingersol
• Tainted Blood (1993) (TV) .... Artie
• Fox Hunt (1993) (VG) .... The Wolf
• A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992) (TV) .... Walter Vinton ... aka A Child Lost Forever (USA: short title)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 - Wedding Bell Blues (1992) TV Episode .... Priest
• L.A. Law - Silence of the Lambskins (1992) TV Episode .... Inspector Dodek
• Double Trouble (1992/I) .... Tarlow
• Let's Kill All the Lawyers (1992) .... Antinus
• The Linguini Incident (1991) .... Texas Joe
• Morton & Hayes - Society Saps (1991) TV Episode .... Mr. Caldicott
• Get a Life - Married (1991) TV Episode .... Justice of the Peace
• Book of Love (1990) .... Mr. Malloy
• Matlock - The Narc (1990) TV Episode .... Commissioner
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices ... aka The New Adventures of Captain Planet (USA: fourth season title)
• Gravedale High (1990) TV Series (voice) ... aka Rick Moranis in Gravedale High (USA: complete title)
• Tales from the Crypt... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt - Lower Berth (1990) TV Episode
• Syngenor (1990) .... Ethan Valentine
• Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1990) .... Mr. Cheese
• Tango & Cash (1989) .... Wyler
• Dad (1989) (voice)
• Camp Candy (1989) TV Series (voice) .... Rex DeForest III
• Majo no takkyûbin (1989) (voice: English version) .... Additional Voices ... aka Kiki's Delivery Service (USA) ... aka The Witch's Express Mail (literal title)
• The Horror Show (1989) .... Lt. Miller ... aka Horror House ... aka House 3 (Australia: video title) ... aka House III: The Horror Show (UK: video title)
• Quantum Leap - The Right Hand of God - October 24, 1974 (1989) TV Episode .... Father Muldooney
• Paradise ... aka Guns of Paradise (new title) - A Private War (1989) TV Episode - Ghost Dance (1988) TV Episode
• Charles in Charge - Buddy's Daddy (1989) TV Episode .... Clarence Lembeck
• Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989) .... Sheriff Bugiere ... aka Cycle Sluts (USA)
• A Very Brady Christmas (1988) (TV) .... Sam/Santa
• My First Love (1988) (TV) .... Mark Grossman
• Dance 'Til Dawn (1988) (TV) .... Pawnbroker
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices
• The Great Outdoors (1988) .... Herm
• Big Business (1988) .... Mr. Stokes
• ALF - Some Enchanted Evening (1987) TV Episode .... Ed Billings
• Married... with Children - Where's the Boss? (1987) TV Episode .... Ed
• Perfect Strangers - Get a Job (1987) TV Episode (as Louis Arquette) .... Rowdy Hockey Fan #1
• Mama's Family - Fangs a Lot, Mama (1986) TV Episode .... Grand Viper
• Nobody's Fool (1986) .... Mr. Fry
• Sledge Hammer! ... aka Sledge Hammer: The Early Years (USA: second season title) - Witless (1986) TV Episode .... Jacob
• The Check Is in the Mail (1986) .... Man at pool ... aka The Cheque Is in the Post (UK)
• Just Between Friends (1986) .... TV Station Guard
• Tall Tales and Legends ... aka Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends (USA: complete title) - Johnny Appleseed (1986) TV Episode .... Jimbo Smith/Narrator
• The Fall Guy - October the 32nd (1985) TV Episode .... Ghost
• Badge of the Assassin (1985) (TV) .... 1st Foreman
• Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985) TV Series (voice) .... Superfly Jimmy Snuka (animated segments) ... aka Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling (USA: complete title)
• Rocky Road (TV series) (1985) TV Series .... Lucas
• E/R - A Cold Night in Chicago (1984) TV Episode (as Louis Arquette) .... Arnie Popkin
• Meitantei Holmes (1984) TV Series .... Dr. Watson (English)... aka Sherlock Hound, the Detective
• Challenge of the GoBots (1984) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices
• St. Elsewhere - Cramming (1984) TV Episode .... Judge Ellsworth
• Matt Houston - Cash and Carry (1984) TV Episode .... City Councilman Roberts
• Riptide - The Hardcase (1984) TV Episode .... Sidney Gorman
• Remington Steele - Red Holt Steele (1983) TV Episode .... Stuart Thorpe
• Off the Wall (1983) .... Prison Chaplain
• Simon & Simon - The Dead Letter File (1982) TV Episode .... Matt
• The Incredible Hulk - Triangle (1981) TV Episode .... Les Creaseman
• The Smurfs (1981) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices ... aka Smurfs' Adventures
• Fantasy Island - High Off the Hog/Reprisal (1981) TV Episode .... Slocumb - The Inventor/On the Other Side (1979) TV Episode .... Fred Waters - Carnival/The Vaudevillians (1978) TV Episode .... Jeff
• The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980) (TV) .... Publicity Man ... aka Jayne Mansfield: A Symbol of the 50's
• Loose Shoes (1980) .... Warden ... aka Coming Attractions ... aka Quackers
• The Waltons .... J.D. Pickett (1978-1981) - The Travelling Man (1980) TV Episode .... J.D. Pickett
• Pray TV (1980) .... Fred Wilson ... aka K-GOD
• Tenspeed and Brown Shoe - The Sixteen Byte Data Chip and the Brown-eyed Fox (1980) TV Episode
• Mrs. Columbo ... aka Kate Columbo (USA) ... aka Kate Loves a Mystery ... aka Kate the Detective - The Valley Strangler (1979) TV Episode .... Howard
• The China Syndrome (1979) .... Hatcher
• Barney Miller - Wojo's Girl: Part 1 (1979) TV Episode .... Finney
• Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978) (TV) .... Judge
• Ruby and Oswald (1978) (TV) ... aka Four Days in Dallas
• Man from Atlantis - The Naked Montague (1977) TV Episode .... Friar Laurence
• Alice - The Second Time Round (1977) TV Episode

[edit] Writer

• The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976) TV Series (writer)

[edit] Producer

• The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976) TV Series (executive producer)

[edit] Himself

• The Jonathan Winters Show - Episode dated 3 April 1969 (1969) TV Episode .... Himself
• This Is Your Life - Cliff Arquette (1960) TV Episode .... Himself

[edit] External links

• Lewis Arquette at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile page for Lewis Michael Arquette on the Find-A-Grave web site
• My Best Friend - Lewis Arquette by Michael Dare