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Lewis Arquette
Lewis Arquette
Born	Lewis Michael Arquette; December 14, 1935; Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died	February 10, 2001 (aged 65); Los Angeles, California
Years active	1977–2001

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

Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mildred Nesbitt (née Le May) and actor Cliff Arquette.^[1] He was a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis.^[2] He was a part of the famous Arquette family, as son of actor Cliff Arquette and the father of actors Patricia, Alexis, Rosanna, David and Richmond Arquette. He was 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.

While living in Chicago Arquette 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. She was Jewish and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor from Poland, while Lewis Arquette was a convert to Islam.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Arquette died in Los Angeles, California in 2001, due to congestive heart failure.

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

[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

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

[edit] References

^ Lewis Arquette Biography (1935–2001)
^ Vallance, Tom (2001-02-16). "Obituary: Lewis Arquette". The Independent. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010216/ai_n14371793. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
^ Pfefferman, Naomi (2002-10-08). "Arquette Reconnects". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9457. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
^ Patricia Arquette - Cranky Critic StarTalk - Movie Star Interviews
^ USA WEEKEND Magazine
^ Patricia Arquette: The not-so-dippy hippie - Features, Film & TV - Independent.co.uk

[edit] External links

Lewis Arquette at the Internet Movie Database
Lewis Arquette at Allmovie
Lewis Arquette at Find a Grave

[0] Lewis Arquette Biography (1935–2001)

[Arquette2-1] Vallance, Tom (2001-02-16). "Obituary: Lewis Arquette". The Independent. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010216/ai_n14371793. Retrieved 2006-12-13.

[Arquette1-2] Pfefferman, Naomi (2002-10-08). "Arquette Reconnects". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9457. Retrieved 2006-12-13.

[3] Patricia Arquette - Cranky Critic StarTalk - Movie Star Interviews

[4] USA WEEKEND Magazine

[5] Patricia Arquette: The not-so-dippy hippie - Features, Film & TV - Independent.co.uk

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