Well-remembered at Stanford for his many pranks and practical jokes. Was an occasional guest on 'Rudy Vallee' . Was very approachable in later years, and loved to chat with his fans, even listing his home phone number in the Los Angeles directory.
Younger brother of NBC-TV executive Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. ("Pat" Weaver).
Uncle of Sigourney Weaver
Hosted his own daily kids TV show in the Los Angeles 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".
He 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 a cleanup crew, which 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.
Father was a well-to-do industrialist who founded the tourist-promoting All-Year Club in Los Angeles.
Because of his freckles and large ears, his mother nicknamed him "Doodlebug".
Once had designs on being a school athletic director.
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.
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.
His local Los Angeles childrens 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.
His four marriages ended in three divorces and an annulment. Two of his brides were 21; the other two were 19.
Later life was marred by chronic alcoholism.
Suffered from major illnesses in his later years (from 1977 on), including a triple-bypass heart operation.
Son of Sylvester Laflin Weaver and wife Annabel Dixon.
Brother-in-law of Elizabeth Inglis.
Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 71.
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.
Appeared in The Birds with a young Veronica Cartwright , who later appeared in Alien with his niece Sigourney Weaver.
