Arquette Family History & Genealogy

Coco Riley Arquette was born on June 13, 2004 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Coco Riley Arquette.

David Arquette was born on September 7, 1971 in Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember David Arquette.

Actor. He was a member of the third generation of a Hollywood family of actors. His grandparents were the vaudeville team 'Arquette and Clark', also known as the 'Funny Hebrew and the Singing Soubrette'. He was the son of Cliff Arquette, a staple on Jack Paar's 'Tonight Show' and 'Hollywood Squares', and was himself the father of a generation of actors: Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis and David Arquette. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he went to New York to study at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. He returned to Los Angeles in the 1970's and would go on to appear in dozens of television shows such as 'Alice', 'Lou Grant', 'Barney Miller', 'Dallas', 'St. Elsewhere', 'Rocky Road', 'ALF', 'Matlock', 'L.A. Law', 'Seinfeld' and 'Spawn'. From 1978 through 1981, he played J.D. Pickett on 'The Waltons'. His movie credits include 'The China Syndrome' (1979), 'Off the Wall' (1983), 'Just Between Friends' (1986), 'Tango & Cash' (1989), 'Sleep with Me' (1994), 'Waiting for Guffman' (1996), 'Little Nicky' and 'Best in Show' (both 2000). Arquette, who was married to actress Brenda Denaut until her death

George Arquette of Fort Covington, Franklin County, NY was born on March 23, 1918, and died at age 65 years old on March 21, 1984.

George L Arquette of Orland Park, Cook County, Illinois was born on June 13, 1919, and died at age 64 years old in February 1984.

Alvin J K Arquette of Kaneohe, Honolulu County, HI was born on August 5, 1924, and died at age 79 years old on January 13, 2004. Alvin Arquette was buried at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery Section 153-J Site 8 Kamehameha Highway, in Kaneohe.

Donald J Arquette of Toledo, Lucas County, OH was born on June 9, 1928, and died at age 73 years old on July 10, 2001.

Edward Arquette of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on September 17, 1911, and died at age 75 years old in August 1987.

Alden L Arquette of Toledo, Lucas County, OH was born on October 13, 1921, and died at age 65 years old on October 2, 1987.

Peter J Arquette of Hogansburg, Franklin County, NY was born on July 26, 1915, and died at age 71 years old in July 1986.

Leroy A Arquette of San Antonio, Bexar County, TX was born on September 3, 1920, and died at age 77 years old on April 21, 1998. Leroy Arquette was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section AG Site 2806 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio.

Lester J Arquette of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio was born on February 11, 1922, and died at age 87 years old on November 7, 2009.

Herbert R Arquette of Toledo, Lucas County, OH was born on May 30, 1920, and died at age 67 years old on November 10, 1987.

Frank E Jr Arquette of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington was born on November 21, 1914, and died at age 64 years old in April 1979.

Howard T Arquette of Buffalo, Wright County, Minnesota was born on June 24, 1916, and died at age 71 years old in August 1987.

Leonard G Arquette of Toledo, Lucas County, OH was born on September 27, 1909, and died at age 88 years old on April 10, 1998.

Fred A Arquette of Franklin Park, Cook County, Illinois was born on April 10, 1910, and died at age 66 years old in July 1976.

Mike Arquette of Hogansburg, Franklin County, NY was born on May 23, 1923, and died at age 69 years old on August 16, 1992.

Herman D Arquette of Holland, Lucas County, Ohio was born on March 21, 1909, and died at age 69 years old in January 1979.

COMMENTS 1. Arquette was born on December 27, 1905, in Toledo, Ohio, as the son of Winifred Ethel and Charles Augustus Arquette, a vaudevillian. The eventual patriarch of the Arquette show business family, which became famous because of him, Arquette was the father of actor Lewis Arquette and the grandfather of actors Patricia, Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond, and David Arquette. 2. In his early career, Cliff was a nightclub pianist, later joining the Henry Halstead orchestra in 1923. 3. Arquette had been a busy, yet not nationally known, performer in radio, theatre, and motion pictures until 1956, when he retired from show business. 4. At one time, he was credited with performing in 13 different daily radio shows at different stations in the Chicago market, getting from one studio to the other by way of motorboats along the Chicago River through its downtown. 5. One such radio series he performed on was The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok. Arquette and Dave Willock had their own radio show, Dave and Charley, in the early 1950s as well as a television show by the same name that was on the air for three months. 6. It was when Arquette performed on the shows that he created, and inaugurated his performances as, his eventual trademark character of Charley Weaver. 7. The story that Arquette later told about his big break was that one night, in the late 1950s. he was watching The Tonight Show. 8. Host Jack Paar happened to ask the rhetorical question, “Whatever became of Cliff Arquette?” 9. That startled Arquette so much that “I almost dropped my Scotch!” 10. Arquette depicted the character of “Charley Weaver, the wild old man from Mount Idy.” 11. This characterization proved so popular that Arquette almost never again appeared in public as himself, but nearly always as Charley Weaver, complete with his squashed hat, little round glasses, rumpled shirt, broad tie, baggy pants, and suspenders. 12. “Sometimes his jokes are old, and I live in the constant fear that the audience will beat him to the punch line, but they never have. 13. And I suspect that if they ever do, he will rewrite the ending on the spot. 14. I would not like to say that all his jokes are old, although some have been found carved in stone. 15. What I want to say is that in a free-for-all ad lib session, Charley Weaver has and will beat the fastest gun alive.” 16. Arquette also appeared as Charley Weaver on the short-lived The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show on ABC from September 29 to December 29, 1962. 17. In 1960, Arquette was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to radio. 18. A strange-name greeting from “Mamma,” with Weaver explaining that it related to what “Mamma always wanted me to be.”