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Delos Jewkes

Delos Jewkes

Acting
1895(USA)-1984
From New York Times Obituary, July 19, 1984: J. Delos Jewkes, a singer and actor who supplied the voice of God for Cecil B. De Mille's "Ten Commandments," died of a heart attack here Tuesday. He was 89 years old. Mr. Jewkes appeared in about 300 films, with Shirley Temple, John Wayne and others. He was featured in all of Jeanette MacDonald's and Nelson Eddy's films. He also appeared with Hoot Gibson and on the Orpheum-Keith Vaudeville Circuit. Mr. Jewkes started his singing career in 1925 with traveling opera and light opera companies. He sang in the bass section of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and with the Salt Lake Philharmonic Orchestra.

Acts in

  • Bottles
  • Pop Goes the Easel
  • White Cargo
  • Have You Got Any Castles?
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • Santa's Workshop
  • Father Noah's Ark
  • Broadway Serenade
  • Bitter Sweet
  • Coney Island
  • Du Barry Was a Lady
  • Rio Rita
  • Lost in a Harem
  • To Spring
  • Naughty Marietta
  • One Foot in Heaven
  • The Music Man