Actor
Delos Jewkes
October 21, 1895 · Orangeville, Utah, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
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Allan Watson
4 titles together
Santa's Workshop, Father Noah's Ark, King Neptune
Jeanette MacDonald
3 titles together
Naughty Marietta, Bitter Sweet, Broadway Serenade
Frank Morgan
3 titles together
Naughty Marietta, White Cargo, Broadway Serenade
Douglass Dumbrille
3 titles together
Naughty Marietta, Lost in a Harem, Du Barry Was a Lady
Reginald Owen
2 titles together
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, White Cargo
Ron Howard
2 titles together
The Music Man, The Andy Griffith Show
Full filmography · 21
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
19717
The Music Man
as Harley MacCauley
19627.1
Girl on the Spot
as Pirate King (uncredited)
1946
Lost in a Harem
as Singer - 'Sons of the Desert' Number (uncredited)
1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Singer (uncredited)
1943
Coney Island
as Member of quartettes, 'Irish' number and singing waiters
1943
White Cargo
as Native Singer (uncredited)
1942
Rio Rita
as Soloist in "The Ranger's Song" (uncredited)
1942
One Foot in Heaven
as Choir Member (uncredited)
19416.9
Bitter Sweet
as Singer (uncredited)
1940
Broadway Serenade
as Musician (uncredited)
1939
Have You Got Any Castles
as Old King Cole (voice) (uncredited)
19386.6