Dave Willock
Age: 81 | From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1909-08-13 23:02:48
Death: 1990-11-12 23:02:48
Aliases: Dave 'Tugwell' Willock , David Willock
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 30
TV Involvements: 20
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dave Willock (August 13, 1909 – November 12, 1990) was an American character actor. Willock appeared in 181 films and television series from 1939 to 1989. Born in 1909, Willock began his professional career in vaudeville in 1931, teaming with his boyhood friend Jack Carson in a comedy song and dance routine. For a time in the mid-1930s he was a reporter and editor for a Milwaukee newspaper. He first appeared on screen in Good Girls Go to Paris (1939), in an uncredited bit part. He teamed with Carson again when Carson invited him to write for his radio show; Willock wrote and played the part of Carson's nephew Tugwell on The Jack Carson Show from 1943–1949. Willock and Cliff Arquette had their own radio and television shows in the early 1950s. Both versions were called Dave and Charley; the radio version was heard circa 1950, but the television version of it was on the air for only three months in early 1952. In the 1961–1962 season, he played Harvey Clayton, father of the 1920s teenager Margie Clayton, portrayed by Cynthia Pepper in ABC's Margie. He appeared on an episode of Dragnet as an ex-vaudevillean who is cheated out of $9,000 that he found on a sidewalk. In 1966, he had an uncredited role as the bartender in the Elvis Presley vehicle Frankie and Johnny. Willock is probably most familiar to modern audiences from his performance as Baby Jane Hudson's father in the opening scenes of the cult classic What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962). He played seven different characters on CBS's Green Acres with Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor, mostly portraying clerks or elevator operators. Willock also did voice acting for animated roles, such as the offscreen narrator on Wacky Races (1968) and as father Augustus "Gus" Holiday on The Roman Holidays (1972). He appeared in a television commercial for "The Great American Soups", directed by American satirist Stan Freberg, alongside tap-dancing star Ann Miller. He died of complications due to stroke on November 12, 1990 at the age of 81. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. For his contribution to the television industry, Dave Willock has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6358 Hollywood Boulevard.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Bartender
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) The Wig Salesman
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(1958) George Goode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Frank Voss
The Twilight Zone
(1959) Marty
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
(1954) Store Manager
The Virginian
(1962) Hank Jessop
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Bain - Hotel Desk ClerkActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Dave Wardell | |
| 1989 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1985 | Himself | |
| 1975 | Liquor Store Clerk | |
| 1973 | Groundhog | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
| Gus Holiday (voice) | ||
| Mr. Burns | ||
| Store Manager | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1969 | Charlie | |
| 1968 | George Edwards | |
| Regular Performer | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Pete (uncredited) | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| George Bennington | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | Taxi Driver | |
| Milkman Ernie | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Alec (uncredited) | ||
| 1963 | Alfred | |
| Pixley Sheriff | ||
| Touhey Benson | ||
| Buzz Hardy | ||
| Speedy Jackson | ||
| Dr. Leon Partridge DDS | ||
| Carl Ryan | ||
| 1962 | Ray Hudson | |
| N/A | ||
| Elevator Starter | ||
| The Wig Salesman | ||
| Hank Jessop | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited) | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Marty | ||
| N/A | ||
| Peter Tillig | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| Lt. Mike Cruze | ||
| Judge | ||
| Jethro Dane | ||
| George Goode | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Bartender | ||
| Philip Robinson | ||
| N/A | ||
| Henry Wilkins | ||
| William C. Goerner | ||
| Joe Keaton | ||
| 1956 | Bain - Hotel Desk Clerk | |
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | Frank Voss | |
| Becker | ||
| Clerk | ||
| Lou Gibson | ||
| 1954 | Store Manager | |
| 1953 | Counterman | |
| Pete Davis (uncredited) | ||
| Buster Sands | ||
| Delivery Man (uncredited) | ||
| 1952 | Willie | |
| Smitty | ||
| Caddie Ralph Roberts | ||
| Davey | ||
| Seaman McGonegal (uncredited) | ||
| 1951 | Lt. Jerry O'Neal | |
| Airport Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| Usher (Uncredited) | ||
| Algernon Hobenocker | ||
| 1950 | Bus Passenger | |
| Joe Collins | ||
| Tommy Mayberry | ||
| Jimmy Baker (uncredited) | ||
| 1949 | Pig | |
| 1948 | Stockade Desk Sergeant | |
| Willis Gilbey | ||
| 1947 | Lester | |
| 1946 | Harry | |
| Hubert 'Billy' Willis | ||
| Mr. Rodney | ||
| 1945 | Bellboy (uncredited) | |
| Dr. Dailey | ||
| Sailor (uncredited) | ||
| 1944 | Dud Miller | |
| Heckling Soldier (uncredited) | ||
| 1943 | Sgt. Pat Casey | |
| Delivery Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Barney Hilliard | ||
| Convoy Speaker (uncredited) | ||
| Cab Driver (uncredited) | ||
| Sailor | ||
| Phil (uncredited) | ||
| Bellboy (Uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited) | |
| Angelo Palacio | ||
| Elevator Operator (uncredited) | ||
| Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens | ||
| Push Gasper | ||
| Milkman (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Student in Bookstore (uncredited) | ||
| Soda Jerk | ||
| Sailor | ||
| Sailor | ||
| 1941 | Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited) | |
| Student | ||
| Bellboy (uncredited) | ||
| Colonel's Orderly | ||
| Radio Technician | ||
| Messenger Boy | ||
| Elevator Operator (uncredited) | ||
| Hypo | ||
| 1940 | Elevator Operator | |
| Student | ||
| Frightened Motorist | ||
| Talking Cadet in Trouble | ||
| 1939 | Bellboy (uncredited) | |
| Blinky, the Radioman | ||
| Senate Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Arena Call Boy | ||
| Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| Student (uncredited) | ||
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| Hotel Desk Clerk | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
