Vance Colvig Jr.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 9, 1918
- Died
- March 3, 1991 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Vance DeBar Colvig Jr. was an American character actor, voice actor, and writer best known for being the first actor to portray Bozo the Clown on a franchised television program. He also voiced Chopper the bulldog on The Yogi Bear Show. He was the son of Pinto Colvig, the original voice of Disney's Goofy and the first-ever performer of Bozo the Clown on records. In the 1980s, he became a familiar face making live-action guest appearances as a character actor on hits like The Golden Girls, Night Court, Hill Street Blues, and St. Elsewhere. One of his most memorable late-career film cameos was playing a transient alongside "Weird Al" Yankovic in the 1989 cult comedy film UHF.
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Filmography
Boris and Natasha
Movie · as One-Eyed Man
UHF
Movie · as Bum
Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place
Movie · as Smitty
Big Top Pee-wee
Movie · as Clownie
Arizona Heat
Movie · as Mr. Gordon
Mortuary Academy
Movie · as Uncle Willard
Track 29
Movie · as Mr. Ennis
Maid to Order
Movie · as Man with Newspapers
Dudes
Movie · as Hezekiah
Barfly
Movie · as Alcoholic Man
My Chauffeur
Movie · as Doolittle
The Boys Next Door
Movie · as Old Man
Amazing Stories
TV · as Vaudevillian · 1 ep
Night Court
TV · as Bum · 1 ep
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Mr. Pechar · 1 ep
American Pop
Movie · as Hobo #1
For the Love of It
Movie · as Old Hippie
The Yogi Bear Show
TV · as Chopper (voice) · 97 eps
The Quick Draw McGraw Show
TV · as Tombstone Jones · 135 eps