Dave Willock
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 13, 1909
- Died
- November 12, 1990 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
Movie · as Dave Wardell
Prehistoric World
Movie
Son of Dinosaurs
Movie · as Self
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Movie · as Himself
Hustle
Movie · as Liquor Store Clerk
Emperor of the North
Movie · as Groundhog
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Movie · as Mr. Burns
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Movie · as Store Manager
The Roman Holidays
TV · as Gus Holiday (voice) · 13 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Clerk · 1 ep
The Grissom Gang
Movie · as Rocky
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
The Immortal
TV · 1 ep
Nanny and the Professor
TV · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Charlie, Bob, Charley · 1 ep
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie · as Cameraman
Wacky Races
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 34 eps
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
TV · as Regular Performer · 12 eps
Adam-12
TV · as George Edwards · 1 ep
Frankie and Johnny
Movie · as Pete (uncredited)
That Girl
TV · 1 ep
Run, Buddy, Run
TV · as Chicken Buyer (uncredited), Sheriff Len Rhodes · 1 ep
Hogan's Heroes
TV · 1 ep
My Mother the Car
TV · 3 eps
Green Acres
TV · as George Bennington, Ticket Agent, Larry Lawlor, Tom Blackwell, Mr. McGurney, Otis Cowan, Mr. Gordon · 1 ep
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Movie · as Taxi Driver
Send Me No Flowers
Movie · as Milkman Ernie
The Patsy
Movie · as Alec (uncredited)
The Munsters
TV · 1 ep
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV · 1 ep
The Cara Williams Show
TV · as Sweeney · 1 ep
4 for Texas
Movie · as Alfred
Wives and Lovers
Movie · as Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
Burke's Law
TV · as Buzz Hardy · 1 ep
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Pixley Sheriff, Touhey Benson · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Carl Ryan · 1 ep
Temple Houston
TV · as Speedy Jackson · 2 eps
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Movie · as Ray Hudson
The Lucy Show
TV · as Math Teacher · 1 ep
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as Elevator Starter · 2 eps
The Virginian
TV · as Hank Jessop · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as The Wig Salesman · 1 ep
The Ladies Man
Movie · as Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
Margie
TV · 26 eps
Mister Ed
TV · as Moko (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Tom Ewell Show
TV · 1 ep
My Three Sons
TV · as Ed · 1 ep
Stagecoach West
TV · as Duncan, Clerk · 1 ep
Ten Seconds to Hell
Movie · as Peter Tillig
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Marty · 1 ep
Dennis the Menace
TV · 1 ep
Wichita Town
TV · 3 eps
Not for Hire
TV · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Deeter, Phil Axe · 1 ep
Queen of Outer Space
Movie · as Lt. Mike Cruze
The Geisha Boy
Movie · as GI in Korea (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
TV · 1 ep
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Jethro Dane, George Goode, Judge · 1 ep
The Buster Keaton Story
Movie · as Joe Keaton
The Delicate Delinquent
Movie · as William C. Goerner
Perry Mason
TV · as Philip Robinson, Bartender · 1 ep
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Henry Wilkins · 1 ep
The Real McCoys
TV · 1 ep
Boots and Saddles
TV · 38 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Bain - Hotel Desk Clerk · 1 ep
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
Revenge of the Creature
Movie · as Lou Gibson
Gunsmoke
TV · as Clerk, Becker · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Frank Voss · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Store Manager · 2 eps
The Lone Wolf
TV · as Roustabout (uncredited) · 1 ep
It Came from Outer Space
Movie · as Pete Davis (uncredited)
Remains to Be Seen
Movie · as Delivery Man (uncredited)
Roar of the Crowd
Movie · as Buster Sands
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Counterman · 1 ep
Flat Top
Movie · as Willie
Just This Once
Movie · as Caddie Ralph Roberts
Battle Zone
Movie · as Smitty
A Girl in Every Port
Movie · as Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
Love Is Better Than Ever
Movie · as Davey
The Merry Widow
Movie · as Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Benny Corrigan · 1 ep
Let's Go Navy!
Movie · as Algernon Hobenocker
Roadblock
Movie · as Airport Clerk (uncredited)
Darling, How Could You!
Movie · as Usher (Uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Lt. Jerry O'Neal · 1 ep
Belle of Old Mexico
Movie · as Tommy Mayberry
No Man of Her Own
Movie · as Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
Louisa
Movie · as Joe Collins
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Bus Passenger · 1 ep
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV · as Manny Dillon · 1 ep
Chicago Deadline
Movie · as Pig
State of the Union
Movie · as Pilot (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict
Movie · as Stockade Desk Sergeant
So This Is New York
Movie · as Willis Gilbey
Stork Bites Man
Movie · as Lester
The Fabulous Dorseys
Movie · as Foggy
The Runaround
Movie · as Hubert 'Billy' Willis
The Searching Wind
Movie · as Harry, Male Nurse
Joe Palooka, Champ
Movie · as Mr. Rodney
This Love of Ours
Movie · as Dr. Dailey
Bring on the Girls
Movie · as Sailor (uncredited)
Spellbound
Movie · as Bellboy (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
Movie · as Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
Pin Up Girl
Movie · as Dud Miller
She Has What It Takes
Movie · as Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Gang's All Here
Movie · as Sgt. Pat Casey
The Hard Way
Movie · as Bellboy (Uncredited)
Dixie Dugan
Movie · as Phil (uncredited)
He Hired the Boss
Movie · as Sailor
Let's Face It
Movie · as Barney Hilliard
Action in the North Atlantic
Movie · as Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
Movie · as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Male Animal
Movie · as Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
Movie · as Angelo Palacio
Frisco Lil
Movie
You Were Never Lovelier
Movie · as Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
The Fleet's In
Movie · as Sailor
Men of the Sky
Movie · as Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
The Affairs of Martha
Movie · as Milkman (uncredited)
Over My Dead Body
Movie · as Sailor
This Time for Keeps
Movie · as Soda Jerk
Priorities on Parade
Movie · as Push Gasper
For Me and My Gal
Movie · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Movie · as Messenger (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
Movie · as Bellboy (uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
Movie · as Bellhop (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
Movie · as Radio Technician
A Shot in the Dark
Movie · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Harvard Here I Come
Movie · as Student
Mr. District Attorney
Movie · as Hypo
She Knew All the Answers
Movie · as Messenger Boy
Hellzapoppin'
Movie · as Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
Caught in the Draft
Movie · as Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
Brother Rat and a Baby
Movie · as Talking Cadet in Trouble
Black Friday
Movie · as Student
Too Many Husbands
Movie · as Elevator Operator
Granny Get Your Gun
Movie · as Frightened Motorist
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Movie · as Bellboy (uncredited)
Three Texas Steers
Movie · as Hotel Desk Clerk
Good Girls Go to Paris
Movie · as Student (uncredited)
Golden Boy
Movie · as Arena Call Boy
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie · as Senate Guard (uncredited)
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Movie · as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Movie · as Page
Legion of Lost Flyers
Movie · as Blinky, the Radioman