Dave Willock
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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.
Fotos
Películas (94)
Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
2005 · Dave Wardell
Prehistoric World
1989
Son of Dinosaurs
1989 · Self
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
1985 · Himself
Hustle
1975 · Liquor Store Clerk
Emperor of the North
1973 · Groundhog
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Mr. Burns
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
1972 · Store Manager
The Grissom Gang
1971 · Rocky
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Cameraman
Frankie and Johnny
1966 · Pete (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Taxi Driver
Send Me No Flowers
1964 · Milkman Ernie
The Patsy
1964 · Alec (uncredited)
4 for Texas
1963 · Alfred
Wives and Lovers
1963 · Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Ray Hudson
The Ladies Man
1961 · Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Peter Tillig
The Geisha Boy
1958 · GI in Korea (uncredited)
Queen of Outer Space
1958 · Lt. Mike Cruze
The Delicate Delinquent
1957 · William C. Goerner
The Buster Keaton Story
1957 · Joe Keaton
Revenge of the Creature
1955 · Lou Gibson
It Came from Outer Space
1953 · Pete Davis (uncredited)
Roar of the Crowd
1953 · Buster Sands
Remains to Be Seen
1953 · Delivery Man (uncredited)
Flat Top
1952 · Willie
Battle Zone
1952 · Smitty
The Merry Widow
1952 · Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
Just This Once
1952 · Caddie Ralph Roberts
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952 · Davey
A Girl in Every Port
1952 · Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
Roadblock
1951 · Airport Clerk (uncredited)
Darling, How Could You!
1951 · Usher (Uncredited)
Let's Go Navy!
1951 · Algernon Hobenocker
Louisa
1950 · Joe Collins
Belle of Old Mexico
1950 · Tommy Mayberry
No Man of Her Own
1950 · Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
Chicago Deadline
1949 · Pig
Sealed Verdict
1948 · Stockade Desk Sergeant
So This Is New York
1948 · Willis Gilbey
State of the Union
1948 · Pilot (uncredited)
Stork Bites Man
1947 · Lester
The Fabulous Dorseys
1947 · Foggy
The Searching Wind
1946 · Harry, Male Nurse
The Runaround
1946 · Hubert 'Billy' Willis
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946 · Mr. Rodney
This Love of Ours
1945 · Dr. Dailey
Spellbound
1945 · Bellboy (uncredited)
Bring on the Girls
1945 · Sailor (uncredited)
Pin Up Girl
1944 · Dud Miller
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944 · Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
The Gang's All Here
1943 · Sgt. Pat Casey
Princess O'Rourke
1943 · Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Let's Face It
1943 · Barney Hilliard
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
She Has What It Takes
1943 · Cab Driver (uncredited)
He Hired the Boss
1943 · Sailor
Dixie Dugan
1943 · Phil (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943 · Bellboy (Uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier
1942 · Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
1942 · Angelo Palacio
For Me and My Gal
1942 · Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Men of the Sky
1942 · Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
Priorities on Parade
1942 · Push Gasper
The Affairs of Martha
1942 · Milkman (uncredited)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 · Messenger (uncredited)
Frisco Lil
1942
The Male Animal
1942 · Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps
1942 · Soda Jerk
The Fleet's In
1942 · Sailor
Over My Dead Body
1942 · Sailor
Louisiana Purchase
1941 · Bellhop (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
Harvard Here I Come
1941 · Student
Niagara Falls
1941 · Bellboy (uncredited)
Caught in the Draft
1941 · Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
1941 · Radio Technician
She Knew All the Answers
1941 · Messenger Boy
A Shot in the Dark
1941 · Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney
1941 · Hypo
Too Many Husbands
1940 · Elevator Operator
Black Friday
1940 · Student
Granny Get Your Gun
1940 · Frightened Motorist
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940 · Talking Cadet in Trouble
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 · Bellboy (uncredited)
Legion of Lost Flyers
1939 · Blinky, the Radioman
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Senate Guard (uncredited)
Golden Boy
1939 · Arena Call Boy
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939 · Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939 · Student (uncredited)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939 · Page
Three Texas Steers
1939 · Hotel Desk Clerk
Series (52)
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Clerk
The Roman Holidays
1972 · Gus Holiday (voice)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Immortal
1970
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Love, American Style
1969 · Charlie, Bob, Charley
Adam-12
1968 · George Edwards
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968 · Regular Performer
Wacky Races
1968 · Narrator (voice)
Run, Buddy, Run
1966 · Chicken Buyer (uncredited), Sheriff Len Rhodes
That Girl
1966
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Green Acres
1965 · George Bennington, Ticket Agent, Larry Lawlor, Tom Blackwell, Mr. McGurney, Otis Cowan, Mr. Gordon
My Mother the Car
1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Munsters
1964
The Cara Williams Show
1964 · Sweeney
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Pixley Sheriff, Touhey Benson
Burke's Law
1963 · Buzz Hardy
Temple Houston
1963 · Speedy Jackson
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Carl Ryan
The Lucy Show
1962 · Math Teacher
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Elevator Starter
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · The Wig Salesman
The Virginian
1962 · Hank Jessop
Margie
1961
Mister Ed
1961 · Moko (voice) (uncredited)
Stagecoach West
1960 · Duncan, Clerk
My Three Sons
1960 · Ed
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
Not for Hire
1959
Dennis the Menace
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Marty
Wichita Town
1959
Bonanza
1959 · Deeter, Phil Axe
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Jethro Dane, George Goode, Judge
The Real McCoys
1957
Perry Mason
1957 · Philip Robinson, Bartender
Boots and Saddles
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Henry Wilkins
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Bain - Hotel Desk Clerk
Telephone Time
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Frank Voss
Gunsmoke
1955 · Clerk, Becker
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Store Manager
The Lone Wolf
1954 · Roustabout (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Counterman
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Benny Corrigan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Lt. Jerry O'Neal
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Bus Passenger
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950 · Manny Dillon