Dave Willock
Known for Acting · 147 credits
- Born
- 1909-08-13
- Died
- 1990-11-12
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Dave 'Tugwell' Willock · David Willock
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.
Known For
TV Shows (52)
Perry Mason
1957
as Philip Robinson / Bartender
Bonanza
1959
as Deeter / Phil Axe
Adam-12
1968
as George Edwards
Love, American Style
1969
as Charlie / Bob / Charley
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as The Wig Salesman
Hogan's Heroes
1965
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Marty
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Elevator Starter
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Pixley Sheriff / Touhey Benson
The Virginian
1962
as Hank Jessop
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Bain - Hotel Desk Clerk
My Three Sons
1960
as Ed
Green Acres
1965
as George Bennington / Ticket Agent / Larry Lawlor / Tom Blackwell / Mr. McGurney / Otis Cowan / Mr. Gordon
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Lucy Show
1962
as Math Teacher
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Jethro Dane / George Goode / Judge
Burke's Law
1963
as Buzz Hardy
Gunsmoke
1955
as Clerk / Becker
That Girl
1966
The Munsters
1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Real McCoys
1957
Dennis the Menace
1959
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Clerk
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Benny Corrigan
Mister Ed
1961
as Moko (voice) (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Telephone Time
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Frank Voss
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Bus Passenger
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Henry Wilkins
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Manny Dillon
Stagecoach West
1960
as Duncan / Clerk
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Store Manager
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Carl Ryan
The Lone Wolf
1954
as Roustabout (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Counterman
Wacky Races
1968
as Narrator (voice)
The Immortal
1970
Wichita Town
1959
Temple Houston
1963
as Speedy Jackson
My Mother the Car
1965
The Roman Holidays
1972
as Gus Holiday (voice)
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
as Chicken Buyer (uncredited) / Sheriff Len Rhodes
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Lt. Jerry O'Neal
The Cara Williams Show
1964
as Sweeney
Not for Hire
1959
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968
as Regular Performer
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
Boots and Saddles
1957
Margie
1961
Movies (95)
Spellbound
1945
as Bellboy (uncredited)
The Grissom Gang
1971
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Senate Guard (uncredited)
Send Me No Flowers
1964
as Milkman Ernie
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
as Ray Hudson
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Taxi Driver
Hustle
1975
as Liquor Store Clerk
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
as Mr. Burns
Lucky Jordan
1942
as Angelo Palacio
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Talking Cadet in Trouble
Hellzapoppin'
1941
as Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
State of the Union
1948
as Pilot (uncredited)
Emperor of the North
1973
as Groundhog
Roadblock
1951
as Airport Clerk (uncredited)
Son of Dinosaurs
1989
as Self
Cracked Nuts
1941
as Radio Technician
Frankie and Johnny
1966
as Pete (uncredited)
4 for Texas
1963
as Alfred
Revenge of the Creature
1955
as Lou Gibson
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Cameraman
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
1953
as Pete Davis (uncredited)
The Ladies Man
1961
as Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
The Patsy
1964
as Alec (uncredited)
Chicago Deadline
1949
as Pig
Golden Boy
1939
as Arena Call Boy
Louisa
1950
as Joe Collins
The Geisha Boy
1958
as GI in Korea (uncredited)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
as Messenger (uncredited)
Frisco Lil
1942
The Gang's All Here
1943
as Sgt. Pat Casey
Harvard Here I Come
1941
as Student
Queen of Outer Space
1958
as Lt. Mike Cruze
The Male Animal
1942
as Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
1942
as Milkman (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943
as Bellboy (Uncredited)
For Me and My Gal
1942
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
1941
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Battle Zone
1952
as Smitty
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
1972
as Store Manager
Black Friday
1940
as Student
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
as William C. Goerner
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
as Davey
Sealed Verdict
1948
as Stockade Desk Sergeant
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
1985
as Himself
Niagara Falls
1941
as Bellboy (uncredited)
The Fleet's In
1942
as Sailor
Men of the Sky
1942
as Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
No Man of Her Own
1950
as Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
1952
as Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
A Girl in Every Port
1952
as Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
Flat Top
1952
as Willie
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Student (uncredited)
She Has What It Takes
1943
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959
as Peter Tillig
So This Is New York
1948
as Willis Gilbey
The Fabulous Dorseys
1947
as Foggy
This Love of Ours
1945
as Dr. Dailey
Remains to Be Seen
1953
as Delivery Man (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
as Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps
1942
as Soda Jerk
Pin Up Girl
1944
as Dud Miller
Too Many Husbands
1940
as Elevator Operator
Wives and Lovers
1963
as Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946
as Mr. Rodney
The Runaround
1946
as Hubert 'Billy' Willis
Just This Once
1952
as Caddie Ralph Roberts
The Sunrise Gun
1959
as hotel desk clerk
Caught in the Draft
1941
as Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
Let's Go Navy!
1951
as Algernon Hobenocker
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Darling, How Could You!
1951
as Usher (Uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
as Joe Keaton
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Page
Priorities on Parade
1942
as Push Gasper
Prehistoric World
1989
She Knew All the Answers
1941
as Messenger Boy
Bring on the Girls
1945
as Sailor (uncredited)
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
as Tommy Mayberry
Dixie Dugan
1943
as Phil (uncredited)
Three Texas Steers
1939
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Roar of the Crowd
1953
as Buster Sands
Stork Bites Man
1947
as Lester
A Shot in the Dark
1941
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Over My Dead Body
1942
as Sailor
Let's Face It
1943
as Barney Hilliard
He Hired the Boss
1943
as Sailor
Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
2005
as Dave Wardell
Mr. District Attorney
1941
as Hypo
Granny Get Your Gun
1940
as Frightened Motorist
Legion of Lost Flyers
1939
as Blinky, the Radioman
The Searching Wind
1946
as Harry, Male Nurse
About Dave Willock
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… With 147 credits spanning from 1939 to 2005, Dave Willock has appeared in 95 films and 52 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dave Willock Movies
- Spellbound (1945) — as Bellboy (uncredited)
- The Grissom Gang (1971)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — as Senate Guard (uncredited)
- Send Me No Flowers (1964) — as Milkman Ernie
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) — as Ray Hudson
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