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