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person_profile-Dave Willock

Dave Willock Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Dave Willock

Date of Birth:

Aug 13, 1909

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 12, 1990

Biography of

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 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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Dave Willock

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Filmography of

Dave Willock

Found 87 Movies in total

... 1989

Hustle

Liquor Store Clerk ( Actor )

... 1975

Emperor of the North

Groundhog ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1972

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

Store Manager ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1971

Frankie and Johnny

Pete (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1966

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Taxi Driver ( Actor )

... 1964

Send Me No Flowers

Milkman Ernie ( Actor )

... 1964

The Patsy

Alec (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

4 for Texas

Alfred ( Actor )

... 1963

Wives and Lovers

Dr. Leon Partridge DDS ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1962

The Ladies Man

Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Ten Seconds to Hell

Peter Tillig ( Actor )

... 1959

Queen of Outer Space

Lt. Mike Cruze ( Actor )

... 1958

The Delicate Delinquent

William C. Goerner ( Actor )

... 1957

The Buster Keaton Story

Joe Keaton ( Actor )

... 1957

Revenge of the Creature

Lou Gibson ( Actor )

... 1955

It Came from Outer Space

Pete Davis (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Roar of the Crowd

Buster Sands ( Actor )

... 1953

Remains to Be Seen

Delivery Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Flat Top

Willie ( Actor )

... 1952

Battle Zone

Smitty ( Actor )

... 1952

The Merry Widow

Marshovian Attache (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

Just This Once

Caddie Ralph Roberts ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1952

A Girl in Every Port

Seaman McGonegal (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

Roadblock

Airport Clerk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

Darling, How Could You!

Usher (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

Let's Go Navy!

Algernon Hobenocker ( Actor )

... 1951

Louisa

Joe Collins ( Actor )

... 1950

Belle of Old Mexico

Tommy Mayberry ( Actor )

... 1950

No Man of Her Own

Jimmy Baker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

Chicago Deadline

Pig ( Actor )

... 1949

Sealed Verdict

Stockade Desk Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1948

So This Is New York

Willis Gilbey ( Actor )

... 1948

State of the Union

Pilot (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Stork Bites Man

Lester ( Actor )

... 1947

The Fabulous Dorseys

Foggy ( Actor )

... 1947

The Searching Wind

Harry ( Actor )

... 1946

The Runaround

Hubert 'Billy' Willis ( Actor )

... 1946

Joe Palooka, Champ

Mr. Rodney ( Actor )

... 1946

Spellbound

Bellboy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

This Love of Ours

Dr. Dailey ( Actor )

... 1945

Bring on the Girls

Sailor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Pin Up Girl

Dud Miller ( Actor )

... 1944

Four Jills in a Jeep

Heckling Soldier (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Gang's All Here

Sgt. Pat Casey ( Actor )

... 1943

Princess O'Rourke

Delivery Boy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Let's Face It

Barney Hilliard ( Actor )

... 1943

Action in the North Atlantic

Convoy Speaker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

She Has What It Takes

Cab Driver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

He Hired the Boss

Sailor ( Actor )

... 1943

Dixie Dugan

Phil (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

The Hard Way

Bellboy (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

You Were Never Lovelier

Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Lucky Jordan

Angelo Palacio ( Actor )

... 1942

For Me and My Gal

Elevator Operator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Priorities on Parade

Push Gasper ( Actor )

... 1942

The Affairs of Martha

Milkman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Messenger (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

The Male Animal

Student in Bookstore (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

This Time for Keeps

Soda Jerk ( Actor )

... 1942

The Fleet's In

Sailor ( Actor )

... 1942

Over My Dead Body

Sailor ( Actor )

... 1942

Louisiana Purchase

Bellhop (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Hellzapoppin'

Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Harvard Here I Come

Student ( Actor )

... 1941

Niagara Falls

Bellboy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Caught in the Draft

Colonel's Orderly ( Actor )

... 1941

Cracked Nuts

Radio Technician ( Actor )

... 1941

She Knew All the Answers

Messenger Boy ( Actor )

... 1941

A Shot in the Dark

Elevator Operator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

... 1941

Too Many Husbands

Elevator Operator ( Actor )

... 1940

Black Friday

Student ( Actor )

... 1940

Granny Get Your Gun

Frightened Motorist ( Actor )

... 1940

Brother Rat and a Baby

Talking Cadet in Trouble ( Actor )

... 1940

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Bellboy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Legion of Lost Flyers

Blinky, the Radioman ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Senate Guard (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Golden Boy

Arena Call Boy ( Actor )

... 1939

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Good Girls Go to Paris

Student (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Page ( Actor )

... 1939

Three Texas Steers

Hotel Desk Clerk ( Actor )

... 1939