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