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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 13, 1909
Died
November 12, 1990
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Dave 'Tugwell' Willock
- David Willock
Dave Willock
0.5 Popularity
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. 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.
Known For
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5.7
Dave Wardell
Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
2005
6.2
Son of Dinosaurs
1989
0.0
Prehistoric World
1989
8.3
Himself
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
1985
5.7
Liquor Store Clerk
Hustle
1975
6.7
Groundhog
Emperor of the North
1973
6.9
Clerk
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
6.5
Gus Holiday (voice)
The Roman Holidays
1972
6.3
Mr. Burns
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
6.0
Store Manager
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
1972
Credits
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Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
as Dave Wardell
2005
5.7
Son of Dinosaurs
1989
6.2
Prehistoric World
1989
0.0
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
as Himself
1985
8.3
Hustle
as Liquor Store Clerk
1975
5.7
Emperor of the North
as Groundhog
1973
6.7
The Streets of San Francisco
as Clerk
1972
6.9
The Roman Holidays
as Gus Holiday (voice)
1972
6.5
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Mr. Burns
1972
6.3
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
as Store Manager
1972
6.0
The Grissom Gang
1971
6.6
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
6.9
The Immortal
1970
7.4
Nanny and the Professor
1970
6.0
Love, American Style
as Charlie
1969
6.0
Love, American Style
as Bob
1969
6.0
Love, American Style
as Charley
1969
6.0
Adam-12
as George Edwards
1968
7.0
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The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
as Regular Performer
1968
0.0
Wacky Races
as Narrator
1968
7.3
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
0.0
That Girl
1966
6.2
Frankie and Johnny
as Pete (uncredited)
1966
5.7
Hogan's Heroes
1965
7.5
Green Acres
as George Bennington
1965
7.3
Green Acres
as Ticket Agent
1965
7.3
Green Acres
as Larry Lawlor
1965
7.3
Green Acres
as Tom Blackwell
1965
7.3
Green Acres
as Mr. McGurney
1965
7.3
Green Acres
as Otis Cowan
1965
7.3
Green Acres
as Mr. Gordon
1965
7.3
My Mother the Car
1965
4.3
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Taxi Driver
1964
7.3
Send Me No Flowers
as Milkman Ernie
1964
6.7
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
7.2
The Munsters
1964
7.9
The Cara Williams Show
1964
5.0
The Cara Williams Show
as Sweeney
1964
5.0
The Patsy
as Alec (uncredited)
1964
6.2
4 for Texas
as Alfred
1963
5.1
Petticoat Junction
as Pixley Sheriff
1963
5.8
Petticoat Junction
as Touhey Benson
1963
5.8
Burke's Law
as Buzz Hardy
1963
6.0
Temple Houston
as Speedy Jackson
1963
5.7
Wives and Lovers
as Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
1963
4.6
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Vacation Playhouse
as Carl Ryan
1963
0.0
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Ray Hudson
1962
7.9
The Lucy Show
as Math Teacher
1962
7.0
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Elevator Starter
1962
6.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as The Wig Salesman
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Hank Jessop
1962
6.5
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Margie
1961
0.0
The Ladies Man
as Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
1961
6.3
Mister Ed
as Moko (voice) (uncredited)
1961
6.8
My Three Sons
as Ed
1960
6.5
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The Tom Ewell Show
1960
0.0
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Not for Hire
1959
0.0
Dennis the Menace
1959
6.5
The Twilight Zone
as Marty
1959
8.4
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Peter Tillig
1959
6.1
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
Queen of Outer Space
as Lt. Mike Cruze
1958
4.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Jethro Dane
1958
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as George Goode
1958
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Judge
1958
6.9
The Real McCoys
1957
5.6
Perry Mason
as Philip Robinson
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Bartender
1957
7.7
Boots and Saddles
1957
5.0
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Henry Wilkins
1957
6.2
The Delicate Delinquent
as William C. Goerner
1957
6.4
The Buster Keaton Story
as Joe Keaton
1957
4.9
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Bain - Hotel Desk Clerk
1956
5.5
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Frank Voss
1955
7.7
Gunsmoke
as Clerk
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Becker
1955
6.6
Revenge of the Creature
as Lou Gibson
1955
5.6
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Store Manager
1954
7.8
The Lone Wolf
as Roustabout (uncredited)
1954
7.0
Letter to Loretta
as Counterman
1953
6.5
It Came from Outer Space
as Pete Davis (uncredited)
1953
6.3
Roar of the Crowd
as Buster Sands
1953
0.0
Remains to Be Seen
as Delivery Man (uncredited)
1953
5.7
Flat Top
as Willie
1952
4.0
Battle Zone
as Smitty
1952
5.0
The Ford Television Theatre
as Benny Corrigan
1952
7.3
The Merry Widow
as Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
1952
5.8
Just This Once
as Caddie Ralph Roberts
1952
3.8
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Davey
1952
6.1
A Girl in Every Port
as Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
1952
4.8
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Lt. Jerry O'Neal
1951
7.3
Roadblock
as Airport Clerk (uncredited)
1951
5.8
Darling, How Could You!
as Usher (Uncredited)
1951
6.0
Let's Go Navy!
as Algernon Hobenocker
1951
7.0
The Jack Benny Program
as Bus Passenger
1950
7.8
Louisa
as Joe Collins
1950
6.1
Belle of Old Mexico
as Tommy Mayberry
1950
0.0
No Man of Her Own
as Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
1950
6.9
Chicago Deadline
as Pig
1949
6.3
Sealed Verdict
as Stockade Desk Sergeant
1948
5.5
So This Is New York
as Willis Gilbey
1948
6.0
State of the Union
as Pilot (uncredited)
1948
6.7
Stork Bites Man
as Lester
1947
0.0
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Foggy
1947
6.0
The Searching Wind
as Harry, Male Nurse
1946
0.0
The Runaround
as Hubert 'Billy' Willis
1946
0.0
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Mr. Rodney
1946
0.0
Spellbound
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1945
7.4
This Love of Ours
as Dr. Dailey
1945
5.7
Bring on the Girls
as Sailor (uncredited)
1945
6.1
Pin Up Girl
as Dud Miller
1944
6.1
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
1944
5.7
The Gang's All Here
as Sgt. Pat Casey
1943
5.8
Princess O'Rourke
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1943
6.3
Let's Face It
as Barney Hilliard
1943
4.5
Action in the North Atlantic
as Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
1943
7.1
She Has What It Takes
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1943
0.0
He Hired the Boss
as Sailor
1943
3.0
Dixie Dugan
as Phil (uncredited)
1943
5.0
The Hard Way
as Bellboy (Uncredited)
1943
6.6
You Were Never Lovelier
as Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
7.1
Lucky Jordan
as Angelo Palacio
1942
6.0
For Me and My Gal
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Men of the Sky
as Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
1942
3.5
Priorities on Parade
as Push Gasper
1942
0.0
The Affairs of Martha
as Milkman (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Messenger (uncredited)
1942
2.0
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Frisco Lil
1942
8.0
The Male Animal
as Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
1942
4.1
This Time for Keeps
as Soda Jerk
1942
6.0
The Fleet's In
as Sailor
1942
7.0
Over My Dead Body
as Sailor
1942
0.0
Louisiana Purchase
as Bellhop (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Hellzapoppin'
as Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
1941
7.1
Harvard Here I Come
as Student
1941
5.0
Niagara Falls
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1941
6.8
Caught in the Draft
as Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
1941
5.8
Cracked Nuts
as Radio Technician
1941
0.0
She Knew All the Answers
as Messenger Boy
1941
6.3
A Shot in the Dark
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Mr. District Attorney
as Hypo
1941
5.4
Too Many Husbands
as Elevator Operator
1940
6.3
Black Friday
as Student
1940
6.0
Granny Get Your Gun
as Frightened Motorist
1940
3.5
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Talking Cadet in Trouble
1940
5.2
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1939
5.8
Legion of Lost Flyers
as Blinky, the Radioman
1939
4.0
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senate Guard (uncredited)
1939
7.9
Golden Boy
as Arena Call Boy
1939
6.5
Blondie Takes a Vacation
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1939
6.2
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Student (uncredited)
1939
7.1
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Page
1939
5.7
Three Texas Steers
as Hotel Desk Clerk
1939
4.9