Dave Willock
Biography
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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
Acting
1962
asRay Hudson
1942
asStudent in Bookstore (uncredited)
1964
asTaxi Driver
1971
as
1964
asMilkman Ernie
1950
asTommy Mayberry
1959
asPeter Tillig
1949
asPig
1943
asCab Driver (uncredited)
1955
asLou Gibson
2005
asDave Wardell
1958
asLt. Mike Cruze
1961
asAssistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
1943
asSgt. Pat Casey
1953
asPete Davis (uncredited)
1952
asWillie
1950
asJimmy Baker (uncredited)
1944
asHeckling Soldier (uncredited)
1951
asAlgernon Hobenocker
1946
asHubert 'Billy' Willis
1952
asCaddie Ralph Roberts
1942
asAngelo Palacio
1985
asHimself
1945
asDr. Dailey
1946
asHarry, Male Nurse
1944
asDud Miller
1952
asSmitty
1942
as
1966
asPete (uncredited)
1939
asBellboy (uncredited)
1989
as
1989
as
1948
asPilot (uncredited)
1939
asHotel Desk Clerk
1939
asStudent (uncredited)
1939
asArena Call Boy
1939
asSenate Guard (uncredited)
1939
asHotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1943
asBellboy (Uncredited)
1943
asPhil (uncredited)
1941
asBellboy (uncredited)
1940
asTalking Cadet in Trouble
1940
asStudent
1943
asSailor
1952
asSeaman McGonegal (uncredited)
1943
asBarney Hilliard
1940
asElevator Operator
1941
asBellhop (uncredited)
1942
asHotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
1945
asSailor (uncredited)
1950
asJoe Collins
1941
asRadio Technician
1941
asElevator Operator (uncredited)
1942
asSailor
1963
asAlfred
1941
asStudent
1951
asAirport Clerk (uncredited)
1972
asMr. Burns
1953
asDelivery Man (uncredited)
1939
asPage
1942
asBob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
1942
asMilkman (uncredited)
1942
asSailor
1941
asHypo
1941
asMessenger Boy
1957
asJoe Keaton
1952
asDavey
1943
asConvoy Speaker (uncredited)
1942
asSoda Jerk
1948
asStockade Desk Sergeant
1943
asDelivery Boy (uncredited)
1942
asPush Gasper
1941
asOrchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
1948
asWillis Gilbey
1945
asBellboy (uncredited)
1973
asGroundhog
1946
asMr. Rodney
1947
asLester
1940
asFrightened Motorist
1951
asUsher (Uncredited)
1953
asBuster Sands
1941
asColonel's Orderly (uncredited)
1964
asAlec (uncredited)
1957
asWilliam C. Goerner
1963
asDr. Leon Partridge DDS
1942
asElevator Operator (uncredited)
1972
asStore Manager
1939
asBlinky, the Radioman
1975
asLiquor Store Clerk
1952
asMarshovian Attache (uncredited)
1942
asMessenger (uncredited)
1947
asFoggy
asBuzz Hardy
asNarrator
as
asMath Teacher
as
asElevator Starter
as
as
asPixley Sheriff
as
asClerk
asPhilip Robinson
asMarty
asFrank Voss
asas 
as
as
as
asHank Jessop
as
asLt. Jerry O'Neal
asHenry Wilkins
asGus Holiday (voice)
as
as
asJethro Dane
as
asBain - Hotel Desk Clerk
asasCarl Ryan
asRegular Performer
as
asCounterman
asas as 
asBus Passenger
asStore Manager
asCharlie
asGeorge Bennington
asBecker
asTouhey Benson
asSpeedy Jackson
asGeorge Edwards
asGeorge Goode
asJudge
asBartender
asBenny Corrigan
asMoko (voice) (uncredited)
asTicket Agent
asSweeney
asThe Wig Salesman
asLarry Lawlor
asTom Blackwell
asMr. McGurney
asEd
asOtis Cowan
asRoustabout (uncredited)
asClerk
asMr. Gordon
asBob
asCharley
Production
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