Dave Willock
Acting
🎂 1909-08-13
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.
Cast credits(155)
1965
Charlie
1969
Bob
1969
Charley
1969
The Wig Salesman
1962
Bus Passenger
1950
Moko (voice) (uncredited)
1961
Buzz Hardy
1963
Philip Robinson
1957
Bartender
1957
Clerk
1972
1960
Jethro Dane
1958
Judge
1958
George Goode
1958
Bain - Hotel Desk Clerk
1956
Marty
1959
Benny Corrigan
1952
1958
Math Teacher
1962
1957
1956
1964
Elevator Starter
1962
1959
1964
Counterman
1953
1959
Carl Ryan
1963
Speedy Jackson
1963
1959
George Edwards
1968
Ed
1960
Store Manager
1954
Hank Jessop
1962
Pixley Sheriff
1963
Touhey Benson
1963
Henry Wilkins
1957
Roustabout (uncredited)
1954
Narrator (voice)
1968
1964
Sweeney
1964
1970
Frank Voss
1955
1966
1957
1965
George Bennington
1965
Ticket Agent
1965
Larry Lawlor
1965
Tom Blackwell
1965
Mr. McGurney
1965
Otis Cowan
1965
Mr. Gordon
1965
Clerk
1955
Becker
1955
1966
1971
Gus Holiday (voice)
1972
1961
1970
Lt. Jerry O'Neal
1951
Bellboy (uncredited)
1945
Ray Hudson
1962
Groundhog
1973
Senate Guard (uncredited)
1939
Regular Performer
1968
Foggy
1947
Pete (uncredited)
1966
Taxi Driver
1964
Milkman Ernie
1964
Alec (uncredited)
1964
Mr. Burns
1972
Liquor Store Clerk
1975
Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
1943
Peter Tillig
1959
Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
1941
Alfred
1963
Student
1940
Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
1961
Sgt. Pat Casey
1943
Lou Gibson
1955
Pete Davis (uncredited)
1953
Lt. Mike Cruze
1958
Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
1950
Pilot (uncredited)
1948
Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
1942
Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
1952
Arena Call Boy
1939
William C. Goerner
1957
Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
Willie
1952
1971
Hypo
1941
Joe Keaton
1957
Joe Collins
1950
Bellboy (Uncredited)
1943
Bellboy (uncredited)
1939
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1942
Sailor
1942
Airport Clerk (uncredited)
1951
Hotel Desk Clerk
1939
Stockade Desk Sergeant
1948
Angelo Palacio
1942
Milkman (uncredited)
1942
Barney Hilliard
1943
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1943
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Phil (uncredited)
1943
Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
1941
Store Manager
1972
Talking Cadet in Trouble
1940
Dr. Dailey
1945
Student (uncredited)
1939
Bellhop (uncredited)
1941
Sailor
1942
Smitty
1952
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1941
Harry, Male Nurse
1946
Messenger (uncredited)
1942
Messenger Boy
1941
Radio Technician
1941
Bellboy (uncredited)
1941
Delivery Man (uncredited)
1953
Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
1963
Frightened Motorist
1940
Himself
1985
Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
1952
Page
1939
Elevator Operator
1940
Sailor
1943
Davey
1952
Usher (Uncredited)
1951
Algernon Hobenocker
1951
Mr. Rodney
1946
Push Gasper
1942
Dud Miller
1944
1989
1942
1989
Sailor (uncredited)
1945
Blinky, the Radioman
1939
Soda Jerk
1942
Willis Gilbey
1948
Hubert 'Billy' Willis
1946
Buster Sands
1953
Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
1944
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1943
Caddie Ralph Roberts
1952
Student
1941
Pig
1949
Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
1942
Lester
1947
Tommy Mayberry
1950
Dave Wardell
2005