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