Cast
Dave Willock
Acting
Cast
Dave Willock
Known for
Acting
Born
1909-08-13
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
1990-11-12
Also known as Dave 'Tugwell' Willock, David Willock
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.
Spellbound
as Bellboy (uncredited)
The Grissom Gang
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senate Guard (uncredited)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Ray Hudson
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Taxi Driver
Princess O'Rourke
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Hustle
as Liquor Store Clerk
Send Me No Flowers
as Milkman Ernie
Hellzapoppin'
as Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Mr. Burns
Lucky Jordan
as Angelo Palacio
Emperor of the North
as Groundhog
State of the Union
as Pilot (uncredited)
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Talking Cadet in Trouble
Cracked Nuts
as Radio Technician
Roadblock
as Airport Clerk (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Cameraman
The Patsy
as Alec (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
as Pete Davis (uncredited)
Revenge of the Creature
as Lou Gibson
Frankie and Johnny
as Pete (uncredited)
Golden Boy
as Arena Call Boy
The Male Animal
as Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
4 for Texas
as Alfred
Chicago Deadline
as Pig
You Were Never Lovelier
as Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
Son of Dinosaurs
as Self
The Geisha Boy
as GI in Korea (uncredited)
The Ladies Man
as Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
Harvard Here I Come
as Student
The Gang's All Here
as Sgt. Pat Casey
The Affairs of Martha
as Milkman (uncredited)
The Hard Way
as Bellboy (Uncredited)
Queen of Outer Space
as Lt. Mike Cruze
Black Friday
as Student
Louisa
as Joe Collins
For Me and My Gal
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Messenger (uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
Frisco Lil
The Delicate Delinquent
as William C. Goerner
So This Is New York
as Willis Gilbey
Sealed Verdict
as Stockade Desk Sergeant
Battle Zone
as Smitty
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Davey
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
as Store Manager
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Peter Tillig
The Merry Widow
as Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
as Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Student (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
as Himself
A Girl in Every Port
as Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
Flat Top
as Willie
The Fleet's In
as Sailor
She Has What It Takes
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
as Messenger Boy
Pin Up Girl
as Dud Miller
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Foggy
Caught in the Draft
as Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps
as Soda Jerk
Remains to Be Seen
as Delivery Man (uncredited)
This Love of Ours
as Dr. Dailey
Belle of Old Mexico
as Tommy Mayberry
Too Many Husbands
as Elevator Operator
Men of the Sky
as Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
The Runaround
as Hubert 'Billy' Willis
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Mr. Rodney
The Buster Keaton Story
as Joe Keaton
Just This Once
as Caddie Ralph Roberts
Bring on the Girls
as Sailor (uncredited)
Let's Go Navy!
as Algernon Hobenocker
Stork Bites Man
as Lester
A Shot in the Dark
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Blondie Takes a Vacation
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Wives and Lovers
as Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
Roar of the Crowd
as Buster Sands
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Page
Darling, How Could You!
as Usher (Uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Priorities on Parade
as Push Gasper
Over My Dead Body
as Sailor
Dixie Dugan
as Phil (uncredited)
Prehistoric World
The Sunrise Gun
as hotel desk clerk
He Hired the Boss
as Sailor
Mr. District Attorney
as Hypo
Let's Face It
as Barney Hilliard
Three Texas Steers
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Legion of Lost Flyers
as Blinky, the Radioman
Granny Get Your Gun
as Frightened Motorist
Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
as Dave Wardell
The Searching Wind
as Harry, Male Nurse