Dave 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.
Known For
Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
The Male Animal
Ray Hudson
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Taxi Driver
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Grissom Gang
Milkman Ernie
Send Me No Flowers
Tommy Mayberry
Belle of Old Mexico
Peter Tillig
Ten Seconds to Hell
Pig
Chicago Deadline
Cab Driver (uncredited)
She Has What It Takes
Lou Gibson
Revenge of the Creature
Dave Wardell
Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
Lt. Mike Cruze
Queen of Outer Space
Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
The Ladies Man
Sgt. Pat Casey
The Gang's All Here
Pete Davis (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space
Willie
Flat Top
Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
Algernon Hobenocker
Let's Go Navy!
Hubert 'Billy' Willis
The Runaround
Caddie Ralph Roberts
Just This Once
Angelo Palacio
Lucky Jordan
Himself
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Dr. Dailey
This Love of Ours
Harry, Male Nurse
The Searching Wind
Dud Miller
Pin Up Girl
Smitty
Battle Zone
Frisco Lil
Pete (uncredited)
Frankie and Johnny
Bellboy (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Son of Dinosaurs
Prehistoric World
Pilot (uncredited)
State of the Union
Hotel Desk Clerk
Three Texas Steers
Student (uncredited)
Good Girls Go to Paris
Arena Call Boy
Golden Boy
Senate Guard (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Bellboy (Uncredited)
The Hard Way
Phil (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan
Bellboy (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
Talking Cadet in Trouble
Brother Rat and a Baby
Student
Black Friday
Sailor
He Hired the Boss
Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
A Girl in Every Port
Barney Hilliard
Let's Face It
Elevator Operator
Too Many Husbands
Bellhop (uncredited)
Louisiana Purchase
Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier
Sailor (uncredited)
Bring on the Girls
Joe Collins
Louisa
Radio Technician
Cracked Nuts
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
A Shot in the Dark
Sailor
The Fleet's In
Alfred
4 for Texas
Student
Harvard Here I Come
Airport Clerk (uncredited)
Roadblock
Mr. Burns
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Delivery Man (uncredited)
Remains to Be Seen
Page
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
Men of the Sky
Milkman (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
Sailor
Over My Dead Body
Hypo
Mr. District Attorney
Messenger Boy
She Knew All the Answers
Joe Keaton
The Buster Keaton Story
Davey
Love Is Better Than Ever
Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
Soda Jerk
This Time for Keeps
Stockade Desk Sergeant
Sealed Verdict
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
Push Gasper
Priorities on Parade
Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
Willis Gilbey
So This Is New York
Bellboy (uncredited)
Spellbound
Groundhog
Emperor of the North
Mr. Rodney
Joe Palooka, Champ
Lester
Stork Bites Man
Frightened Motorist
Granny Get Your Gun
Usher (Uncredited)
Darling, How Could You!
Buster Sands
Roar of the Crowd
Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
Caught in the Draft
Alec (uncredited)
The Patsy
William C. Goerner
The Delicate Delinquent
Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
Wives and Lovers
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
For Me and My Gal
Store Manager
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Blinky, the Radioman
Legion of Lost Flyers
Liquor Store Clerk
Hustle
Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
Messenger (uncredited)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Foggy
The Fabulous Dorseys
Cameraman
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
93
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-08-13
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Dave 'Tugwell' Willock