Dave Willock
92 movies · 52 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 13, 1909
- Died
- Nov 12, 1990 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.8 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Film
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★ 7.9 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Film
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★ 8.5 The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV
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★ 7.4 Spellbound
1945 · Film
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★ 7.5 Bonanza
1959 · TV
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★ 7.9 The Munsters
1964 · TV
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★ 7.3 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Film
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★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV
Dave Willock: movies and TV shows
Acting (144)
- 2005 Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
as Dave Wardell
- 1989
- 1975 Hustle
as Liquor Store Clerk
- 1973 Emperor of the North
as Groundhog
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Mr. Burns
- 1972 Michael O'Hara the Fourth
as Store Manager
- 1971 The Grissom Gang
as Rocky
- 1971
- 1970
- 1970
- 1969
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Cameraman
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 Frankie and Johnny
as Pete (uncredited)
- 1965
- 1965 Green Acres · TV
as George Bennington / Ticket Agent / Larry Lawlor / Tom Blackwell / Mr. McGurney / Otis Cowan / Mr. Gordon · 9 episodes
- 1965
- 1964 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Taxi Driver
- 1964 Send Me No Flowers
as Milkman Ernie
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 The Patsy
as Alec (uncredited)
- 1963 4 for Texas
as Alfred
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 Wives and Lovers
as Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
- 1963
- 1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Ray Hudson
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961 The Ladies Man
as Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Ten Seconds to Hell
as Peter Tillig
- 1958 The Geisha Boy
as GI in Korea (uncredited)
- 1958
- 1958 Queen of Outer Space
as Lt. Mike Cruze
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Delicate Delinquent
as William C. Goerner
- 1957 The Buster Keaton Story
as Joe Keaton
- 1956
- 1956
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Revenge of the Creature
as Lou Gibson
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953 It Came from Outer Space
as Pete Davis (uncredited)
- 1953 Roar of the Crowd
as Buster Sands
- 1953 Remains to Be Seen
as Delivery Man (uncredited)
- 1952 Flat Top
as Willie
- 1952 Battle Zone
as Smitty
- 1952
- 1952 The Merry Widow
as Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
- 1952 Just This Once
as Caddie Ralph Roberts
- 1952 Love Is Better Than Ever
as Davey
- 1952 A Girl in Every Port
as Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
- 1951
- 1951 Roadblock
as Airport Clerk (uncredited)
- 1951 Darling, How Could You!
as Usher (Uncredited)
- 1951 Let's Go Navy!
as Algernon Hobenocker
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 Louisa
as Joe Collins
- 1950 Belle of Old Mexico
as Tommy Mayberry
- 1950 No Man of Her Own
as Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
- 1949 Chicago Deadline
as Pig
- 1948 Sealed Verdict
as Stockade Desk Sergeant
- 1948 So This Is New York
as Willis Gilbey
- 1948 State of the Union
as Pilot (uncredited)
- 1947 Stork Bites Man
as Lester
- 1947 The Fabulous Dorseys
as Foggy
- 1946 The Searching Wind
as Harry, Male Nurse
- 1946 The Runaround
as Hubert 'Billy' Willis
- 1946 Joe Palooka, Champ
as Mr. Rodney
- 1945 This Love of Ours
as Dr. Dailey
- 1945 Spellbound
as Bellboy (uncredited)
- 1945 Bring on the Girls
as Sailor (uncredited)
- 1944 Pin Up Girl
as Dud Miller
- 1944 Four Jills in a Jeep
as Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
- 1943 The Gang's All Here
as Sgt. Pat Casey
- 1943 Princess O'Rourke
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
- 1943 Let's Face It
as Barney Hilliard
- 1943 Action in the North Atlantic
as Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
- 1943 She Has What It Takes
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1943 He Hired the Boss
as Sailor
- 1943 Dixie Dugan
as Phil (uncredited)
- 1943 The Hard Way
as Bellboy (Uncredited)
- 1942 You Were Never Lovelier
as Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
- 1942 Lucky Jordan
as Angelo Palacio
- 1942 For Me and My Gal
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1942 Men of the Sky
as Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
- 1942 Priorities on Parade
as Push Gasper
- 1942 The Affairs of Martha
as Milkman (uncredited)
- 1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Messenger (uncredited)
- 1942
- 1942 The Male Animal
as Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
- 1942 This Time for Keeps
as Soda Jerk
- 1942 The Fleet's In
as Sailor
- 1942 Over My Dead Body
as Sailor
- 1941 Louisiana Purchase
as Bellhop (uncredited)
- 1941 Hellzapoppin'
as Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
- 1941 Harvard Here I Come
as Student
- 1941 Niagara Falls
as Bellboy (uncredited)
- 1941 Caught in the Draft
as Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
- 1941 Cracked Nuts
as Radio Technician
- 1941 She Knew All the Answers
as Messenger Boy
- 1941 A Shot in the Dark
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1941 Mr. District Attorney
as Hypo
- 1940 Too Many Husbands
as Elevator Operator
- 1940 Black Friday
as Student
- 1940 Granny Get Your Gun
as Frightened Motorist
- 1940 Brother Rat and a Baby
as Talking Cadet in Trouble
- 1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Bellboy (uncredited)
- 1939 Legion of Lost Flyers
as Blinky, the Radioman
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senate Guard (uncredited)
- 1939 Golden Boy
as Arena Call Boy
- 1939 Blondie Takes a Vacation
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- 1939 Good Girls Go to Paris
as Student (uncredited)
- 1939 S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Page
- 1939 Three Texas Steers
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1989
- 1985