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(156)
Philip Robinson
1957
Bartender
1957
George Edwards
1968
Hank Jessop
1962
Ed
1960
1965
Marty
1959
Pixley Sheriff
1963
Touhey Benson
1963
Bain - Hotel Desk Clerk
1956
Jethro Dane
1958
Judge
1958
George Goode
1958
Math Teacher
1962
Clerk
1955
Becker
1955
Elevator Starter
1962
1964
Buzz Hardy
1963
Moko (voice) (uncredited)
1961
The Wig Salesman
1962
1966
Charlie
1969
Bob
1969
Charley
1969
1958
George Bennington
1965
Ticket Agent
1965
Larry Lawlor
1965
Tom Blackwell
1965
Mr. McGurney
1965
Otis Cowan
1965
Mr. Gordon
1965
1959
Clerk
1972
Frank Voss
1955
1956
1964
1971
Henry Wilkins
1957
Benny Corrigan
1952
Bus Passenger
1950
1957
Narrator (voice)
1968
1970
Ray Hudson
1962
Groundhog
1973
Counterman
1953
Speedy Jackson
1963
1959
Carl Ryan
1963
Roustabout (uncredited)
1954
Store Manager
1954
1970
1965
Bellboy (uncredited)
1945
Pete (uncredited)
1966
Mr. Burns
1972
Senate Guard (uncredited)
1939
Liquor Store Clerk
1975
Taxi Driver
1964
Delivery Man (uncredited)
1953
Push Gasper
1942
Cameraman
1968
Alfred
1963
Joe Keaton
1957
1964
Sweeney
1964
Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
1961
Peter Tillig
1959
Airport Clerk (uncredited)
1951
1959
1960
Usher (Uncredited)
1951
Pig
1949
Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
1942
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
1941
Pilot (uncredited)
1948
Lt. Jerry O'Neal
1951
Milkman Ernie
1964
Tommy Mayberry
1950
Lt. Mike Cruze
1958
Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
1952
Lou Gibson
1955
Bellboy (uncredited)
1939
Store Manager
1972
Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
Joe Collins
1950
Milkman (uncredited)
1942
Student (uncredited)
1939
Barney Hilliard
1943
Phil (uncredited)
1943
Sailor (uncredited)
1945
William C. Goerner
1957
1942
Pete Davis (uncredited)
1953
Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
1950
Page
1939
Algernon Hobenocker
1951
Arena Call Boy
1939
Bellboy (Uncredited)
1943
Gus Holiday (voice)
1972
Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
1942
Davey
1952
Messenger (uncredited)
1942
Mr. Rodney
1946
Talking Cadet in Trouble
1940
1966
Soda Jerk
1942
Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
1952
Bellboy (uncredited)
1941
Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
1943
Regular Performer
1968
Messenger Boy
1941
Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
1941
Sailor
1942
Sailor
1942
Smitty
1952
Hypo
1941
Angelo Palacio
1942
Buster Sands
1953
Stockade Desk Sergeant
1948
Hubert 'Billy' Willis
1946
Willie
1952
Alec (uncredited)
1964
Lester
1947
1971
Radio Technician
1941
Sgt. Pat Casey
1943
Dr. Dailey
1945
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1942
Student
1941
Hotel Desk Clerk
1939
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1943
1957
Dud Miller
1944
Student
1940
1961
Caddie Ralph Roberts
1952
Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
1944
Blinky, the Radioman
1939
Elevator Operator
1940
Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
1963
Bellhop (uncredited)
1941
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1941
Willis Gilbey
1948
Sailor
1943
Frightened Motorist
1940
Foggy
1947
1989
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1943
Himself
1985
Dave Wardell
2005
Harry, Male Nurse
1946
1989