Dave Willock

Dave Willock

  • Birthday: 1909-08-13
  • Deathday: 1990-11-12
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Also know as: Dave 'Tugwell' 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.

Filmography

Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt

2005

As Dave Wardell

Queen of Outer Space

1958

As Lt. Mike Cruze

Roar of the Crowd

1953

As Buster Sands

Ten Seconds to Hell

1959

As Peter Tillig

Battle Zone

1952

As Smitty

Let's Face It

1943

As Barney Hilliard

Revenge of the Creature

1955

As Lou Gibson

Men of the Sky

1942

As Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens

Belle of Old Mexico

1950

As Tommy Mayberry

It Came from Outer Space

1953

As Pete Davis (uncredited)

Lucky Jordan

1942

As Angelo Palacio

Flat Top

1952

As Willie

Pin Up Girl

1944

As Dud Miller

The Buster Keaton Story

1957

As Joe Keaton

Priorities on Parade

1942

As Push Gasper

So This Is New York

1948

As Willis Gilbey

Chicago Deadline

1949

As Pig

This Love of Ours

1945

As Dr. Dailey

Stork Bites Man

1947

As Lester

Send Me No Flowers

1964

As Milkman Ernie

The Runaround

1946

As Hubert 'Billy' Willis

Wives and Lovers

1963

As Dr. Leon Partridge DDS

The Gang's All Here

1943

As Sgt. Pat Casey

The Delicate Delinquent

1957

As William C. Goerner

Legion of Lost Flyers

1939

As Blinky, the Radioman

Harvard Here I Come

1941

As Student

Granny Get Your Gun

1940

As Frightened Motorist

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964

As Taxi Driver

He Hired the Boss

1943

As Sailor

Caught in the Draft

1941

As Colonel's Orderly

The Searching Wind

1946

As Harry

A Girl in Every Port

1952

As Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)

Louisa

1950

As Joe Collins

Let's Go Navy!

1951

As Algernon Hobenocker

She Has What It Takes

1943

As Cab Driver (uncredited)

Three Texas Steers

1939

As Hotel Desk Clerk

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

1972

As Store Manager

Just This Once

1952

As Caddie Ralph Roberts

Too Many Husbands

1940

As Elevator Operator

Roadblock

1951

As Airport Clerk (uncredited)

Darling, How Could You!

1951

As Usher (Uncredited)

Remains to Be Seen

1953

As Delivery Man (uncredited)

Sealed Verdict

1948

As Stockade Desk Sergeant

Frankie and Johnny

1966

As Pete (uncredited)

Emperor of the North

1973

As Groundhog

Four Jills in a Jeep

1944

As Heckling Soldier (uncredited)

The Patsy

1964

As Alec (uncredited)

Blondie Takes a Vacation

1939

As Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

She Knew All the Answers

1941

As Messenger Boy

Joe Palooka, Champ

1946

As Mr. Rodney

Bring on the Girls

1945

As Sailor (uncredited)

Cracked Nuts

1941

As Radio Technician

You Were Never Lovelier

1942

As Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)

Over My Dead Body

1942

As Sailor

The Hard Way

1943

As Bellboy (Uncredited)

Hustle

1975

As Liquor Store Clerk

Frisco Lil

1942

As

A Shot in the Dark

1941

As Elevator Operator (uncredited)

State of the Union

1948

As Pilot (uncredited)

S.O.S Tidal Wave

1939

As Page

Spellbound

1945

As Bellboy (uncredited)

Black Friday

1940

As Student

Niagara Falls

1941

As Bellboy (uncredited)

The Amazing Mr. Williams

1939

As Bellboy (uncredited)

4 for Texas

1963

As Alfred

This Time for Keeps

1942

As Soda Jerk

The Affairs of Martha

1942

As Milkman (uncredited)

Dixie Dugan

1943

As Phil (uncredited)

Princess O'Rourke

1943

As Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Brother Rat and a Baby

1940

As Talking Cadet in Trouble

For Me and My Gal

1942

As Elevator Operator (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

1950

As Jimmy Baker (uncredited)

Golden Boy

1939

As Arena Call Boy

The Male Animal

1942

As Student in Bookstore (uncredited)

The Fleet's In

1942

As Sailor

Good Girls Go to Paris

1939

As Student (uncredited)

Hellzapoppin'

1941

As Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)

The Ladies Man

1961

As Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

1943

As Convoy Speaker (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

As Senate Guard (uncredited)

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