Dave Willock

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

159

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-08-13

Day of death

1990-11-12 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • The Jack Benny Program

    The Jack Benny Program

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • The Real McCoys

    The Real McCoys

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • The Munsters

    The Munsters

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • That Girl

    That Girl

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

  • Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

  • Mister Ed

    Mister Ed

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • Nanny and the Professor

    Nanny and the Professor

  • Wacky Races

    Wacky Races

  • The Buster Keaton Story

    The Buster Keaton Story

  • Frisco Lil

    Frisco Lil

  • Vacation Playhouse

    Vacation Playhouse

  • The Lone Wolf

    The Lone Wolf

  • The Fabulous Dorseys

    The Fabulous Dorseys

  • Legion of Lost Flyers

    Legion of Lost Flyers

  • Ten Seconds to Hell

    Ten Seconds to Hell

  • It Came from Outer Space

    It Came from Outer Space

  • Spellbound

    Spellbound

  • Three Texas Steers

    Three Texas Steers

  • The Affairs of Martha

    The Affairs of Martha

  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

  • My Mother the Car

    My Mother the Car

  • A Shot in the Dark

    A Shot in the Dark

  • Stork Bites Man

    Stork Bites Man

  • Wichita Town

    Wichita Town

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Hustle

    Hustle

  • Temple Houston

    Temple Houston

  • The Immortal

    The Immortal

  • The Male Animal

    The Male Animal

  • Son of Dinosaurs

    Son of Dinosaurs

  • The Delicate Delinquent

    The Delicate Delinquent

  • S.O.S Tidal Wave

    S.O.S Tidal Wave

  • The Ladies Man

    The Ladies Man

  • Queen of Outer Space

    Queen of Outer Space

  • She Knew All the Answers

    She Knew All the Answers

  • The Cara Williams Show

    The Cara Williams Show

  • The Cara Williams Show

    The Cara Williams Show

  • 4 for Texas

    4 for Texas

  • Chicago Deadline

    Chicago Deadline

  • Louisa

    Louisa

  • The Runaround

    The Runaround

  • The Amazing Mr. Williams

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

  • Not for Hire

    Not for Hire

  • Darling, How Could You!

    Darling, How Could You!

  • The Sunrise Gun

    The Sunrise Gun

  • Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

    Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

  • Over My Dead Body

    Over My Dead Body

  • Stagecoach West

    Stagecoach West

  • Golden Boy

    Golden Boy

  • Hellzapoppin'

    Hellzapoppin'

  • Four Jills in a Jeep

    Four Jills in a Jeep

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

  • Prehistoric World

    Prehistoric World

  • Frankie and Johnny

    Frankie and Johnny

  • The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

  • Sealed Verdict

    Sealed Verdict

  • Love Is Better Than Ever

    Love Is Better Than Ever

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  • Remains to Be Seen

    Remains to Be Seen

  • Harvard Here I Come

    Harvard Here I Come

  • Belle of Old Mexico

    Belle of Old Mexico

  • Black Friday

    Black Friday

  • Battle Zone

    Battle Zone

  • Michael O'Hara the Fourth

    Michael O'Hara the Fourth

  • The Tom Ewell Show

    The Tom Ewell Show

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • The Roman Holidays

    The Roman Holidays

  • Run, Buddy, Run

    Run, Buddy, Run

  • For Me and My Gal

    For Me and My Gal

  • Let's Face It

    Let's Face It

  • The Grissom Gang

    The Grissom Gang

  • Too Many Husbands

    Too Many Husbands

  • Men of the Sky

    Men of the Sky

  • Boots and Saddles

    Boots and Saddles

  • Princess O'Rourke

    Princess O'Rourke

  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Action in the North Atlantic

  • Margie

    Margie

  • She Has What It Takes

    She Has What It Takes

  • The Legend of Lylah Clare

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

  • Lucky Jordan

    Lucky Jordan

  • The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

    The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

  • Good Girls Go to Paris

    Good Girls Go to Paris

  • Revenge of the Creature

    Revenge of the Creature

  • Send Me No Flowers

    Send Me No Flowers

  • Now You See Him, Now You Don't

    Now You See Him, Now You Don't

  • The Patsy

    The Patsy

  • Cracked Nuts

    Cracked Nuts

  • Roadblock

    Roadblock

  • Niagara Falls

    Niagara Falls

  • Let's Go Navy!

    Let's Go Navy!

  • A Girl in Every Port

    A Girl in Every Port

  • Granny Get Your Gun

    Granny Get Your Gun

  • Mr. District Attorney

    Mr. District Attorney

  • He Hired the Boss

    He Hired the Boss

  • You Were Never Lovelier

    You Were Never Lovelier

  • Emperor of the North

    Emperor of the North

  • Brother Rat and a Baby

    Brother Rat and a Baby

  • Caught in the Draft

    Caught in the Draft

  • Priorities on Parade

    Priorities on Parade

  • The Fleet's In

    The Fleet's In

  • Blondie Takes a Vacation

    Blondie Takes a Vacation

  • No Man of Her Own

    No Man of Her Own

  • So This Is New York

    So This Is New York

  • Wives and Lovers

    Wives and Lovers

  • Just This Once

    Just This Once

  • Bring on the Girls

    Bring on the Girls

  • Flat Top

    Flat Top

  • This Love of Ours

    This Love of Ours

  • Pin Up Girl

    Pin Up Girl

  • The Gang's All Here

    The Gang's All Here

  • State of the Union

    State of the Union

  • Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

    Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

  • The Hard Way

    The Hard Way

  • Joe Palooka, Champ

    Joe Palooka, Champ

  • This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

  • Two Yanks in Trinidad

    Two Yanks in Trinidad

  • Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt

    Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt

  • The Searching Wind

    The Searching Wind

  • Roar of the Crowd

    Roar of the Crowd

  • Dixie Dugan

    Dixie Dugan