Dave Willock
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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
Acting
(2005)
Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
as Dave Wardell
(1989)
(1989)
(1985)
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
as Himself
(1975)
Hustle
as Liquor Store Clerk
(1973)
Emperor of the North
as Groundhog
(1972)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Mr. Burns
(1972)
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
as Store Manager
(1971)
(1966)
Frankie and Johnny
as Pete (uncredited)
(1964)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Taxi Driver
(1964)
Send Me No Flowers
as Milkman Ernie
(1964)
The Patsy
as Alec (uncredited)
(1963)
4 for Texas
as Alfred
(1963)
Wives and Lovers
as Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
(1962)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Ray Hudson
(1961)
The Ladies Man
as Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
(1959)
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Peter Tillig
(1958)
Queen of Outer Space
as Lt. Mike Cruze
(1957)
The Buster Keaton Story
as Joe Keaton
(1957)
The Delicate Delinquent
as William C. Goerner
(1955)
Revenge of the Creature
as Lou Gibson
(1953)
It Came from Outer Space
as Pete Davis (uncredited)
(1953)
Remains to Be Seen
as Delivery Man (uncredited)
(1953)
Roar of the Crowd
as Buster Sands
(1952)
The Merry Widow
as Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
(1952)
A Girl in Every Port
as Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
(1952)
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Davey
(1952)
Battle Zone
as Smitty
(1952)
Just This Once
as Caddie Ralph Roberts
(1952)
Flat Top
as Willie
(1951)
Roadblock
as Airport Clerk (uncredited)
(1951)
Darling, How Could You!
as Usher (Uncredited)
(1951)
Let's Go Navy!
as Algernon Hobenocker
(1950)
No Man of Her Own
as Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
(1950)
Louisa
as Joe Collins
(1950)
Belle of Old Mexico
as Tommy Mayberry
(1949)
Chicago Deadline
as Pig
(1948)
State of the Union
as Pilot (uncredited)
(1948)
Sealed Verdict
as Stockade Desk Sergeant
(1948)
So This Is New York
as Willis Gilbey
(1947)
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Foggy
(1947)
Stork Bites Man
as Lester
(1946)
The Runaround
as Hubert 'Billy' Willis
(1946)
The Searching Wind
as Harry, Male Nurse
(1946)
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Mr. Rodney
(1945)
Spellbound
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1945)
This Love of Ours
as Dr. Dailey
(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)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Bellboy (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)
Dixie Dugan
as Phil (uncredited)
(1943)
He Hired the Boss
as Sailor
(1943)
She Has What It Takes
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1942)
You Were Never Lovelier
as Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
(1942)
For Me and My Gal
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1942)
This Time for Keeps
as Soda Jerk
(1942)
The Male Animal
as Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
(1942)
Lucky Jordan
as Angelo Palacio
(1942)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Messenger (uncredited)
(1942)
The Fleet's In
as Sailor
(1942)
Over My Dead Body
as Sailor
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
as Milkman (uncredited)
(1942)
Men of the Sky
as Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
(1942)
(1942)
Priorities on Parade
as Push Gasper
(1941)
Hellzapoppin'
as Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
(1941)
Caught in the Draft
as Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
(1941)
Louisiana Purchase
as Bellhop (uncredited)
(1941)
Niagara Falls
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1941)
Mr. District Attorney
as Hypo
(1941)
A Shot in the Dark
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1941)
Cracked Nuts
as Radio Technician
(1941)
She Knew All the Answers
as Messenger Boy
(1941)
Harvard Here I Come
as Student
(1940)
Black Friday
as Student
(1940)
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Talking Cadet in Trouble
(1940)
Too Many Husbands
as Elevator Operator
(1940)
Granny Get Your Gun
as Frightened Motorist
(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)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1939)
Three Texas Steers
as Hotel Desk Clerk
(1939)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Student (uncredited)
(1939)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Page
(1939)
Legion of Lost Flyers
as Blinky, the Radioman