Dave Willock
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Perry Mason
Philip Robinson
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Bartender
1957
Series
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Series
Bonanza
Deeter
1959
Series
Bonanza
Phil Axe
1959
Series
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Series
Adam-12
George Edwards
1968
Series
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Manny Dillon
1950
Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Wig Salesman
1962
Series
The Twilight Zone
Marty
1959
Series
The Virginian
Hank Jessop
1962
Series
Love, American Style
Charlie
1969
Series
Love, American Style
Bob
1969
Series
Love, American Style
Charley
1969
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
Elevator Starter
1962
Series
The Lucy Show
Math Teacher
1962
Series
My Three Sons
Ed
1960
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Bain - Hotel Desk Clerk
1956
Series
Petticoat Junction
Pixley Sheriff
1963
Series
Petticoat Junction
Touhey Benson
1963
Series
Gunsmoke
Clerk
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Becker
1955
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Jethro Dane
1958
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
George Goode
1958
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Judge
1958
Series
Burke's Law
Buzz Hardy
1963
Series
Telephone Time
1956
Series
Mister Ed
Moko (voice) (uncredited)
1961
Series
Green Acres
George Bennington
1965
Series
Green Acres
Ticket Agent
1965
Series
Green Acres
Larry Lawlor
1965
Series
Green Acres
Tom Blackwell
1965
Series
Green Acres
Mr. McGurney
1965
Series
Green Acres
Otis Cowan
1965
Series
Green Acres
Mr. Gordon
1965
Series
The Munsters
1964
Series
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Henry Wilkins
1957
Series
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Frank Voss
1955
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
Clerk
1972
Series
That Girl
1966
Series
The Real McCoys
1957
Series
Dennis the Menace
1959
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Bus Passenger
1950
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Benny Corrigan
1952
Series
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Series
Wacky Races
Narrator (voice)
1968
Vacation Playhouse
Carl Ryan
1963
Series
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Store Manager
1954
Series
Stagecoach West
Duncan
1960
Series
Stagecoach West
Clerk
1960
Film
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senate Guard (uncredited)
1939
Series
The Lone Wolf
Roustabout (uncredited)
1954
Film
Spellbound
Bellboy (uncredited)
1945
Series
My Mother the Car
1965
Film
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Ray Hudson
1962
Series
Temple Houston
Speedy Jackson
1963
Series
The Immortal
1970
Series
Wichita Town
1959
Series
Boots and Saddles
1957
Series
Letter to Loretta
Counterman
1953
Series
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
Series
Run, Buddy, Run
Chicken Buyer (uncredited)
1966
Series
Run, Buddy, Run
Sheriff Len Rhodes
1966
Series
The Cara Williams Show
1964
Series
The Cara Williams Show
Sweeney
1964
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
Not for Hire
1959
Film
Frankie and Johnny
Pete (uncredited)
1966
Film
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Mr. Burns
1972
Film
Send Me No Flowers
Milkman Ernie
1964
Film
Emperor of the North
Groundhog
1973
Series
The Roman Holidays
Gus Holiday (voice)
1972
Margie
1961
Film
4 for Texas
Alfred
1963
Film
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Taxi Driver
1964
Film
You Were Never Lovelier
Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
Film
Action in the North Atlantic
Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
1943
Film
Revenge of the Creature
Lou Gibson
1955
Film
It Came from Outer Space
Pete Davis (uncredited)
1953
Film
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Cameraman
1968
Film
The Gang's All Here
Sgt. Pat Casey
1943
Film
State of the Union
Pilot (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Geisha Boy
GI in Korea (uncredited)
1958
Film
The Ladies Man
Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
1961
Film
The Grissom Gang
Rocky
1971
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lt. Jerry O'Neal
1951
Film
No Man of Her Own
Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Merry Widow
Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
1952
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
Regular Performer
1968
Film
Hellzapoppin'
Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
1941
Film
Golden Boy
Arena Call Boy
1939
Film
Hustle
Liquor Store Clerk
1975
Film
The Delicate Delinquent
William C. Goerner
1957
Film
Princess O'Rourke
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1943
Film
Queen of Outer Space
Lt. Mike Cruze
1958
Film
Roadblock
Airport Clerk (uncredited)
1951
Film
Too Many Husbands
Elevator Operator
1940
Film
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Bellboy (uncredited)
1939
Film
Granny Get Your Gun
Frightened Motorist
1940
Film
The Patsy
Alec (uncredited)
1964
Film
Over My Dead Body
Sailor
1942
Film
Black Friday
Student
1940
Film
The Affairs of Martha
Milkman (uncredited)
1942
Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
Dave Wardell
2005
Film
Mr. District Attorney
Hypo
1941
Film
So This Is New York
Willis Gilbey
1948
Film
For Me and My Gal
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Male Animal
Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
1942
Film
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Page
1939
Film
The Hard Way
Bellboy (Uncredited)
1943
Film
Pin Up Girl
Dud Miller
1944
Film
Harvard Here I Come
Student
1941
Film
Ten Seconds to Hell
Peter Tillig
1959
Film
Chicago Deadline
Pig
1949
Film
Wives and Lovers
Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
1963
Film
Flat Top
Willie
1952
Film
Bring on the Girls
Sailor (uncredited)
1945
Film
Let's Go Navy!
Algernon Hobenocker
1951
Film
The Buster Keaton Story
Joe Keaton
1957
Film
Brother Rat and a Baby
Talking Cadet in Trouble
1940
Film
The Fabulous Dorseys
Foggy
1947
Film
Lucky Jordan
Angelo Palacio
1942
Film
Just This Once
Caddie Ralph Roberts
1952
Film
Son of Dinosaurs
Self
1989
Film
She Has What It Takes
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1943
Film
She Knew All the Answers
Messenger Boy
1941
Film
Caught in the Draft
Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
1941
Film
Good Girls Go to Paris
Student (uncredited)
1939
Film
Darling, How Could You!
Usher (Uncredited)
1951
Film
Let's Face It
Barney Hilliard
1943
Film
Love Is Better Than Ever
Davey
1952
Film
This Time for Keeps
Soda Jerk
1942
Film
A Girl in Every Port
Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Searching Wind
Harry, Male Nurse
1946
Film
Louisiana Purchase
Bellhop (uncredited)
1941
Film
Louisa
Joe Collins
1950
Film
Four Jills in a Jeep
Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
1944
Film
Remains to Be Seen
Delivery Man (uncredited)
1953
Film
Dixie Dugan
Phil (uncredited)
1943
Film
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Store Manager
1972
Film
A Shot in the Dark
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1941
Film
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Messenger (uncredited)
1942
Film
Men of the Sky
Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
1942
Film
Sealed Verdict
Stockade Desk Sergeant
1948
Film
The Runaround
Hubert 'Billy' Willis
1946
Film
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Himself
1985
Film
Battle Zone
Smitty
1952
Film
He Hired the Boss
Sailor
1943
Film
Belle of Old Mexico
Tommy Mayberry
1950
Film
The Fleet's In
Sailor
1942
Film
Cracked Nuts
Radio Technician
1941
Film
Three Texas Steers
Hotel Desk Clerk
1939
Film
This Love of Ours
Dr. Dailey
1945
Film
Joe Palooka, Champ
Mr. Rodney
1946
Film
Roar of the Crowd
Buster Sands
1953
Film
Legion of Lost Flyers
Blinky, the Radioman
1939
Film
Stork Bites Man
Lester
1947
Film
Prehistoric World
1989
Film
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Frisco Lil
1942
Film
Niagara Falls
Bellboy (uncredited)
1941
Film
Priorities on Parade
Push Gasper
1942