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Dave Willock
Dave Willock
81 years (Aug 13, 1909 – Nov 12, 1990)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
88 Movies
33 TV Shows

Dave Willock

After decades in the business, Dave Willock is the kind of actor who has treated acting as a trade rather than a spotlight. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. The most visible line on the filmography is 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' (Ray Hudson). 'Wacky Races' is the other credit most often cited.
After decades in the business, Dave Willock is the kind of actor who has treated acting as a trade rather than a spotlight. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. The most visible line on the filmography is 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' (Ray Hudson). 'Wacky Races' is the other credit most often cited.
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Hustle
Liquor Store Clerk
★ 5.8
1975
Film
Emperor of the North
Groundhog
★ 6.9
1973
Film
The Streets of San Francisco
Clerk · 1 episode
★ 7.1
1972–
TV
The Roman Holidays
Gus Holiday (voice) · 13 episodes
★ 6.9
1972–
TV
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Mr. Burns
★ 6.3
1972
Film
The Grissom Gang
Rocky
★ 6.7
1971
Film
Love, American Style
Charlie · 3 episodes
★ 6.2
1969–
TV
Adam-12
George Edwards · 1 episode
★ 7.1
1968–
TV
Wacky Races
Narrator (voice) · 34 episodes
★ 7.3
1968–
TV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Dave Willock still alive?
Dave Willock passed away on November 12, 1990 at age 81.
What are the most famous roles of Dave Willock?
Dave Willock is best known for roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Spellbound.
How many movies has Dave Willock been in?
Over a 51-year career (since 1939), Dave Willock has appeared in 88 movies and 31 TV shows.
What was Dave Willock's first movie?
The career of Dave Willock began with Three Texas Steers (1939).
What is Dave Willock's most recent movie or series?
Dave Willock's most recent release is Son of Dinosaurs, which premiered on November 29, 1989.
What TV shows has Dave Willock appeared in?
On television, Dave Willock has appeared in The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, The Munsters, Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Dave Willock
Dave Willock
1909-08-13 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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