Dave Willock

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
Most Rating	7.768
Birthday	1909-08-13
Place of Birth	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As	Dave 'Tugwell' Willock, David Willock,

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Send Me No Flowers

Ten Seconds to Hell

Chicago Deadline

Revenge of the Creature

Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt

Queen of Outer Space

The Gang's All Here

It Came from Outer Space

Flat Top

The Runaround

Lucky Jordan

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

This Love of Ours

The Searching Wind

Pin Up Girl

Battle Zone

Prehistoric World

Son of Dinosaurs

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Three Texas Steers

Good Girls Go to Paris

Golden Boy

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Hard Way

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Dixie Dugan

Brother Rat and a Baby

Black Friday

He Hired the Boss

A Girl in Every Port

Harvard Here I Come

Let's Face It

Too Many Husbands

Bring on the Girls

You Were Never Lovelier

Louisa

Cracked Nuts

A Shot in the Dark

The Fleet's In

4 for Texas

Roadblock

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Remains to Be Seen

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Men of the Sky

Mr. District Attorney

The Affairs of Martha

Over My Dead Body

She Knew All the Answers

Love Is Better Than Ever

The Buster Keaton Story

Action in the North Atlantic

This Time for Keeps

Sealed Verdict

Princess O'Rourke

Priorities on Parade

Hellzapoppin'

So This Is New York

Spellbound

Emperor of the North

Joe Palooka, Champ

Stork Bites Man

Granny Get Your Gun

Darling, How Could You!

Roar of the Crowd

Caught in the Draft

The Patsy

The Delicate Delinquent

Wives and Lovers

For Me and My Gal

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

Legion of Lost Flyers

Hustle

The Grissom Gang

Belle of Old Mexico

The Ladies Man

Let's Go Navy!

Frisco Lil