Cast & creator
Dave Willock
Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Bonanza
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.
Also known as: Dave 'Tugwell' Willock, David Willock
94
film credits
70
television credits
164
1939–2005 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (164)
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Perry Mason
Philip Robinson
1957Perry Mason
Bartender
1957
Bonanza
Deeter
1959Bonanza
Phil Axe
1959
Adam-12
George Edwards
1968
Love, American Style
Charlie
1969Love, American Style
Bob
1969Love, American Style
Charley
1969
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Wig Salesman
1962
The Virginian
Hank Jessop
1962
The Twilight Zone
Marty
1959
My Three Sons
Ed
1960
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Petticoat Junction
Pixley Sheriff
1963Petticoat Junction
Touhey Benson
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
Elevator Starter
1962
The Lucy Show
Math Teacher
1962
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Jethro Dane
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive
Judge
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive
George Goode
1958
Burke's Law
Buzz Hardy
1963
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Bain - Hotel Desk Clerk
1956
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Gunsmoke
Clerk
1955Gunsmoke
Becker
1955
The Munsters
1964
Green Acres
George Bennington
1965Green Acres
Ticket Agent
1965Green Acres
Larry Lawlor
1965Green Acres
Tom Blackwell
1965Green Acres
Mr. McGurney
1965Green Acres
Otis Cowan
1965Green Acres
Mr. Gordon
1965
The Streets of San Francisco
Clerk
1972
The Jack Benny Program
Bus Passenger
1950
That Girl
1966
The Real McCoys
1957
Dennis the Menace
1959
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Manny Dillon
1950
The Ford Television Theatre
Benny Corrigan
1952
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Frank Voss
1955
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Henry Wilkins
1957
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Mister Ed
Moko (voice) (uncredited)
1961
Telephone Time
1956
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Wonderful World of Disney
Store Manager
1954Vacation Playhouse
Carl Ryan
1963
The Lone Wolf
Roustabout (uncredited)
1954
Stagecoach West
Duncan
1960Stagecoach West
Clerk
1960
Letter to Loretta
Counterman
1953
Wacky Races
Narrator (voice)
1968
Wichita Town
1959
My Mother the Car
1965Not for Hire
1959
Temple Houston
Speedy Jackson
1963
The Immortal
1970
The Cara Williams Show
1964The Cara Williams Show
Sweeney
1964
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Ray Hudson
1962
Spellbound
Bellboy (uncredited)
1945
Run, Buddy, Run
1966Run, Buddy, Run
Chicken Buyer (uncredited)
1966Run, Buddy, Run
Sheriff Len Rhodes
1966
Margie
1961
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senate Guard (uncredited)
1939
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lt. Jerry O'Neal
1951
Emperor of the North
Groundhog
1973The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
Regular Performer
1968
Boots and Saddles
1957
Frankie and Johnny
Pete (uncredited)
1966
The Roman Holidays
Gus Holiday (voice)
1972
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Taxi Driver
1964
Send Me No Flowers
Milkman Ernie
1964
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Mr. Burns
1972
The Ladies Man
Assistant TV Program Director (uncredited)
1961
Revenge of the Creature
Lou Gibson
1955
Action in the North Atlantic
Convoy Speaker (uncredited)
1943
You Were Never Lovelier
Hotel Acuña Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
State of the Union
Pilot (uncredited)
1948
4 for Texas
Alfred
1963
It Came from Outer Space
Pete Davis (uncredited)
1953
The Geisha Boy
GI in Korea (uncredited)
1958
The Grissom Gang
Rocky
1971
The Merry Widow
Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
1952
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Cameraman
1968
No Man of Her Own
Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
1950
The Patsy
Alec (uncredited)
1964
The Buster Keaton Story
Joe Keaton
1957
Ten Seconds to Hell
Peter Tillig
1959
The Fleet's In
Sailor
1942
The Delicate Delinquent
William C. Goerner
1957
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Bellboy (uncredited)
1939
Hustle
Liquor Store Clerk
1975
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Store Manager
1972
This Love of Ours
Dr. Dailey
1945
Remains to Be Seen
Delivery Man (uncredited)
1953
The Gang's All Here
Sgt. Pat Casey
1943
Good Girls Go to Paris
Student (uncredited)
1939
Brother Rat and a Baby
Talking Cadet in Trouble
1940
Harvard Here I Come
Student
1941
Caught in the Draft
Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)
1941
She Knew All the Answers
Messenger Boy
1941
Darling, How Could You!
Usher (Uncredited)
1951
So This Is New York
Willis Gilbey
1948
Roadblock
Airport Clerk (uncredited)
1951
Queen of Outer Space
Lt. Mike Cruze
1958
Bring on the Girls
Sailor (uncredited)
1945
Hellzapoppin'
Orchestra Trombone Player (uncredited)
1941
Golden Boy
Arena Call Boy
1939
Pin Up Girl
Dud Miller
1944
Over My Dead Body
Sailor
1942
For Me and My Gal
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1942
A Girl in Every Port
Seaman McGonegal (uncredited)
1952
The Male Animal
Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
1942
Let's Go Navy!
Algernon Hobenocker
1951
Four Jills in a Jeep
Heckling Soldier (uncredited)
1944
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Messenger (uncredited)
1942
Black Friday
Student
1940
A Shot in the Dark
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1941
Too Many Husbands
Elevator Operator
1940
Granny Get Your Gun
Frightened Motorist
1940
Mr. District Attorney
Hypo
1941
Wives and Lovers
Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
1963
Son of Dinosaurs
Self
1989
Just This Once
Caddie Ralph Roberts
1952
Princess O'Rourke
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1943
Chicago Deadline
Pig
1949
Flat Top
Willie
1952
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Page
1939
Louisa
Joe Collins
1950
She Has What It Takes
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1943
Love Is Better Than Ever
Davey
1952
The Affairs of Martha
Milkman (uncredited)
1942
This Time for Keeps
Soda Jerk
1942
Lucky Jordan
Angelo Palacio
1942
He Hired the Boss
Sailor
1943
Roar of the Crowd
Buster Sands
1953
Legion of Lost Flyers
Blinky, the Radioman
1939
Three Texas Steers
Hotel Desk Clerk
1939
The Hard Way
Bellboy (Uncredited)
1943
Let's Face It
Barney Hilliard
1943
Belle of Old Mexico
Tommy Mayberry
1950
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Men of the Sky
Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
1942
Dixie Dugan
Phil (uncredited)
1943
Sealed Verdict
Stockade Desk Sergeant
1948Frisco Lil
1942
Louisiana Purchase
Bellhop (uncredited)
1941
The Fabulous Dorseys
Foggy
1947
Niagara Falls
Bellboy (uncredited)
1941
Joe Palooka, Champ
Mr. Rodney
1946
Battle Zone
Smitty
1952
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Himself
1985
Prehistoric World
1989Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt
Dave Wardell
2005
Priorities on Parade
Push Gasper
1942
The Runaround
Hubert 'Billy' Willis
1946
Cracked Nuts
Radio Technician
1941
The Searching Wind
Harry, Male Nurse
1946
Stork Bites Man
Lester
1947