person

Dave Willock

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-08-13

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.

Also Known For

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Oct 31, 1962

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The Male Animal

Mar 12, 1942

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72

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Dec 15, 1964

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66

The Grissom Gang

May 28, 1971

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67

Send Me No Flowers

Oct 14, 1964

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NA

Belle of Old Mexico

Mar 01, 1950

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61

Ten Seconds to Hell

Apr 23, 1959

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63

Chicago Deadline

Nov 03, 1949

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NA

She Has What It Takes

Apr 15, 1943

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56

Revenge of the Creature

Jan 17, 1955

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57

Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt

Apr 01, 2005

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48

Queen of Outer Space

Sep 07, 1958

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63

The Ladies Man

Jun 21, 1961

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57

The Gang's All Here

Dec 24, 1943

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62

It Came from Outer Space

Jun 05, 1953

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42

Flat Top

Oct 26, 1952

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69

No Man of Her Own

Feb 21, 1950

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57

Four Jills in a Jeep

Mar 17, 1944

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70

Let's Go Navy!

Jul 29, 1951

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NA

The Runaround

Jun 04, 1946

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38

Just This Once

Feb 27, 1952

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60

Lucky Jordan

Nov 16, 1942

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82

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

May 16, 1985

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57

This Love of Ours

Nov 02, 1945

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NA

The Searching Wind

Aug 09, 1946

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61

Pin Up Girl

Apr 25, 1944

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50

Battle Zone

Oct 26, 1952

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80

Frisco Lil

Mar 13, 1942

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57

Frankie and Johnny

Mar 31, 1966

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58

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Nov 22, 1939

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NA

Prehistoric World

Nov 29, 1989

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62

Son of Dinosaurs

Nov 29, 1989

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66

State of the Union

Apr 30, 1948

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48

Three Texas Steers

May 12, 1939

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71

Good Girls Go to Paris

Jun 20, 1939

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65

Golden Boy

Sep 05, 1939

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78

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Oct 19, 1939

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62

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Jul 20, 1939

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66

The Hard Way

Jan 13, 1943

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50

Dixie Dugan

Mar 12, 1943

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67

Niagara Falls

Oct 17, 1941

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52

Brother Rat and a Baby

Jan 13, 1940

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59

Black Friday

Feb 29, 1940

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30

He Hired the Boss

Apr 02, 1943

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48

A Girl in Every Port

Feb 13, 1952

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45

Let's Face It

Aug 04, 1943

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63

Too Many Husbands

Apr 03, 1940

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66

Louisiana Purchase

Dec 31, 1941

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71

You Were Never Lovelier

Nov 19, 1942

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61

Bring on the Girls

Mar 30, 1945

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61

Louisa

May 31, 1950

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NA

Cracked Nuts

Jul 02, 1941

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50

A Shot in the Dark

Apr 05, 1941

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70

The Fleet's In

Jan 24, 1942

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51

4 for Texas

Dec 21, 1963

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50

Harvard Here I Come

Dec 18, 1941

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58

Roadblock

Sep 17, 1951

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63

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Jul 12, 1972

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57

Remains to Be Seen

May 15, 1953

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57

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Jun 02, 1939

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35

Men of the Sky

Jul 25, 1942

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62

The Affairs of Martha

Jun 21, 1942

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NA

Over My Dead Body

Jan 15, 1942

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54

Mr. District Attorney

Mar 27, 1941

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63

She Knew All the Answers

May 13, 1941

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49

The Buster Keaton Story

May 01, 1957

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61

Love Is Better Than Ever

Feb 23, 1952

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70

Action in the North Atlantic

Jun 12, 1943

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60

This Time for Keeps

Mar 01, 1942

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55

Sealed Verdict

Nov 05, 1948

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63

Princess O'Rourke

Oct 23, 1943

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NA

Priorities on Parade

Jul 23, 1942

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71

Hellzapoppin'

Dec 25, 1941

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60

So This Is New York

Jun 01, 1948

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74

Spellbound

Nov 08, 1945

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67

Emperor of the North

May 23, 1973

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NA

Joe Palooka, Champ

May 26, 1946

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NA

Stork Bites Man

Jun 21, 1947

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35

Granny Get Your Gun

Feb 10, 1940

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60

Darling, How Could You!

Aug 08, 1951

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NA

Roar of the Crowd

May 31, 1953

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58

Caught in the Draft

Jul 04, 1941

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61

The Patsy

Jun 24, 1964

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64

The Delicate Delinquent

Jun 06, 1957

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46

Wives and Lovers

Aug 29, 1963

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64

For Me and My Gal

Oct 21, 1942

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60

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

Mar 26, 1972

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40

Legion of Lost Flyers

Nov 02, 1939

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57

Hustle

Dec 25, 1975

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58

The Merry Widow

Sep 05, 1952

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20

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Mar 26, 1942

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60

The Fabulous Dorseys

Feb 26, 1947

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60

Burke's Law

Sep 20, 1963

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73

Wacky Races

Sep 14, 1968

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79

The Munsters

Sep 24, 1964

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70

The Lucy Show

Oct 01, 1962

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63

That Girl

Sep 08, 1966

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68

The Beverly Hillbillies

Sep 26, 1962

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71

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Sep 25, 1964

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69

Alias Smith and Jones

Jan 05, 1971

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58

Petticoat Junction

Sep 24, 1963

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75

Hogan's Heroes

Sep 17, 1965

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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77

Perry Mason

Sep 21, 1957

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84

The Twilight Zone

Oct 02, 1959

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77

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 02, 1955

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NA

Run, Buddy, Run

Sep 12, 1966

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NA

Margie

Oct 12, 1961

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74

The Immortal

Sep 24, 1970

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65

Dennis the Menace

Oct 04, 1959

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60

Nanny and the Professor

Jan 21, 1970

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65

The Virginian

Sep 19, 1962

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43

My Mother the Car

Sep 14, 1965

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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62

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Jul 01, 1957

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65

The Roman Holidays

Sep 09, 1972

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56

The Real McCoys

Oct 03, 1957

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62

The Donna Reed Show

Sep 24, 1958

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68

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Sep 06, 1958

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42

Wichita Town

Sep 30, 1959

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55

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Oct 05, 1956

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50

The Cara Williams Show

Sep 23, 1964

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70

Vacation Playhouse

Jul 22, 1963

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NA

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

Sep 15, 1968

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63

Telephone Time

Apr 08, 1956

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65

Letter to Loretta

Sep 20, 1953

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50

Boots and Saddles

Sep 19, 1957

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NA

Not for Hire

Oct 23, 1959

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NA

The Tom Ewell Show

Sep 27, 1960

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78

The Jack Benny Program

Oct 28, 1950

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78

The Wonderful World of Disney

Oct 27, 1954

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60

Love, American Style

Sep 29, 1969

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73

Green Acres

Sep 15, 1965

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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58

Petticoat Junction

Sep 24, 1963

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57

Temple Houston

Sep 19, 1963

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70

Adam-12

Sep 21, 1968

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68

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Sep 06, 1958

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68

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Sep 06, 1958

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77

Perry Mason

Sep 21, 1957

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73

The Ford Television Theatre

Oct 02, 1952

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68

Mister Ed

Jan 05, 1961

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73

Green Acres

Sep 15, 1965

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50

The Cara Williams Show

Sep 23, 1964

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78

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Sep 20, 1962

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73

Green Acres

Sep 15, 1965

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73

Green Acres

Sep 15, 1965

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73

Green Acres

Sep 15, 1965

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65

My Three Sons

Sep 29, 1960

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73

Green Acres

Sep 15, 1965

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70

The Lone Wolf

Apr 09, 1954

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69

The Streets of San Francisco

Sep 23, 1972

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73

Green Acres

Sep 15, 1965

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60

Love, American Style

Sep 29, 1969

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60

Love, American Style

Sep 29, 1969