Dick Wilson was born on July 30, 1916 in Preston, Lancashire, England as Riccardo DiGuglielmo. He was an actor, known for Bewitched (1964), Get Out of My Room (1985) and The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968). He was married to Meg. He died on November 19, 2007 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
I've done thirty-eight pictures and nobody remembers any of them, but they all remember me selling toilet paper.
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[Commercials are] the hardest thing to do in the entire acting realm. You've got 24 seconds to introduce yourself, introduce the product, say something nice about it and get off gracefully.
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Fact
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Appeared in 18 episodes of Bewitched - seven times playing a drunk. He said in real life he never took a drink in his life.
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In appreciation for his over 500 performances of the highly recognizable Mr. Whipple character, Procter & Gamble provided Wilson with a free lifetime supply of Charmin toilet tissue.
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Born in England and raised in Canada, he got his start in show business with a part-time job at CHML radio in Hamilton, Ontario, at age fifteen and later graduated from the Ontario College of Art & Design.
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Became a comic dancer in vaudeville before enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force early in World War II and serving as a fighter pilot against the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
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Moved to the United States after the war and became an American citizen in 1954.
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Employed as an acrobatic vaudeville dancer in New York City before heading to California in 1954 for movie and TV work.
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He studied sculpture and graduated from the Ontario College of Art in Toronto.
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He started out as a radio announcer when he was a teenager. He went on to build a considerable resume as a character actor on radio, stage, film, and TV.
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He became a US citizen in 1954.
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Born in England to a vaudeville entertainer and a singer. Moved to Canada, as a child.
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Served in the Royal Canadian Airforce in WWII.
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His father starred in a vaudeville minstrel show and his mother was a singer.
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Probably best known for his portrayal of "Mr. Whipple" for 25 years in Charmin commercials.
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Father of Stuart, Wendy, and actress Melanie Wilson. Grandfather of three.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Small Wonder
1989
TV Series
Mr. Braddock
Mathnet
1987
TV Series
Grocer
Square One Television
1987
TV Series
Grocer
Get Out of My Room
1985
Small & Frye
1983
TV Series
Bar Fly
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981
Store Manager
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1980
TV Series
Marvin Gordon
Quincy M.E.
1980
TV Series
Salesman
Better Late Than Never
1979
TV Movie
Delta House
1979
TV Series
Doctor
Alice
1979
TV Series
Drunk
The Pirate
1978
TV Movie
Drunk
Fantasy Island
1978
TV Series
Minister
Tabitha
1977-1978
TV Series
Mr. Green
James at 16
1977
TV Series
Clerk
The Rockford Files
1976
TV Series
Wino in Park
Maude
1975-1976
TV Series
Man / Sam Lewis
The Bob Newhart Show
1973-1975
TV Series
Mr. Berry / Man with Hat / Milt
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1974
TV Series
Mr. Hodges
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
1974
TV Movie
Mr. Hodges
Adam-12
1973
TV Series
Louis Nelson
Love Thy Neighbor
1973
TV Series
The Doris Day Show
1971-1973
TV Series
Motel Manager / Publican Callahan / Jewelry Store Clerk
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
Drunk in bar
The New Temperatures Rising Show
1972
TV Series
Dr. Pangloss
Bewitched
1965-1972
TV Series
Drunk
Mr. Potter
Man in Bar
...
Getting Away from It All
1972
TV Movie
Kirk Lecount
Me and the Chimp
1972
TV Series
Dean
McMillan & Wife
1972
TV Series
Simon Mehlin
Love, American Style
1971
TV Series
Mr. Hutton (segment "Love and the Bashful Groom")
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1971
TV Series
Mr. Clemens / Health Faddist
Nanny and the Professor
1971
TV Series
Gas Station Manager
Hogan's Heroes
1966-1971
TV Series
Karl / Captain Gruber / Underground Agent Bruner / ...
The Partridge Family
1971
TV Series
Cowboy
Bracken's World
1969
TV Series
Harry
The Good Guys
1969
TV Series
Ira
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
TV Series
Mr. Jacobi
I Dream of Jeannie
1966-1969
TV Series
Dockweiler / Mr. Wimple
Room 222
1969
TV Series
PTA member
The Queen and I
1969
TV Series
Man
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
TV Series
Ralph Carr
Get Smart
1966-1968
TV Series
Jeweler / Creevley
That Girl
1967-1968
TV Series
Alex Franklin / Desk Clerk
Star!
1968
Drunk (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
Black Eagle (Indian chief)
Stay Away, Joe
1968
Car Salesman (uncredited)
The Carol Burnett Show
1968
TV Series
Mr. Phillips
The Flying Nun
1967
TV Series
Joe / Man #1
Petticoat Junction
1967
TV Series
Airline Clerk
My Three Sons
1967
TV Series
Maitre D'
The Second Hundred Years
1967
TV Series
Government Agent
Caprice
1967
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Captain Nice
1967
TV Series
The Drunk
Mr. Terrific
1966-1967
TV Series
Chef / Russian Agent
Occasional Wife
1967
TV Series
Waiter
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1966
TV Series
1st Man
The Hero
1966
TV Series
The Jean Arthur Show
1966
TV Series
Angelo Liguori
McHale's Navy
1963-1966
TV Series
Dino Baroni / Dino Barone / The 4th Italian / ...
My Mother the Car
1966
TV Series
Jenkins
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Bandmaster (uncredited)
Our Man Flint
1966
Supervisor of Pleasure Units Conditioning (uncredited)
The Munsters
1965
TV Series
Al
Gidget
1965
TV Series
Mr. Lefferts
The Loner
1965
TV Series
Bartender
The Fugitive
1965
TV Series
Berger the Bartender
The Donna Reed Show
1960-1965
TV Series
Mr. Hodges / Mr. Carothers / Mr. Drucker / ...
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Frobish (as Richard Wilson)
Gomer Pyle: USMC
1964
TV Series
Clerk #3
My Favorite Martian
1963-1964
TV Series
Davey / Charlie / Patrolman #2
My Living Doll
1964
TV Series
Salesman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964
TV Series
What a Way to Go!
1964
Driscoll (uncredited)
The Great Adventure
1964
TV Series
Mr. Metcalf
Arrest and Trial
1964
TV Series
Dave Alperson
Hazel
1964
TV Series
Policeman Murphy
The Twilight Zone
1959-1963
TV Series
Clock Mover / Jack
Glynis
1963
TV Series
Danny
The Jack Benny Program
1963
TV Series
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
TV Series
Assistant
Ben Casey
1963
TV Series
Jake Martin
Diary of a Madman
1963
Martin
Perry Mason
1963
TV Series
Prisoner
Route 66
1963
TV Series
Security Guard
The Virginian
1962
TV Series
Bartender
Our Man Higgins
1962
TV Series
Fletcher
The Law and Mr. Jones
1962
TV Series
Benny
Shannon
1962
TV Series
Jack Harper
Checkmate
1962
TV Series
The Clerk
Target: The Corruptors
1961
TV Series
The New Breed
1961
TV Series
Policeman
The Bob Cummings Show
1961
TV Series
The Real McCoys
1961
TV Series
Mr. Barnes
The Lawless Years
1959-1961
TV Series
Little Augie / Hymie Cee / Flipper / ...
Michael Shayne
1961
TV Series
Bevo
The Deputy
1961
TV Series
Barber
Bachelor Father
1961
TV Series
Museum Guard
Bat Masterson
1961
TV Series
Tobias Tinker
Markham
1959-1960
TV Series
Pierre
The Millionaire
1960
TV Series
Sullivan
The Rifleman
1960
TV Series
Fred - Buckshot Patient
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1960
TV Series
2nd Cab Driver
Maverick
1960
TV Series
Crenshaw
M Squad
1958-1960
TV Series
Moe Norton / Max, Cabbie / Max Pushkin
The Untouchables
1959
TV Series
Sheriff Wilson
Tales of Wells Fargo
1959
TV Series
The Cafe Owner
Not for Hire
1959
TV Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-1959
TV Series
Cimarron City
1959
TV Series
Mr. Nole
The Texan
1958
TV Series
Norm Seevey
Wagon Train
1958
TV Series
Bartender
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
1958
TV Series
Alex
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1956-1957
TV Series
Jake Lucas / Skeeter / Beaver Louie
Official Detective
1957
TV Series
Injured Man
The Tattered Dress
1957
First Jury Foreman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
TV Series
Woodsman
The Man Called X
1956
TV Series
I Led 3 Lives
1956
TV Series
Commandant
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Alan Hamel Show
1979
TV Series
Himself
Presenting Susan Anton
1979
TV Series
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1976-1978
TV Series
Himself - Actor / Himself / Himself - TV Commercial Actor