Vance Colvig
Birthday: Born in 1918-03-09 in San Francisco, California, USA
Deathday: 1991-03-03
Vance DeBar Colvig Jr. was an American character actor. He was the first to portray Bozo the Clown on a Harmon-licensed television program and lent his voice to the Chopper bulldog character on The Yogi the Bear Show. In the 1980s, he made guest appearances in various television series and music videos. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vance Colvig, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
The Yogi Bear Show
Character: Chopper (voice)
From his home in Jellystone Park, Yogi Bear dreams of nothing more in life than to outwit as many unsuspecting tourists as he can and grab their prized picnic baskets all while staying one step ahead of the ever-exasperated Ranger Smith. Yogi's little buddy, Boo-Boo, tries to keep Yogi out of trouble but rarely succeeds. That's okay because not even Ranger Smith can stay mad for long at the lovable, irresistible Yogi Bear....
Amazing Stories
Character: Vaudevillian
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors....
Night Court
Character: Bum
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there....
Quick Draw McGraw
Character: Tombstone Jones
The Quick Draw McGraw Show is the third cartoon television production created by Hanna-Barbera, starring an anthropomorphic cartoon horse named Quick Draw McGraw...
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Maid to Order
Character: Man with Newspapers
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell which causes Charles to no longer have a daughter. Jessie, now penniless and without a friend, must take a maid's job to earn a living, and hopefully to learn her lesson....
UHF
Character: Bum
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming....
Big Top Pee-wee
Character: Clownie
Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ever....
American Pop
Character: Hobo #1
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities....
Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place
Character: Smitty
Cable TV Special. Rodney Auditions for an adult movie and finds out all men are not created equal. Get ready for a wild time at Rodney's Place, with special guests Jeff Foxworthy, Tim Allen and Sam Kinison....
Arizona Heat
Character: Mr. Gordon
A tough old school Arizona cop is teamed with a lesbian partner to catch a serial killer who preys on police....
For the Love of It
Character: Old Hippie
An entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to create a new video game but the KGB, the CIA and the FBI have different ideas....
Mortuary Academy
Character: Uncle Willard
"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. Of course, the most incompetent students possible are accepted, so that the academy will fail, and all sorts of wacky hijinks ensue....
My Chauffeur
Character: Doolittle
A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers....
Dudes
Character: Hezekiah
Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group of rednecks for killing their friend in this lighthearted road movie. Along the way, they enlist the help of a young woman who runs a wrecking service....
Barfly
Character: Alcoholic Man
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids....
The Boys Next Door
Character: Old Man
Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout....
Track 29
Character: Mr. Ennis
Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to the neglectful Henry. But soon Martin grows violent and becomes obsessed with Henry -- a philandering man whose only offspring is an expansive model train set that devours his waking hours....
Boris and Natasha
Character: One-Eyed Man
Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale begin questioning who they're working for and why....