Dick Wilson
| Dick Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Riccardo DiGuglielmo 30 July 1916 Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 18 November 2007 (aged 91) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California |
| Years active | 1956–1989, 1999–2000 |
| Spouse(s) | Meg (1950 – 19 November 2007, (57 years), his death) |
| Children | Melanie Wilson, Stuart F. Wilson, Wendy Wilson |
Dick Wilson, (30 July 1916 – 18 November 2007), was a British-born Canadian character actor who played the role of finicky grocery store manager Mr. George Whipple in more than 500 Charmin toilet paper television commercials (1965–1989, 1999–2000).
Dick Wilson was born In Preston, Lancashire, England, to Veronica Wilson and Randolf Wilson. His father performed in vaudeville; his mother was a singer. In late 1916 his father moved the family to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where he spent his childhood in the Corktown district and on the Mountain, attending Queen Victoria and Sacred Heart Schools. He had a newspaper route for The Hamilton Spectator and got his start in show business with a part-time job at CHML radio in Hamilton at age fifteen.
Wilson graduated from the Ontario College of Art & Design and then became a comic dancer in vaudeville. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a pilot in World War II. After the war he moved to the United States and became an American citizen in 1954. He then worked as an acrobatic dancer in New York before heading to California in 1954 for film and television work.
Wilson made numerous appearances as several characters on the television sitcom Bewitched, usually as "various drunks." He reprised his roles as "various drunks" on the Bewitched spin-off Tabitha and McHale's Navy. Sometimes on the latter he portrayed a neighbour or other in various episodes between 33 and 247. He played a similar drunk character in Disney's The World's Greatest Athlete in 1973. Wilson also appeared on The Donna Reed Show, Hogan's Heroes, and The Bob Newhart Show.
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