People
Vance Colvig Jr.
- Name: Vance Colvig Jr.
- Birthday: 1918-03-09
- Also known as: Vance Colvig Jr.
- Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
- Popularity: 0.3779
Biography:
Vance DeBar Colvig Jr. was an American character actor, voice actor, and writer best known for being the first actor to portray Bozo the Clown on a franchised television program. He also voiced Chopper the bulldog on The Yogi Bear Show. He was the son of Pinto Colvig, the original voice of Disney's Goofy and the first-ever performer of Bozo the Clown on records. In the 1980s, he became a familiar face making live-action guest appearances as a character actor on hits like The Golden Girls, Night Court, Hill Street Blues, and St. Elsewhere. One of his most memorable late-career film cameos was playing a transient alongside "Weird Al" Yankovic in the 1989 cult comedy film UHF.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Boris and Natasha as One-Eyed Man | 1992-04-17 |
| UHF as Bum | 1989-07-21 |
| Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place as Smitty | 1989-05-06 |
| Big Top Pee-wee as Clownie | 1988-07-22 |
| Arizona Heat as Mr. Gordon | 1988-07-01 |
| Track 29 as Mr. Ennis | 1988-05-15 |
| Mortuary Academy as Uncle Willard | 1988-05-08 |
| Barfly as Alcoholic Man | 1987-09-02 |
| Dudes as Hezekiah | 1987-08-01 |
| Maid to Order as Man with Newspapers | 1987-07-10 |
| The Boys Next Door as Old Man | 1986-03-14 |
| My Chauffeur as Doolittle | 1986-01-24 |
| American Pop as Hobo #1 | 1981-02-13 |
| For the Love of It as Old Hippie | 1980-09-26 |
