Vance Colvig Jr.
Acting Born Mar 9, 1918 San Francisco, California, USA 19 credits
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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Full filmography
- Night Court (1984) as Bum
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Mr. Pechar
- Amazing Stories (1985) as Vaudevillian
- The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959) as Tombstone Jones
- The Yogi Bear Show (1961) as Chopper (voice)
- UHF (1989) as Bum
- Barfly (1987) as Alcoholic Man
- Maid to Order (1987) as Man with Newspapers
- Big Top Pee-wee (1988) as Clownie
- Track 29 (1988) as Mr. Ennis
- American Pop (1981) as Hobo #1
- The Boys Next Door (1986) as Old Man
- My Chauffeur (1986) as Doolittle
- Dudes (1987) as Hezekiah
- Boris and Natasha (1992) as One-Eyed Man
- For the Love of It (1980) as Old Hippie
- Arizona Heat (1988) as Mr. Gordon
- Mortuary Academy (1988) as Uncle Willard
- Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place (1989) as Smitty