Vance Colvig Jr.
- Acting
- March 9, 1918 · San Francisco, California, USA
- March 3, 1991
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Boris and Natasha · One-Eyed Man
- UHF · Bum
- Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place · Smitty
- Big Top Pee-wee · Clownie
- Arizona Heat · Mr. Gordon
- Track 29 · Mr. Ennis
- Mortuary Academy · Uncle Willard
- Barfly · Alcoholic Man
- Dudes · Hezekiah
- Maid to Order · Man with Newspapers
- The Boys Next Door · Old Man
- My Chauffeur · Doolittle
- Amazing Stories · Vaudevillian
- Night Court · Bum
- St. Elsewhere · Mr. Pechar
- American Pop · Hobo #1
- For the Love of It · Old Hippie
- The Yogi Bear Show · Chopper (Voice)
- The Quick Draw McGraw Show · Tombstone Jones