Actor
Vance Colvig Jr.
March 9, 1918 · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Stanley Brock
2 titles together
UHF, My Chauffeur
Daws Butler
2 titles together
The Yogi Bear Show, The Quick Draw McGraw Show
Julie Bennett
2 titles together
The Yogi Bear Show, The Quick Draw McGraw Show
Paul Bartel
2 titles together
Amazing Stories, Mortuary Academy
Kevin Peter Hall
2 titles together
Big Top Pee-wee, Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place
Richard Moll
2 titles together
Night Court, American Pop
Full filmography · 19
Boris and Natasha
as One-Eyed Man
19924.5
UHF
as Bum
19896.7
Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place
as Smitty
1989
Big Top Pee-wee
as Clownie
19885
Arizona Heat
as Mr. Gordon
1988
Track 29
as Mr. Ennis
19885.6
Mortuary Academy
as Uncle Willard
1988
Barfly
as Alcoholic Man
19876.9
Dudes
as Hezekiah
19875.7
Maid to Order
as Man with Newspapers
19875.5
The Boys Next Door
as Old Man
19866.2
My Chauffeur
as Doolittle
19865.9