Vance Colvig Jr.
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
Night Court
St. Elsewhere
Amazing Stories
The Quick Draw McGraw Show
The Yogi Bear Show
UHF
Track 29
Big Top Pee-wee
All Movies (14)
- Boris and Natasha1992 · as One-Eyed Man
- UHF1989 · as Bum
- Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place1989 · as Smitty
- Big Top Pee-wee1988 · as Clownie
- Arizona Heat1988 · as Mr. Gordon
- Track 291988 · as Mr. Ennis
- Mortuary Academy1988 · as Uncle Willard
- Barfly1987 · as Alcoholic Man
- Dudes1987 · as Hezekiah
- Maid to Order1987 · as Man with Newspapers
- The Boys Next Door1986 · as Old Man
- My Chauffeur1986 · as Doolittle
- American Pop1981 · as Hobo #1
- For the Love of It1980 · as Old Hippie
All TV Shows (5)
- Amazing Stories1985 · as Vaudevillian
- Night Court1984 · as Bum
- St. Elsewhere1982 · as Mr. Pechar
- The Yogi Bear Show1961 · as Chopper (voice)
- The Quick Draw McGraw Show1959 · as Tombstone Jones