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Portrayed "Bozo the Clown" on KTLA-Channel 5 in Los Angeles, California from 1959 to 1964. Although it wasn't the first "Bozo" TV show (at least a couple preceded it under Capitol Records' ownership), it was the first after Larry Harmon's business partnership purchased the licensing rights from creator Alan Livingston and owner Capitol Records. See more trivia »

Born:

Vance DeBar Colvig Jr.
March 9, 1918 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

March 3, 1991 (age 72) in Los Angeles, California, USA

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UHF

Barfly

Track 29

Track 29 (1988)

"Bozo the Clown"

Bozo the Clown (1959)

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Actor (23 titles)

1992 Boris and Natasha
One-Eyed Man (as Vance Colvig)

1991 Adam 12 (TV series)
Wino

– Eye of the Beholder (1991) … Wino

1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (TV movie)
Special Guest Appearance

1990 Night Court (TV series)
Bum

– Razing Bull (1990) … Bum (as Vance Colvig)

1989 UHF
Bum

1989 All's Fair
Old Man (as Vance Colvig)

1988 Big Top Pee-wee
Clownie

1988 Arizona Heat
Mr. Gordon

1988 Mortuary Academy
Uncle Willard (as Vance Colvig)

1988 Track 29
Mr. Ennis

1988 Crime Story (TV series)
Billy Jones

– Roadrunner (1988) … Billy Jones (as Vance Colvig)

1988 Pass the Ammo
Fritz

1987 Dudes
Hezekiah

1987 Maid to Order
Man with Newspapers

1987 Barfly
Alcoholic Man (as Vance Colvig)

1986 Odd Jobs
Chairman

1986 My Chauffeur
Doolittle (as Vance Colvig)

1985 Amazing Stories (TV series)
Vaudevillian #1

– Fine Tuning (1985) … Vaudevillian #1 (as Vance Colvig)

1985 The Boys Next Door
Old Man

1985 Three's a Crowd (TV series)
Wino

– September Song (1985) … Wino

1982-1984 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Bum / Mr. Pechar

– Hearing (1984) … Bum

– Down's Syndrome (1982) … Mr. Pechar

1977 Fred Flintstone and Friends (TV series) (voice)

1959/I Bozo the Clown (TV series)
Bozo

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Track 29 -- A doctor's wife tires of his obsession with model trains, and spends her days wondering about the son she gave up for adoption at birth.

Adam 12: Season 1: Episode 4 -- Homosexuals are being beaten and harassed; trouble is uncovered at a nudist colony; old cars are being stripped.

Track 29 -- Trailer for Track 29

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Portrayed Bozo on the "Bozo the Clown" television show on KTLA in Los Angeles 1959-1964.

Alternate Names:

Vance Colvig

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Trivia:

Portrayed "Bozo the Clown" on KTLA-Channel 5 in Los Angeles, California from 1959 to 1964. Although it wasn't the first "Bozo" TV show (at least a couple preceded it under Capitol Records' ownership), it was the first after Larry Harmon's business partnership purchased the licensing rights from creator Alan Livingston and owner Capitol Records. See more »

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