English-born actor Dick Wilson (born Riccardo DiGuglielmo) began his career as an announcer and disc jockey in Canada at age 15, performed as an acrobatic dancer in vaudeville, and went on to appear in more than 300 U.S. television shows, mostly during the 1960s and ‘70s, including recurring roles as a drunk on Bewitched and Captain Gruber on Hogan’s Heroes. He earned an enduring place in U.S. pop culture for his role as Mr. Whipple, the grocery store manager in more than 500 Charmin bathroom tissue television commercials
