Dick Wilson
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 Dick Wilson in a 1988 Charmin toilet paper commercial, saying the famous lines "Ladies please, don't squeeze the Charmin!"
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| Born | July 30, 1916 England, UK |
Dick Wilson (born Riccardo DeGuglielmo on July 30, 1916) is an American actor who played the role of finicky grocery store manager Mr. Whipple in Charmin toilet paper television commercials (1965–1989, 1999).
Wilson was born in England to an Italian-American father, Gianluigi DeGuglielmo (who was fighting in World War I) and an Italian mother, Pierina Corbo-DeGuglielmo. In late 1916, his father brought him and his mother back to Hartford, Connecticut where he was raised.
Wilson also made 16 or 17 appearances as several characters on the television sitcom Bewitched, usually as the drunk, but sometimes a neighbor or other stock character (various episodes between #33 and #247).
He is the father of actor Melanie Wilson.
