In appreciation for his over 500 performances of the highly recognizable Mr. Whipple character, Procter & Gamble provided Wilson with a free lifetime supply of Charmin toilet tissue.
Appeared in 18 episodes of Bewitched - seven times playing a drunk. He said in real life he never took a drink in his life.
Probably best known for his portrayal of "Mr. Whipple" for 25 years in
Charmin commercials.
Served in the Royal Canadian Airforce in WWII.
Became a comic dancer in vaudeville before enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force early in World War II and serving as a fighter pilot against the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
[Commercials are] the hardest thing to do in the entire acting realm. You've got 24 seconds to introduce yourself, introduce the product, say something nice about it and get off gracefully.
I've done thirty-eight pictures and nobody remembers any of them, but they all remember me selling toilet paper.