Henry Wilcoxon decades of his life, he worked sporadically and accepted minor acting roles in a number of television and film productions. He guest-starred in shows including "Daniel Boone", "Perry Mason", "I Spy", "It Takes a Thief", "Wild Wild West", "Gunsmoke", "Cimarron Strip", "Cagney & Lacey", "The Big Valley", "Private Benjamin" and "Marcus Welby, M. D.", as well as in a smaller number of films, including a memorable turn as the golf-obsessed Bishop Pickering in the 1980 comedy "Caddyshack". In one scene, he plays golf in the driving rain with groundskeeper Carl, played by actor Bill Murray. It took hours to film
Caddyshack the country club's stodgy co-founder and director of the caddie scholarship program, by caddying for him. Meanwhile, Carl Spackler, a somewhat-unhinged greens-keeper, is entrusted with combating a potentially disastrous gopher infestation. He employs a variety of methods to kill the gopher (e.g. shooting, drowning) without success. Al Czervik, a brash and obnoxious "nouveau riche", begins appearing at the club. Smails is heckled by Czervik as he tees off, causing his shot to go badly wrong. Smails throws his putter in a fit of frustration and accidentally injures another club-member. Danny takes responsibility for the incident, as a ploy to gain