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 and juvenile, "Caddyshack" nevertheless scores with its classic slapstick, unforgettable characters, and endlessly quotable dialogue". Christopher Null gave the film four stars out of five, and wrote, "They don't make 'em like this anymore ... The plot wanders around the golf course and involves a half-dozen elements, but if you simply dig the gopher, the caddy, and the Dangerfield, you're not going to be doing half bad". The film was met with generally poor reviews upon its original 1980 release. Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, ""Caddyshack" feels more like a movie that was