David Clarke

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-08-30 (96 years old)

Deathday

2004-04-18

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

David Clarke

Biography

David Gainey Clarke (30 August 1908 – 18 April 2004) was an American Broadway and motion picture actor. A native of Chicago and graduate of Butler University, Clarke started his career as a stage actor during the 1930s. He made his first film Knockout (1941). The actor remains perhaps best known for his film noir roles as a character actor during the 1940s and 1950s. He also played at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles and was featured on Broadway in the original productions of A View from the Bridge, Orpheus Descending, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Inquest, and The Visit. On television, Clarke appeared as Abel Bingley on The Waltons and as T...

Acting

2008

The New Protocol

as American Journalist

1952

The Narrow Margin

as Joseph Kemp

1949

Adam's Rib

as Roy (uncredited)

1949

Abandoned

as Harry

2008

Hikers in Saint-Tropez

as un touriste américain

1957

1948

The Man from Colorado

as Mutton McGuire

1947

The Long Night

as Bill Pulanski

1949

The Set-Up

as Gunboat Johnson

1949

Intruder in the Dust

as Vinson Gowrie

1942

1949

Red Canyon

as Sears

1976

The Front

as Hubert Jackson

1959

Odds Against Tomorrow

as (uncredited)

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as Mr. Atkinson (Railroad Man) (uncredited)

1980

1949

Thieves' Highway

as Mitch (uncredited)

1950

Woman in Hiding

as Moyer (uncredited)

1950

The Gunfighter

as Second Brother (uncredited)

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Corporal by Campfire (uncredited)

1950

Sands of Iwo Jima

as Wounded Marine (uncredited)

1948

1941

The Deadly Game

as John Brandt

1949

The Blonde Bandit

as Interrogating Detective

1947

Killer McCoy

as Pete Mariola

1949

1949

Too Late for Tears

as Jack Sharber (uncredited)

1989

Cutting Class

as Crusty Old Man

1950

A Lady Without Passport

as Operator (uncredited)

1942

Reunion in France

as Soldier (uncredited)

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Dalton (uncredited)

1950

The Outriders

as Ross (uncredited)

1978

Matilda

as Sheriff

1950

The Lawless

as Reporter in Office (uncredited)

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