Cliff Clark

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

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Birthday

1889-06-09 (64 years old)

Deathday

1953-02-08

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Cliff Clark

Biography

Cliff Clark (June 10, 1889 – February 8, 1953) was an American actor. He entered the film business in 1937 after a substantial stage career and appeared in over 200 Hollywood films. In the last years of his life, he also played in a number of television productions. Clark mostly played minor supporting roles. A specialty of his were policemen, inspectors and sheriffs. He appeared in a recurring role as Inspector Donovan in the Falcon film series at RKO Pictures during the 1940s.

Acting

1940

1941

Manpower

as Cully

1949

Flaming Fury

as Fire Engineer Robby Rollins

1951

Cavalry Scout

as Col. Deering

1947

The Thirteenth Hour

as Police Captain Linfield

1942

Street of Chance

as Ryan, (Policeman)

1942

Jail House Blues

as Warden Boswell

1947

Bury Me Dead

as Archer, Detective

1949

The Stratton Story

as Josh Higgins

1950

The Second Woman

as Police Sergeant

1950

Blondie's Hero

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1943

The Falcon in Danger

as Insp. Timothy Donovan

1943

The Falcon Strikes Back

as Inspector Timothy Donovan

1942

The Falcon's Brother

as Timothy Donovan

1944

The Falcon Out West

as Inspector Timothy Donovan

1939

It's a Wonderful World

as Captain Haggerty

1943

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

as Inspector Timothy Donovan

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Police Lieutenant Allison

1942

Kid Glove Killer

as Captain Lynch

1941

1948

False Paradise

as Gerald Waite

1947

Philo Vance's Gamble

as Inspector Walsh

1941

Dangerously They Live

as Sheriff John Dill

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Tom McGuire

1942

Butch Minds the Baby

as Police Captain (uncredited)

1938

While New York Sleeps

as Insp. Cliff Collins

1939

Slightly Honorable

as Captain Graves

1951

Warpath

as Bartender

1949

Post Office Investigator

as Inspector Delany

1948

Raw Deal

as Gates

1949

Shockproof

as Mac, Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

1949

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as Construction Materials Contractor (uncredited)

1939

Miracles for Sale

as Inspector Marty Gavigan

1939

Honolulu

as First Detective

1951

Overland Telegraph

as Terence Muldoon

1940

1943

Ladies' Day

as Dan Hannigan, Sox Manager

1939

Inside Story

as Collins

1941

Strange Alibi

as Capt. Reddick

1942

A Yank on the Burma Road

as Police Lieutenant

1938

The Patient in Room 18

as Inspector Foley

1950

The Fuller Brush Girl

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

1948

1938

Cocoanut Grove

as Auctioneer

1950

Vigilante Hideout

as Howard Sanders

1938

He Couldn't Say No

as Auctioneer

1939

Within the Law

as McGuire

1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Detective Flaherty (uncredited)

1950

The Men

as Dr. Kameran

1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)

1939

Chicken Wagon Family

as Horse Auctioneer

1938

The Daredevil Drivers

as Mr. McAullife

1939

Judge Hardy and Son

as Dan O'Shea (uncredited)

1939

Missing Evidence

as Allen Jennings

1949

Home of the Brave

as Colonel Baker

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as First Detective (uncredited)

1939

Henry Goes Arizona

as Theatrical Agent V. B. Carmady (uncredited)

1939

Fast and Furious

as Sam Travers

1938

Kentucky

as Melish

1940

You're Not So Tough

as Sheriff Griswold

1942

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

as Lieutenant Palmer

1942

Blue, White, and Perfect

as Inspector Peterson

1940

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

as Lieutenant Wilson

1943

Taxi, Mister

as Police Chief

1940

Brother Rat and a Baby

as Police Captain

1948

Trouble Makers

as Police Captain Madison

1948

Fort Apache

as Stage Driver (uncredited)

1942

Highways by Night

as Police Captain James

1950

The Gunfighter

as Jerry Marlowe (uncredited)

1952

High Noon

as Ed Weaver (uncredited)

1941

Law of the Tropics

as Bartender

1940

Brigham Young

as Dissenter

1951

Saddle Legion

as Fred Warren

1940

Wagon Train

as Matt Gardner

1942

1948

Borrowed Trouble

as Dink Davis

1948

Flat Feat

as Chief of Police

1940

Flowing Gold

as Oil Well Shares Seller (uncredited)

1947

It Had to Be You

as Fire Chief (uncredited)

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

1940

A Dispatch from Reuters

as Reporter (uncredited)

1940

Knute Rockne All American

as Danny - Post Office Paymaster (uncredited)

1940

Florian

as Detective Joe

1942

Madame Spy

as Inspector Varden

1940

Maryland

as Sheriff

1942

The Mummy's Tomb

as Sheriff C.L. Clark

1940

Black Diamonds

as Archie Connor

1948

I, Jane Doe

as City Editor

1950

Desperadoes of the West

as Colonel Arnold

1951

Desert of Lost Men

as Carl Landers

1942

USS VD: Ship of Shame

as Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)

1943

1942

1942

1941

Western Union

as Sheriff

1941

Honky Tonk

as Dr. Otis

1944

Barbary Coast Gent

as Jack Coda

1941

Golden Hoofs

as Booth

1940

Double Alibi

as Police Inspector Early

1940

Honeymoon Deferred

as Police Insp. Mathews

1942

Mokey

as Mr. Graham

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Detective (uncredited)

1947

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

as City Editor Emmett Willard

1938

Time Out for Murder

as Det. Capt. Collins

1944

The Missing Juror

as Inspector Davis (Uncredited)

1940

A Fugitive from Justice

as Police Captain (uncredited)

1943

Destroyer

as Commandant

1950

The Secret Fury

as Police Captain Arnold (uncredited)

1944

Bride by Mistake

as Navy Captain

1949

Homicide

as Captain Mooney

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Quentin (INS) (uncredited)

1941

Babes on Broadway

as Inspector Moriarity

1950

The Sound of Fury

as Sheriff Lem Demig

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1949

Powder River Rustlers

as Lucius Statton

1941

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as Lieutenant Buckley

1942

Joe Smith, American

as Police Captain (uncredited)

1951

1948

Albuquerque

as Armin's Clerk (uncredited)

1937

Mountain Music

as Pretty Panther Medicine Show Proprietor

1944

Maisie Goes to Reno

as Police Captain (Uncredited)

1942

Secret Enemies

as Detective Capt. Jarrett

1948

1948

Hollow Triumph

as Motorist (uncredited)

1948

The Fuller Brush Man

as Cop in Park (uncredited)

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