David Clarke
Born: 1908-08-30 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2004-04-18
Known For: Acting
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 Tiso Novotny in the soap opera Ryan's Hope. David Clarke lived in Belmont, Ohio for several years until he sold his house and moved to Arlington, Virginia to be with his daughters. He later died in Virginia from pneumonia in 2004, aged 95 years. He was married to Nora Dunfee, with whom he had two daughters.
Filmography
2008
- Hikers in Saint-Tropez as un touriste américain
- The New Protocol as American Journalist
1989
- Cutting Class as Crusty Old Man
1980
1978
- Matilda as Sheriff
1976
- The Front as Hubert Jackson
1975
- Wonder Woman as Sheriff Bodie
1972
1961
1960
1959
- Odds Against Tomorrow as (uncredited)
- The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery as Gino
1958
- Naked City as Attacker
1957
- Edge of the City as Wallace
1952
- The Narrow Margin as Joseph Kemp
1951
- The Company She Keeps as Detective Barkley (uncredited)
- The House on Telegraph Hill as Mechanic
- The Red Badge of Courage as Corporal by Campfire (uncredited)
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- The Asphalt Jungle as Mr. Atkinson (uncredited)
- The Gunfighter as Second Brother (uncredited)
- Sands of Iwo Jima as Wounded Marine (uncredited)
- The Outriders as Ross (uncredited)
- Woman in Hiding as Moyer (uncredited)
- The Lawless as Reporter in Office (uncredited)
- A Lady Without Passport as Operator (uncredited)
1949
- Adam's Rib as Roy (uncredited)
- The Set-Up as Gunboat Johnson
- Too Late for Tears as Jack Sharber (uncredited)
- Thieves' Highway as Mitch (uncredited)
- Illegal Entry as Carl
- Intruder in the Dust as Vinson Gowrie
- The Doolins of Oklahoma as Dalton (uncredited)
- Abandoned as Harry
- The Blonde Bandit as Interrogating Detective
- Red Canyon as Sears
1948
- The Man from Colorado as Mutton McGuire
- Wake of the Red Witch as Mullins
- The Boy with Green Hair as Barber
- Raw Deal
- Berlin Express as Army Technician (uncredited)
1947
- The Long Night as Bill Pulanski
- Killer McCoy as Pete Mariola
1942
- Reunion in France as Soldier (uncredited)
- A Gentleman After Dark as Bellboy
- Foreign Agent as Beck
1941
- The Deadly Game as John Brandt
- Million Dollar Baby