Cliff Clark
Born: 1889-06-09 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1953-02-08
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1952
- High Noon as Ed Weaver (uncredited)
- Toughest Man in Arizona
- Cripple Creek
1951
- Silver City
- Warpath as Bartender
- Joe Palooka in Triple Cross as Sheriff Malin
- Overland Telegraph as Terence Muldoon
- Saddle Legion as Fred Warren
- Desert of Lost Men as Carl Landers
- Cavalry Scout as Col. Deering
1950
- The Men as Dr. Kameran
- The Secret Fury as Police Captain Arnold (uncredited)
- The Gunfighter as Jerry Marlowe (uncredited)
- The Sound of Fury as Sheriff Lem Demig
- The Second Woman as Police Sergeant
- The Fuller Brush Girl as Ship Captain (uncredited)
- Blondie's Hero as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Desperadoes of the West as Colonel Arnold
- The Cariboo Trail
- Vigilante Hideout as Howard Sanders
1949
- Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Construction Materials Contractor (uncredited)
- The Stratton Story as Josh Higgins
- Flaming Fury as Fire Engineer Robby Rollins
- Shockproof as Mac, Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
- Home of the Brave as Colonel Baker
- Powder River Rustlers as Lucius Statton
- Post Office Investigator as Inspector Delany
- Homicide as Captain Mooney
1948
- Jiggs and Maggie in Court as Judge Wilson
- Raw Deal as Gates
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Jones (uncredited)
- Fort Apache as Stage Driver (uncredited)
- The Fuller Brush Man as Cop in Park (uncredited)
- Hollow Triumph as Motorist (uncredited)
- Deep Waters
- Albuquerque as Armin's Clerk (uncredited)
- Flat Feat as Chief of Police
- Borrowed Trouble as Dink Davis
- I, Jane Doe as City Editor
- Adventures of Gallant Bess as Sheriff
- Trouble Makers as Police Captain Madison
- False Paradise as Gerald Waite
1947
- It Had to Be You as Fire Chief (uncredited)
- The Corpse Came C.O.D. as City Editor Emmett Willard
- Buck Privates Come Home as Quentin (INS) (uncredited)
- The Thirteenth Hour as Police Captain Linfield
- Philo Vance's Gamble as Inspector Walsh
- Bury Me Dead as Archer, Detective
1944
- The Missing Juror as Inspector Davis (Uncredited)
- Maisie Goes to Reno as Police Captain (Uncredited)
- The Falcon Out West as Inspector Timothy Donovan
- Bride by Mistake as Navy Captain
- In the Meantime, Darling as Corkery
- Barbary Coast Gent as Jack Coda
1943
- Something to Shout About as Harrigan
- The Falcon and the Co-Eds as Inspector Timothy Donovan
- Destroyer as Commandant
- Keep 'Em Slugging as Macklin
- Ladies' Day as Dan Hannigan, Sox Manager
- The Falcon Strikes Back as Inspector Timothy Donovan
- Slightly Dangerous as Detective (uncredited)
- Taxi, Mister as Police Chief
- The Falcon in Danger as Insp. Timothy Donovan
1942
- Kid Glove Killer as Captain Lynch
- Who Is Hope Schuyler? as Lieutenant Palmer
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Cliff Clark
- The Mummy's Tomb as Sheriff C.L. Clark
- Henry Aldrich, Editor as Fire Chief
- Mokey as Mr. Graham
- Street of Chance as Ryan, (Policeman)
- Madame Spy as Inspector Varden
- The Falcon's Brother as Timothy Donovan
- USS VD: Ship of Shame as Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)
- Butch Minds the Baby as Police Captain (uncredited)
- Blue, White, and Perfect as Inspector Peterson
- Highways by Night as Police Captain James
- Joe Smith, American as Police Captain (uncredited)
- Fingers at the Window as Police Lieutenant Allison
- Jail House Blues as Warden Boswell
- Secret Enemies as Detective Capt. Jarrett
- A Yank on the Burma Road as Police Lieutenant
1941
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Lieutenant Buckley
- The Wagons Roll at Night as Doc
- Western Union as Sheriff
- Washington Melodrama as Simpson
- Golden Hoofs as Booth
- Manpower as Cully
- Babes on Broadway as Inspector Moriarity
- The Sea Wolf
- Dangerously They Live as Sheriff John Dill
- Honky Tonk as Dr. Otis (uncredited)
- Law of the Tropics as Bartender
- Strange Alibi as Capt. Reddick
1940
- A Fugitive from Justice as Police Captain (uncredited)
- Stranger on the Third Floor as Martin
- A Dispatch from Reuters as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Grapes of Wrath as City Man
- Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Lieutenant Wilson
- Gangs of Chicago
- Black Diamonds as Archie Connor
- Flowing Gold as Oil Well Shares Seller (uncredited)
- Maryland as Sheriff
- Florian as Detective Joe
- Brigham Young as Dissenter
- Double Alibi as Police Inspector Early
- Cross-Country Romance as G.G. Burke
- Knute Rockne All American as Danny - Post Office Paymaster (uncredited)
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Haupt
- Women Without Names as Pete
- Brother Rat and a Baby as Police Captain
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Ryan
- Wagon Train as Matt Gardner
- Castle on the Hudson as Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
- Honeymoon Deferred as Police Insp. Mathews
- You're Not So Tough as Sheriff Griswold
1939
- Missing Evidence as Allen Jennings
- Inside Story as Collins
- Honolulu as First Detective
- Invisible Stripes as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- Calling Dr. Kildare as Detective Flaherty (uncredited)
- Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite as Mike Kelly
- Dust Be My Destiny as First Detective (uncredited)
- Young Mr. Lincoln as Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)
- Fast and Furious as Sam Travers
- Judge Hardy and Son as Dan O'Shea (uncredited)
- It's a Wonderful World as Captain Haggerty
- Chicken Wagon Family as Horse Auctioneer
- Within the Law as McGuire
- They Made Me a Criminal as Manager
- Miracles for Sale as Inspector Marty Gavigan
- Slightly Honorable as Captain Graves
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Garage Owner
- Henry Goes Arizona as Theatrical Agent V. B. Carmady (uncredited)
1938
- The Patient in Room 18 as Inspector Foley
- The Daredevil Drivers as Mr. McAullife
- Time Out for Murder as Det. Capt. Collins
- Kentucky as Melish
- While New York Sleeps as Insp. Cliff Collins
- He Couldn't Say No as Auctioneer
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Tom McGuire
- Cocoanut Grove as Auctioneer
1937
- Mountain Music as Pretty Panther Medicine Show Proprietor