Name
David Clarke
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-08-30
Deathday
2004-04-18 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known For
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Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who s...
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A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey fro...
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A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the liv...
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The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation....
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Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from A...
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A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance....
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A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, i...
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Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides...
- 1959 The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery as Gino
- 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 Edge of the City as Wallace
- 1951 The House on Telegraph Hill as Mechanic
- 1948 The Man from Colorado as Mutton McGuire
- 1948 The Boy with Green Hair as Barber
- 1947 The Long Night as Bill Pulanski
- 1949 The Set-Up as Gunboat Johnson
- 1949 Intruder in the Dust as Vinson Gowrie
- 1942 Foreign Agent as Beck
- 1942 A Gentleman After Dark as Bellboy
- 1949 Red Canyon as Sears
- 1976 The Front as Hubert Jackson
- 1959 Odds Against Tomorrow as (uncredited)
- 1948 Raw Deal
- 1950 The Asphalt Jungle as Mr. Atkinson (uncredited)
- 1980 Skag
- 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 Wake of the Red Witch as Mullins
- 1941 The Deadly Game as John Brandt
- 1949 The Blonde Bandit as Interrogating Detective
- 1947 Killer McCoy as Pete Mariola
- 1949 Illegal Entry as Carl
- 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)
- 1951 The Company She Keeps as Detective Barkley (uncredited)
- 1941 Million Dollar Baby
- 1948 Berlin Express as Army Technician (uncredited)
- 1960 Route 66 ( 2 episodes )
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Attacker
- 1975 Wonder Woman ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Bodie
- 1972 The Waltons ( 3 episodes )
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Tallahassee 7000 ( 1 episode )
