Matt Clark (actor)

Matthew Clark
Born	Matthew Clark (1936-11-25) November 25, 1936 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor Director
Years active	1960s-Present
Spouse	Erica Lann (1958–1966) (divorced) 4 children

Matt Clark (born November 25, 1936) is an American actor and director with credits in both film and television. Clark has played diverse character roles in Westerns, comedies, and dramas.

Biography

Clark was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Theresa (née Castello), a teacher, and Frederick William Clark, a carpenter. After serving in the military, he attended college at George Washington University, but later dropped out. After working at various jobs, he joined a local D.C. theatre group. He later became a member of New York's Living Theatre company and worked off-Broadway and in community theatre in the late 1950s.

Filmography

• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• Will Penny (1968)
• The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
• Macho Callahan (1970)
• Monte Walsh (1970)
• The Beguiled (1971)
• The Grissom Gang (1971)
• Honky (1971)
• The Cowboys (1972)
• Pocket Money (1972)
• The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)
• The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
• Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
• The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
• Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
• Emperor of the North (1973)
• White Lightning (1973)
• The Laughing Policeman (1973)
• The Terminal Man (1974)
• Hearts of the West (1975)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• Kid Vengeance (1977)
• Outlaw Blues (1977)
• The Driver (1978)
• Dreamer (1979)
• Brubaker (1980)
• Ruckus (1981)
• The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
• An Eye for an Eye (1981)
• Some Kind of Hero (1982)
• Honkytonk Man (1982)
• Love Letters (1984)
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
• Country (1984)
• Tuff Turf (1985)
• Return to Oz (1985) as Uncle Henry
• Let's Get Harry (1986)
• The Quick and the Dead (1987)
• The Horror Show (1989)
• Cadence (1989)
• Back to the Future Part III (1990) as Chester the Bartender
• Class Action (1991)
• Frozen Assets (1992)
• The Harvest (1993)
• Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
• Mother aka The Haunted Heart (1996)
• Hacks (1997)
• Stranger in the Kingdom (1998)
• Claudine's Return (1998)
• Homegrown (1998)
• Five Aces (1999)
• South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
• The Way (2010) as Padre Frank
• 42 (2013) as Luther
• A Million Ways To Die In The West (2014) as Old Prospector

Television

• Ben Casey (1 episode, 1966) as Patient
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1 episode, 1966) as Paco Perez
• T.H.E. Cat (1 episode, 1967) as Killer
• Dundee and the Culhane (1 episode, 1967) as Smith
• The Rat Patrol (1 episode, 1967) as Corporal Meekin
• Death Valley Days (1 episode, 1967) as Montana Joe
• N.Y.P.D. (1 episode, 1969)
• Bonanza (1 episode, 1969) as Fantan
• The Waltons (1 episode, 1973) as Mr. Hennessey
• Kung Fu (1 episode, 1973) as Niebo
• The Rookies (1 episode, 1974) as Joey Hughes
• The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) as Dunn
• Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1974) as Charles 'Charlie' Parlmetter
• The Great Ice Rip-Off (1974) as Georgie
• This Is the West That Was (1974) as Buffalo Bill Cody
• The Kansas City Massacre (1975) as Verne Miller
• Dog and Cat (Unknown episodes, 1977) as Lt. Arthur Kipling
• Lacy and the Mississippi Queen (1978) as Reynolds
• Lucan (1 episode, 1978) as Jake Jones
• Little House on the Prairie (2 episodes, 1975–1979) as Seth Berwick / Eric Boulton
• The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979) as George 'Bitter Creek' Newcomb
• The Children Nobody Wanted (1981) as Bill Westbrook
• In the Custody of Strangers (1982) as Mike Raines
• Dynasty (3 episodes, 1981–1982) as Frank Dean
• The Winds of War (Miniseries, 1983) as Torpedo Man Hansen
• ABC Afterschool Special (1 episode, 1983) as Phil Cranston
• Magnum, P.I. (1 episode, 1985) as Jack Damon
• Love, Mary (1985) as Fennie Groda
• Out of the Darkness (1985) as John Hubbard

• Hardcastle and McCormick (1 episode, 1985) as Sheriff Dale Cutler
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 episode, 1986)
• CBS Summer Playhouse (1 episode, 1987) as Matt
• The Quick and the Dead (1987) as Doc Shabitt
• Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (1987) as Sgt. Grinder
• War and Remembrance (Miniseries, 1988) as Chief Clark (Northampton)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special (1 episode, 1988) as Pawnshop Clerk
• Terror on Highway 91 (1989) as Jim Warren
• Midnight Caller (1 episode, 1989) as Pete Holden
• Blind Witness (1989) as Lt. Schapper
• A Seduction in Travis County (1991) as Dobbs
• Dead Before Dawn (1993) as John DeSilva
• Barbarians at the Gate (1993) as Edward A. Horrigan Jr.
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, 1994) as Homeless Man
• Crazy For a Kiss (1995) as Ben Wilson
• A Season of Hope (1995) as Wallace Porter
• Grace Under Fire (4 episodes, 1993–1995) as Emmet Kelly
• She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal (1995)
• Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1 episode, 1995) as Rev. Bantry
• Raven Hawk (1996) as Ed Hudson
• The Jeff Foxworthy Show (13 episodes, 1995–1996) as Walt Bacon
• Cutty Whitman (1996)
• Trilogy of Terror II (1996) as Roger Ansford
• The Visitor (1 episode, 1997) as Monroe
• Touched by an Angel (1 episode, 1997) as Markus Cavanaugh
• The Pretender (1 episode, 1998) as Lyle Bowman
• The Practice (1 episode, 1998) as Jesse Manning
• Chicago Hope (1 episode, 2000) as Clarence Gates
• Walker, Texas Ranger (3 episodes, 1996-2001) as Cooper's Friend / Hank Cotton

Director

• CBS Schoolbreak Special (1 episode, 1987)
• Da (1988)
• Midnight Caller (2 episodes, 1989–1990)

External links

• Matt Clark at IMDb