Matt Clark (actor)
Appearance
Matt Clark | |
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Born | Matthew Clark November 25, 1936 |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
Years active | 1960–present |
Spouse |
Erica Lann
(m. 1958; div. 1966) |
Children | 4 |
Matthew 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.[1] 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
- Black Like Me (1964) as Mugger in alley
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) as Packy
- Will Penny (1969) as Romulus
- The Bridge at Remagen (1969) as Corp. Jellicoe
- Macho Callahan (1970) as Jailer
- Monte Walsh (1970) as Rufus Brady
- The Beguiled (1971) as Scrogins
- The Grissom Gang (1971) as Joe Bailey
- Honky (1971)
- The Cowboys (1972) as Smiley
- Pocket Money (1972) as American Prisoner
- The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) as Pete
- Jeremiah Johnson (1972) as Qualen
- The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) as Bob Younger
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) as Nick the Grub
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) as J.W. Bell
- Emperor of the North (1973) as Yardlet
- White Lightning (1973) as Dude Watson
- The Laughing Policeman (1973) as Coroner
- The Terminal Man (1974) as Gerhard
- Hearts of the West (1975) as Jackson
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) as Kelly
- Kid Vengeance (1977) as Grover
- Outlaw Blues (1977) as Billy Bob
- The Driver (1978) as Red Plainclothesman
- Dreamer (1979) as Spider
- Brubaker (1980) as Roy Purcell
- Ruckus (1981) as Cecil 'Cece' Grant
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) as Sheriff Wiatt
- An Eye for an Eye (1981) as Tom McCoy
- Some Kind of Hero (1982) as Mickey
- Honkytonk Man (1982) as Virgil
- Love Letters (1984) as Chuck Winter
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) as Secretary of Defense
- Country (1984) as Tom McMullen
- Tuff Turf (1985) as Stuart Hiller
- Return to Oz (1985) as Uncle Henry
- Let's Get Harry (1986) as Walt Clayton
- The Quick and the Dead (1987) as Doc Shabitt
- The Horror Show (1989) as Dr. Tower
- Back to the Future Part III (1990) as Chester the Bartender
- Cadence (1990) as Bean Sr.
- Class Action (1991) as Judge Symes
- The Harvest (1992) as Hank
- Frozen Assets (1992) as J.F. Hughes
- Barbarians at the Gate (1993) as Ed Horrigan
- Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) as Honore Thibideaux
- Mother aka The Haunted Heart (1996)
- Hacks (1997) as Bus Driver
- Homegrown (1998) as Sheriff Stanley Kroopf
- Claudine's Return (1998) as Pelican
- Five Aces (1999) as Phillip
- Stranger in the Kingdom (1999) as Judge Forest Allen
- South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) as Burl Dunfries
- Killer Diller (2004) as Barge Captain
- The Way (2010) as Padre Frank
- 42 (2013) as Luther
- A Million Ways To Die In The West (2014) as Old Prospector
Television
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Director
- CBS Schoolbreak Special (1 episode, 1987)
- Da (1988)
- Midnight Caller (2 episodes, 1989–1990)
References
External links
- Matt Clark at IMDb