Clark Howat

Clark Howat
Howat in Suddenly (1954)
Born
John Clark Howat

(1918-01-22)January 22, 1918
Calaveras County, California, U.S.
DiedOctober 30, 2009(2009-10-30) (aged 91)
Arroyo Grande, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Spouse
Muriel Mansell
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(m. 1949)​
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John Clark Howat (January 22, 1918 – October 30, 2009) was an American film and television actor.

Life and career

Howat was born in Calaveras County, California.[2] He began his career in 1947, appearing in the Broadway play The Wanhope Building,[3] playing the roles of the "Interviewer" and "Pilot".[2]

Howat began his film career in July 1947, playing the role of the "Patron in Macy's Lunchroom" in the film Miracle on 34th Street.[4] His early film career was mostly uncredited and co-starring roles.

His later credits include The Doctor and the Girl, Customs Agent, Airport,[5] My Blue Heaven and California Passage, among others.[6][7][8][9]

He began appearing on television in 1952, appearing in Beulah, playing the role of "Pete Bradley". In 1956, Howat played the main role of "Dr. Jack (John) Petrie" in the short-lived sitcom television series The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu.[10][11] He also appeared in Dragnet, Leave It to Beaver, Highway Patrol, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Navy Log, Tales of Wells Fargo, Bat Masterson and The Millionaire.[6][7] He also wrote the episode "Walk a Crooked Line" for the crime drama television series The Detectives,[9] in 1962.[12]

Howat also starred or co-starred in other films: Billy Jack,[5] playing the role of "Sheriff Cole",[13][14] The Hitch-Hiker, playing the role of the "Government Agent",[8][15] The Giant Claw, playing the role of "Maj. Bergen"[8][16] and The High Powered Rifle, playing the role of "George Merkle".[8]

In 1985, Howat retired, last appearing in the television series T.J. Hooker.

Death

Howat died in October 2009 in Arroyo Grande, California, at the age of 91.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1947 Miracle on 34th Street Patron in Macy's Lunchroom Uncredited
1949 The Doctor and the Girl Shelby, Intern Uncredited
1950 Chain Lightning Captain Uncredited
1950 Women from Headquarters Stephens Uncredited
1950 Customs Agent Agent Roy Phillips Uncredited
1950 Once a Thief Police Detective Uncredited
1950 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Intern Uncredited
1950 My Blue Heaven Studio Man Uncredited
1950 California Passage Croupier Uncredited
1950 Gambling House Nick Uncredited
1951 Missing Women Prison Desk Officer Uncredited
1951 Only the Valiant Lieutenant Underwood Uncredited
1951 Fighting Coast Guard Coast Guard Academy Cadet Upper-Classman Uncredited
1951 Lost Continent Naval Captain Uncredited
1951 Saturday's Hero Reporter Uncredited
1951 All That I Have Dr. George Wagnell
1951 F.B.I. Girl Whitey Uncredited
1951 The Valparaiso Story
1952 The Sniper Police Photographer Uncredited
1952 Steel Town Al Lyon Uncredited
1952 The Fabulous Senorita Davis Uncredited
1952 Paula Intern Attendant Uncredited
1952 Red Ball Express Military Police Captain Uncredited
1952 Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder Disc Jockey deleted scene (footage)
1952 It Grows on Trees Man Examining Ledger Uncredited
1952 Androcles and the Lion Officer Uncredited
1953 The Hitch-Hiker Government Agent
1953 Split Second Lieutenant at Control Station Uncredited
1953 The 49th Man Sands Uncredited
1953 City That Never Sleeps Patrolman Uncredited
1953 The Glass Web Bob Warren
1954 Security Risk Uncredited
1954 Suddenly Haggerty
1955 Battle Cry Marine Colonel Uncredited
1955 The Eternal Sea Thomas – Medical Officer Uncredited
1955 Illegal George Graves
1956 The Houston Story Police Detective Talbot Uncredited
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Soldier Uncredited
1956 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Sergeant Nash Uncredited
1957 Mister Cory Card Player Uncredited
1957 The Giant Claw Major Bergen
1958 No Time for Sergeants Lieutenant Uncredited
1960 The High Powered Rifle George Merkle
1961 A Fever in the Blood Airline Official Uncredited
1963 Twilight of Honor Reporter Uncredited
1968 Prescription: Murder Doctor Uncredited
1970 Airport Bert Weatherby
1971 Billy Jack Sheriff Cole
1976 Eat My Dust! George Poole Sr.
1983 Money to Burn Henderson
1994 Running Hot Judge

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1952 Beulah Pete Bradley Episode: "The New Arrival"
1952 Space Patrol Manson Episode: "Emergency Flight to Mercury"
1952 Racket Squad Van Hayton Episode: "One More Dream"
1952 The Unexpected Gregory Episode: "The Doctor Prescribes"
1952 Boston Blackie Lang / Hanlon 2 episodes
1953 Chevron Theatre Episode: "Death of a Smart Aleck"
1953 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse Episode: "Wait for Me Downstairs"
1953 The Revlon Mirror Theater Episode: "Dreams Never Lie"
1953 Adventures of Superman Professor Roberts' Assistant Episode: "Panic in the Sky"
1953–1954 The Ford Television Theatre Paul Andre 2 episodes
1953–1955 Your Favorite Story 4 episodes
1954 Mr. and Mrs. North David Ennis Episode: " The Quick and the Deadly"
1954 Meet Mr. McNutley Episode: "The Tree"
1954 Waterfront Lloyd Allen Episode: "Oil Island"
1954–1955 Public Defender Gene Aiken / Prosecutor / Operator 3 episodes
1954–1955 The Mickey Rooney Show Commentator / Horton / Harvey Flanders 3 episodes
1954–1956 The Lineup Policeman / Goldsworthy – Hotel Manager 2 episodes
1955 Science Fiction Theatre Captain Boyce Episode: "Y..O..R..D."
1955 Treasury Men in Action Dalton / Lieutenant Campbell 2 episodes
1955 The Man Behind the Badge Hospital Doctor / Briefing Captain 2 episodes
1955 Highway Patrol Hank – Officer 1730 Episode: "Desert Town"
1955 Death Valley Days 'Murph' Murphy / Greg Lewis 2 episodes
1955–1956 Cavalcade of America Skinner / Mr. Cronin 2 episodes
1955–1956 TV Reader's Digest Hal Britton 2 episodes
1955–1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour Farley / Herbert Shreve 2 episodes
1955–1957 Navy Log Doctor / Chaplain 2 episodes
1955–1959 The Millionaire Carl P. Grant / Mr. Clark 2 episodes
1955–1960 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Mayor Jim Hope / Perkins 2 episodes, Uncredited
1956 Telephone Time Commander Hall Episode: "Boarders Away"
1956 Combat Sergeant Ritchie Episode: "Flight to Eternity"
1956 Lux Video Theatre David Episode: "Only Yesterday"
1956 Crossroads Joe Logan Episode: "Ringside Padre"
1956 The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu Dr. John Petrie 13 episodes
1956–1958 Studio 57 Porter 2 episodes
1956–1961 General Electric Theater Orderly / Milkman / Lieutenant Harper / Detective 6 episodes
1957 Cheyenne Morgan Episode: "War Party"
1957 West Point Captain Dudley 2 episodes
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Jim, a Bar Patron Season 2 Episode 31: "The Night the World Ended"
1957 Fury Henderson Episode: "Fire Prevention Week"
1957 Broken Arrow Secretary Thrale Episode: "Smoke Signal"
1957–1958 Suspicion Police Lieutenant Benson / Vern Lister 2 episodes
1957–1958 M Squad Police Lab Officer Halligan / Plainclothesman in Courthouse 2 episodes
1957–1958 Harbor Command Police Dispatcher 17 episodes
1957–1959 The Loretta Young Show Mark Wilcox / Sam Price / Linden / Harry Correll / Conners 5 episodes
1957–1965 Perry Mason Police Sergeant Grant / Lieutenant Colonel Fremont / Tower Man / Team Doctor / Policeman 6 episodes
1958 Tales of Wells Fargo Mace Kimball Episode: "Special Delivery"
1958 Panic! Deputy Sheriff Episode: "Stranded"
1958 Flight 2 episodes
1958 Tales of the Texas Rangers Burt Wilson Episode: "The Steel Trap"
1958 The Texan Tom Episode: "The Widow of Paradise"
1958 The Restless Gun Arthur Stuart Episode: "Multiply One Boy"
1958 Special Agent 7 Agent Ralph Blaine 2 episodes
1959 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond Jim Hennessey Episode: "Emergency Only"
1959 Bat Masterson Murdoch Episode: "River Boat"
1959 The Thin Man Dave Jessup Episode: "Cold Cargo"
1959 Markham Frank Evans Episode: "Incident in Bel Air"
1959 Men into Space Major Gordon Briggs Episode: "Edge of Eternity"
1959–1960 77 Sunset Strip Sergeant Davis / Lieutenant Hirsch 2 episodes
1959–1960 Sea Hunt Clark / Claude / USCG Captain Sellers 3 episodes
1959–1960 Bourbon Street Beat Detective Lieutenant / Jeff Tolliver 2 episodes
1959–1961 Bronco Poker Player / Sheriff Penrose 2 episodes
1960 The Untouchables Policeman Mason Episode: "Syndicate Sanctuary", Uncredited
1960 Johnny Midnight Federal Agent No. 1 Episode: "A Token of Love"
1960 Wagon Train Aaron Oliver Episode: "The Jose Morales Story"
1960 The Roaring 20's Dr. 'Mac' Merritt Episode: "Vendetta on Bleecker Street"
1960 Lock Up Dr. William Stanhope Episode: "Society Doctor"
1960 The Jim Backus Show Policeman Episode: "Crime a la Carte"
1960–1961 Coronado 9 Sergeant / Bundy 2 episodes
1960–1963 Leave It to Beaver Uncle Dave / Mr. Barnes 2 episodes
1961 The Case of the Dangerous Robin Episode: "Brink of Disaster"
1962 Follow the Sun Doctor Episode: "Ghost Story", Uncredited
1962 87th Precinct The Operator Episode: "The Pigeon"
1962 Dr. Kildare Outspoken Reporter Episode: "The Search", Uncredited
1962 The Detectives Dick Young Episode: "Walk a Crooked Line"
1962 The Eleventh Hour John Elwood Episode: "The Blues My Babe Gave to Me"
1963 Arrest and Trial Mr. Crane Episode: "The Witnesses"
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Ambassador Episode: "The Dove Affair"
1964–1965 The Rogues P.R. Man / Peter Stewart 2 episodes
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah Doctor Episode: "End of a Legend", Uncredited
1966 Run for Your Life 2nd Homicide Man Episode: "Night Train from Chicago"
1966 The Lucy Show Army Lieutenant Episode: "Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft"
1967 Lassie Ed Episode: "The Eighth Life of Henry IV"
1967 Judd, for the Defense Dr. Paul Kleefeld Episode: "To Love and Stand Mute"
1967–1969 Dragnet Lieutenant John Bigham / Captain Henry O. Mack / Lieutenant Roger Mairs / Lieutenant Bongard / Inspector Hagan / Captain Vern Hoy / Captain Al Trembly / Captain Nelson / Captain Frankel / Captain Brooks / Lieutenant Bob Helder / Captain Ron Frankle / Captain Mack / Captain Lambert / Captain Shannon 21 episodes
1968 Green Acres Man from CBS Episode: "The Rutabaga Story"
1969–1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. Mr. Ross / Harold Riggs 2 episodes
1971 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors 2nd Reporter Episode: "A Matter of Priorities"
1971 Vanished Commander Fyfield TV Mini Series
1971 Adam-12 Harold Johnson Episode: "Day Watch"
1971–1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury Doug Miller / Dan 'Rusty' Gates 2 episodes
1973 The F.B.I. Mr. Silvestri Episode: "The Rap Taker"
1973 The New Perry Mason Private Investigator Coverly Episode: "The Case of the Murdered Murderer"
1974 Hawkins Accountant Episode: "Murder in the Slave Trade"
1974–1975 Police Story Man in Bar / Man / Judge Kinsolving 3 episodes
1975 Mobile One Captain Graves Episode: "The Bank Job"
1977 Barnaby Jones Minister Episode: "Duet for Danger"
1977 Never Con a Killer The Commissioner TV movie
1977 The Rockford Files Mr. Rankin Episode: "The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls"
1978 Project U.F.O. Administrator – Houston Episode: "Sighting 4003: The Fremont Incident"
1983 Dynasty Justice Episode: "Tender Comrades"
1985 Hotel Bailiff Episode: "Obsessions"
1985 T.J. Hooker Chief Condon Episode: "The Assassin"
1985 1st & Ten Senator Bowman Episode: "Not Quite Mr. Right", (final appearance)

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