Matt Clark (actor)

Matt Clark
Born (1936-11-25) November 25, 1936 (age 88)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1958–2014
Spouses
Erica Lann
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(m. 1958; div. 1966)​
Carol Trieste
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(m. 1968; div. 1988)​
Sharon Mays
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(m. 2000)​
Children5
RelativesKimberly Beck (daughter-in-law)

Matt Clark (born November 25, 1936) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Western films.[1]

Early life

Clark was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Theresa (née Castello), a teacher, and Frederick William Clark, a carpenter.[2] After serving in the U.S. Army, he attended George Washington University, but later dropped out.[3]

Career

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.

Clark directed the 1988 film Da, as well as one episode from the television series[4] CBS Schoolbreak Special and two episodes from the television series Midnight Caller. He also wrote the story for the 1970 film Homer.[5][6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1964 Black Like Me Mugger in Alley
1967 In the Heat of the Night Packy Harrison
1967 Will Penny Romulus Quint
1969 The Bridge at Remagen Corporal Jellicoe
1970 Macho Callahan Jailer
1970 Monte Walsh Rufus Brady
1971 The Beguiled Scrogins
1971 The Grissom Gang Joe Bailey
1972 The Cowboys Smiley
1972 Pocket Money American Prisoner
1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co. Pete
1972 The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid Bob Younger
1972 Jeremiah Johnson Qualen
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Nick the Grub
1973 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid J.W. Bell
1973 Emperor of the North Pole Yardlet
1973 White Lightning Dude Watson
1973 The Laughing Policeman Coroner
1974 The Terminal Man Gerhard
1975 Hearts of the West Jackson
1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales Kelly
1977 Vengeance Grover
1977 Outlaw Blues Billy Bob
1978 The Driver Red Plainclothesman
1979 Dreamer Spider
1980 Brubaker Roy Purcell
1980 Ruckus Cece
1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger Sheriff Wiatt
1981 An Eye for an Eye Tom McCoy
1982 Some Kind of Hero Mickey
1982 Honkytonk Man Virgil
1983 Love Letters Chuck
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Secretary of Defense
1984 Country Tom McMullen
1985 Tuff Turf Stuart Hiller
1985 Return to Oz Uncle Henry
1986 Let's Get Harry Walt Clayton
1989 House III: The Horror Show Dr. Tower
1990 Back to the Future Part III Bartender
1990 Cadence Bean Sr.
1991 Class Action Judge Symes
1991 A Seduction in Travis County Dobbs
1992 Frozen Assets J. F. Hughes
1993 The Harvest Hank
1995 Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh Honore Thibideaux
1995 Mother Ben Wilson
1997 Hacks Bus Driver
1998 Homegrown Sheriff Stanley Kroopf
1998 Claudine's Return Pauline
1999 Five Aces Phillip
1999 A Stranger in the Kingdom Judge Forest Allen
2000 South of Heaven, West of Hell Burl Dunfries
2004 Killer Diller Barge Captain
2007 Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey — Documentary
2010 The Way Father Frank
2013 42 Luther
2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West Old Prospector

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1966 Ben Casey Patient Episode: "Where Did All the Roses Go?"
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Paco Perez Episode: "One Embezzlement and Two Margaritas"
1967 T.H.E. Cat Killer Episode: "The Blood-Red Night"
1967 Dundee and the Culhane Smith 2 episodes
1967 The Rat Patrol Corporal Meekin Episode: "The Kingdom Come Raid"
1967 Death Valley Days Montana Joe Episode: "Lost Sheep in Trinidad"
1969 N.Y.P.D. Eddie Anders Episode: "Face on the Dart Board"
1969 Bonanza Fantan Episode: "The Witness"
1969, 1970 The Name of the Game Harris / Frankie 2 episodes
1973 The Waltons Mr. Hennessey Episode: "The Fawn"
1973 Kung Fu Niebo Episode: "The Elixir"
1974 The Rookies Joey Hughes Episode: "The Late Mr. Brent"
1974 The Execution of Private Slovik Dunn Television film
1974 Melvin Purvis: G-Man Charles Parlmetter
1974 The Great Ice Rip-Off Georgie
1974 This Is the West That Was Buffalo Bill Cody
1975 The Kansas City Massacre Vernon Miller
1975–1979 Little House on the Prairie Seth Berwick / Eric Boulton 3 episodes
1977 Dog and Cat Lieutenant Arthur Kipling 6 episodes
1978 Lacy and the Mississippi Queen Reynolds Television film
1978 Lucan Jake Jones Episode: "Thunder God Gold"
1979 The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang George Newcomb Television film
1981 The Children Nobody Wanted Bill Westbrook
1981, 1982 Dynasty Frank Dean 2 episodes
1982 In the Custody of Strangers Mike Raines Television film
1983 Highway Honeys Wolfe Crawley
1983 The Winds of War Hansen Episode: "Into the Maelstrom"
1983 ABC Afterschool Special Phil Cranston Episode: "Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy"
1985 Magnum, P.I. Jack Damon Episode: "A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken"
1985 Love, Mary Fennie Groda Television film
1985 Out of the Darkness John Hubbard
1985 Hardcastle and McCormick Sheriff Dale Cutler Episode: "The Career Breaker"
1987 The Quick and the Dead Doc Shabitt Television film
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Matt Episode: "Travelin' Man"
1987 The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues Sergeant Grinder Television film
1988 War and Remembrance Chief Clark (Northampton) Episode: "Part V"
1988 CBS Schoolbreak Special Pawnshop Clerk Episode: "Gambler"
1989 Terror on Highway 91 Jim Warren Television film
1989 Midnight Caller Pete Holden Episode: "Bank Job"
1989 Blind Witness Lieutenant Schapper Television film
1993 Dead Before Dawn John DeSilva
1993 Barbarians at the Gate Edward A. Horrigan Jr.
1993–1995 Grace Under Fire Emmet Kelly 4 episodes
1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Homeless Man Episode: "All Shook Up"
1995 A Season of Hope Wallace Porter Television film
1995 Screen Two Doug Kinross Episode: "Crazy for a Kiss"
1995 She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal Paula Coughlin Television film
1995 Lonesome Dove: The Series Reverend Bantry Episode: "The Bride"
1995–1996 The Jeff Foxworthy Show Walt Bacon 12 episodes
1996 Raven Hawk Ed Hudson Television film
1996 Trilogy of Terror II Roger Ansford
1996, 2001 Walker, Texas Ranger Cooper's Friend / Hank Cotton 3 episodes
1997 The Visitor Monroe Episode: "The Devil's Rainbow"
1997 Touched by an Angel Markus Cavanaugh Episode: "Venice"
1998 The Pretender Lyle Bowman Episode: "Crash"
1998 The Practice Jesse Manning Episode: "Body Count"
2000 Chicago Hope Clarence Gates Episode: "Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope"

References

  1. ^ "Matt CLARK (1936) - Western Movies - Saloon Forum". forum.westernmovies.fr. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  2. ^ "Matt Clark Biography (1936-)". Film Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Oregonian from Portland, Oregon". Newspapers.com. 1991-08-15. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  4. ^ Pacino, Al (2024-10-15). Sonny Boy: A Memoir. Random House. ISBN 978-0-593-94926-9.
  5. ^ Rainey, Buck (2015-11-17). Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0328-5.
  6. ^ Rainey, Buck (2015-11-17). Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0328-5.