Fred Clark
- Birthday
- Mar 19, 1914
Bio: American actor Fred Clark embarked upon his lifelong career immediately upon graduation from Stanford University. With his lantern jaw, bald pate and ulcerated disposition, Clark knew he'd never be a leading man and wisely opted for character work. After several years on stage, during which time he was briefly married to musical comedy actress Benay Venuta, Clark… More Bio: American actor Fred Clark embarked upon his lifelong career immediately upon graduation from Stanford University. With his lantern jaw, bald pate and ulcerated disposition, Clark knew he'd never be a leading man and wisely opted for character work. After several years on stage, during which time he was briefly married to musical comedy actress Benay Venuta, Clark made his movie debut in Ride the Pink Horse (1947), playing one of his few out-and-out villains. The actor's knowing portrayal of a callous movie producer in Sunset Boulevard (1949) led to his being typecast as blunt, sometimes shady executives. Clark's widest public recognition occurred in 1951 when he was cast as next-door neighbor Harry Morton on TV's Burns and Allen Show; when Clark insisted upon a larger salary, producer-star George Burns literally replaced him on the air with actor Larry Keating. Dividing his time between films and television for the rest of his career, Clark earned latter-day fame in the 1960s as star of a series of regionally distributed potato chip commercials. Though most of his fans prefer to remember the disappointing Otto Preminger farce Skiddoo (1968) as Fred Clark's screen farewell, the truth is that Clark's last performance was in I Sailed to Tahiti with an All-Girl Crew (1969). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
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Dos Tipos Duros (Two Tough Guys) (2003)
- Dr. Straeger
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Auntie Mame (2001)
- Mr. Babcock
- 92%
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Skidoo (1968)
- Guard
- 36%
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The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
- Tom Dugan
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- See all 54 films
Fred Clark Videos
Auntie Mame
1 minutes 38 seconds
Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine
3 minutes 51 seconds
A Place In The Sun
3 minutes 37 seconds
Sunset Boulevard
1 minutes 22 seconds
Two Guys From Texas
3 minutes 37 seconds
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