Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

143

Gender

Birthday

1889-06-09

Deathday

1953-02-08 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Cliff Clarke

Cliff Clark

Biography

Cliff Clark (June 10, 1889 – February 8, 1953) was an American actor. He entered the film business in 1937 after a substantial stage career and appeared in over 200 Hollywood films. In the last years of his life, he also played in a number of television productions.

Clark mostly played minor supporting roles. A specialty of his were policemen, inspectors and sheriffs. He appeared in a recurring role as Inspector Donovan in the Falcon film series at RKO Pictures during the 1940s.

Known For

7.7%

High Noon

Jun 9, 1952

7.8%

The Grapes of Wrath

Mar 15, 1940

7.0%

Fort Apache

May 21, 1948

7.3%

The Gunfighter

Jun 23, 1950

7.0%

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mar 25, 1948

7.2%

Young Mr. Lincoln

Jun 9, 1939

6.7%

Raw Deal

May 21, 1948

6.5%

Stranger on the Third Floor

Aug 16, 1940

7.0%

The Men

Aug 25, 1950

6.0%

Western Union

Feb 21, 1941

5.7%

The Mummy's Tomb

Oct 23, 1942

7.1%

The Sea Wolf

Mar 21, 1941

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Acting

1952		Toughest Man in Arizona
1952		Cripple Creek
1952		High Noon as Ed Weaver (uncredited)

1951		Overland Telegraph as Terence Muldoon
1951		Silver City
1951		Warpath as Bartender
1951		Desert of Lost Men as Carl Landers
1951		Joe Palooka in Triple Cross as Sheriff Malin
1951		Cavalry Scout as Col. Deering
1951		Saddle Legion as Fred Warren

1950		The Sound of Fury as Sheriff Lem Demig
1950		The Fuller Brush Girl as Ship Captain (uncredited)
1950		The Men as Dr. Kameran
1950		Vigilante Hideout as Howard Sanders
1950		Desperadoes of the West as Colonel Arnold
1950		The Cariboo Trail
1950		The Second Woman as Police Sergeant
1950		The Gunfighter as Jerry Marlowe (uncredited)
1950		Blondie's Hero as Police Officer (uncredited)
1950		The Secret Fury as Police Captain Arnold (uncredited)

1949		Powder River Rustlers as Lucius Statton
1949		Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Construction Materials Contractor (uncredited)
1949		Post Office Investigator as Inspector Delany
1949		Flaming Fury as Fire Engineer Robby Rollins
1949		The Stratton Story as Josh Higgins
1949		Home of the Brave as Colonel Baker
1949		Homicide as Captain Mooney
1949		Shockproof as Mac, Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

1948		Jiggs and Maggie in Court as Judge Wilson
1948		Trouble Makers as Police Captain Madison
1948		Adventures of Gallant Bess as Sheriff
1948		False Paradise as Gerald Waite
1948		Hollow Triumph as Motorist (uncredited)
1948		Borrowed Trouble as Dink Davis
1948		Deep Waters
1948		Flat Feat as Chief of Police
1948		The Fuller Brush Man as Cop in Park (uncredited)
1948		I, Jane Doe as City Editor
1948		Fort Apache as Stage Driver (uncredited)
1948		Raw Deal as Gates
1948		Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Jones (uncredited)
1948		Albuquerque as Armin's Clerk (uncredited)

1947		It Had to Be You as Fire Chief (uncredited)
1947		Bury Me Dead as Archer, Detective
1947		The Corpse Came C.O.D. as City Editor Emmett Willard
1947		Philo Vance's Gamble as Inspector Walsh
1947		Buck Privates Come Home as Quentin (INS) (uncredited)
1947		The Thirteenth Hour as Police Captain Linfield

1944		The Missing Juror as Inspector Davis (Uncredited)
1944		In the Meantime, Darling as Corkery
1944		Barbary Coast Gent as Jack Coda
1944		Maisie Goes to Reno as Police Captain (Uncredited)
1944		Bride by Mistake as Navy Captain
1944		The Falcon Out West as Inspector Timothy Donovan

1943		The Falcon and the Co-Eds as Inspector Timothy Donovan
1943		Destroyer as Commandant
1943		The Falcon in Danger as Insp. Timothy Donovan
1943		Taxi, Mister as Police Chief
1943		Ladies' Day as Dan Hannigan, Sox Manager
1943		The Falcon Strikes Back as Inspector Timothy Donovan
1943		Slightly Dangerous as Detective (uncredited)
1943		Keep 'Em Slugging as Macklin
1943		Something to Shout About as Harrigan

1942		Madame Spy as Inspector Varden
1942		The Mummy's Tomb as Sheriff C.L. Clark
1942		Street of Chance as Ryan, (Policeman)
1942		The Falcon's Brother as Timothy Donovan
1942		Highways by Night as Police Captain James
1942		Secret Enemies as Detective Capt. Jarrett
1942		Henry Aldrich, Editor as Fire Chief
1942		Fingers at the Window as Police Lieutenant Allison
1942		Kid Glove Killer as Captain Lynch
1942		Who Is Hope Schuyler? as Lieutenant Palmer
1942		Mokey as Mr. Graham
1942		Butch Minds the Baby as Police Captain (uncredited)
1942		Joe Smith, American as Police Captain (uncredited)
1942		Jail House Blues as Warden Boswell
1942		Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Vic Kersey
1942		Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Cliff Clark
1942		A Yank on the Burma Road as Police Lieutenant
1942		Blue, White, and Perfect as Inspector Peterson
1942		USS VD: Ship of Shame as Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)

1941		Babes on Broadway as Inspector Moriarity
1941		Dangerously They Live as Sheriff John Dill
1941		Law of the Tropics as Bartender
1941		Honky Tonk as Dr. Otis
1941		Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Lieutenant Buckley
1941		Manpower as Cully
1941		The Wagons Roll at Night as Doc
1941		Strange Alibi as Capt. Reddick
1941		Washington Melodrama as Simpson
1941		The Sea Wolf
1941		Western Union as Sheriff
1941		Golden Hoofs as Booth

1940		A Dispatch from Reuters as Reporter (uncredited)
1940		Knute Rockne All American as Danny - Post Office Paymaster (uncredited)
1940		Wagon Train as Matt Gardner
1940		Brigham Young as Dissenter
1940		Flowing Gold as Oil Well Shares Seller (uncredited)
1940		Stranger on the Third Floor as Martin
1940		You're Not So Tough as Sheriff Griswold
1940		Maryland as Sheriff
1940		Black Diamonds as Archie Connor
1940		Cross-Country Romance as G.G. Burke
1940		A Fugitive from Justice as Police Captain (uncredited)
1940		Florian as Detective Joe
1940		Gangs of Chicago
1940		Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Lieutenant Wilson
1940		The Grapes of Wrath as City Man
1940		Women Without Names as Pete
1940		Double Alibi as Police Inspector Early
1940		Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Haupt
1940		Castle on the Hudson as Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
1940		Honeymoon Deferred as Police Insp. Mathews
1940		Brother Rat and a Baby as Police Captain
1940		The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Ryan

1939		Invisible Stripes as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1939		Slightly Honorable as Captain Graves
1939		Judge Hardy and Son as Dan O'Shea (uncredited)
1939		Missing Evidence as Allen Jennings
1939		Henry Goes Arizona as Theatrical Agent V. B. Carmady (uncredited)
1939		Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Garage Owner
1939		Fast and Furious as Sam Travers
1939		Dust Be My Destiny as First Detective (uncredited)
1939		Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite as Mike Kelly
1939		Miracles for Sale as Inspector Marty Gavigan
1939		Chicken Wagon Family as Horse Auctioneer
1939		Young Mr. Lincoln as Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)
1939		It's a Wonderful World as Captain Haggerty
1939		Calling Dr. Kildare as Detective Flaherty (uncredited)
1939		Within the Law as McGuire
1939		Inside Story as Collins
1939		Honolulu as First Detective
1939		They Made Me a Criminal as Manager

1938		Kentucky as Melish
1938		While New York Sleeps as Insp. Cliff Collins
1938		Time Out for Murder as Det. Capt. Collins
1938		Cocoanut Grove as Auctioneer
1938		Mr. Moto's Gamble as Tom McGuire
1938		He Couldn't Say No as Auctioneer
1938		The Daredevil Drivers as Mr. McAullife
1938		The Patient in Room 18 as Inspector Foley

1937

Mountain Music as Pretty Panther Medicine Show Proprietor