David Clarke
Biography
David Gainey Clarke (30 August 1908 – 18 April 2004) was an American Broadway and motion picture actor. A native of Chicago and graduate of Butler University, Clarke started his career as a stage actor during the 1930s. He made his first film Knockout (1941). The actor remains perhaps best known for his film noir roles as a character actor during the 1940s and 1950s. He also played at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles and was featured on Broadway in the original productions of A View from the Bridge, Orpheus Descending, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Inquest, and The Visit. On television, Clarke appeared as Abel Bingley on The Waltons and as Tiso Novotny in the soap opera Ryan's Hope.
David Clarke lived in Belmont, Ohio for several years until he sold his house and moved to Arlington, Virginia to be with his daughters. He later died in Virginia from pneumonia in 2004, aged 95 years. He was married to Nora Dunfee, with whom he had two daughters.
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- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
- The Waltons (1972)
- Naked City (1958) as Attacker
- Route 66 (1960)
- Wonder Woman (1975) as Sheriff Bodie
- The Gunfighter (1950) as Second Brother (uncredited)
- Tallahassee 7000 (1961)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) as Mr. Atkinson (uncredited)
- The Set-Up (1949) as Gunboat Johnson
- The Outriders (1950) as Ross (uncredited)
- Cutting Class (1989) as Crusty Old Man
- The Front (1976) as Hubert Jackson
- Sands of Iwo Jima (1950) as Wounded Marine (uncredited)
- The Narrow Margin (1952) as Joseph Kemp
- Adam's Rib (1949) as Roy (uncredited)
- Matilda (1978) as Sheriff
- The Boy with Green Hair (1948) as Barber
- Thieves' Highway (1949) as Mitch (uncredited)
- Raw Deal (1948)
- The Long Night (1947) as Bill Pulanski
- The Red Badge of Courage (1951) as Corporal by Campfire (uncredited)
- Berlin Express (1948) as Army Technician (uncredited)
- The Man from Colorado (1948) as Mutton McGuire
- The Lawless (1950) as Reporter in Office (uncredited)