Birthday
1889/06/09
Day of death
1953/02/08 (63 years old)
Gender
Unknown
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Cliff Clarke
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.
(1940) The Grapes of Wrath
as City Man
(1941) Manpower
as Cully
(1949) Flaming Fury
as Fire Engineer Robby Rollins
(1951) Cavalry Scout
as Col. Deering
(1947) The Thirteenth Hour
as Police Captain Linfield
(1940) Stranger on the Third Floor
as Martin
(1951) Silver City
as ---
(1942) Street of Chance
as Ryan, (Policeman)
(1942) Jail House Blues
as Warden Boswell
(1947) Bury Me Dead
as Archer, Detective
(1949) The Stratton Story
as Josh Higgins
(1950) The Second Woman
as Police Sergeant
(1948) Adventures of Gallant Bess
as Sheriff
(1950) Blondie's Hero
as Police Officer (uncredited)
(1952) Toughest Man in Arizona
as ---
(1943) The Falcon in Danger
as Insp. Timothy Donovan
(1943) The Falcon Strikes Back
as Inspector Timothy Donovan
(1942) The Falcon's Brother
as Timothy Donovan
(1944) The Falcon Out West
as Inspector Timothy Donovan
(1939) It's a Wonderful World
as Captain Haggerty
(1943) The Falcon and the Co-Eds
as Inspector Timothy Donovan
(1942) Fingers at the Window
as Police Lieutenant Allison
(1942) Kid Glove Killer
as Captain Lynch
(1941) Washington Melodrama
as Simpson
(1948) False Paradise
as Gerald Waite
(1947) Philo Vance's Gamble
as Inspector Walsh
(1941) Dangerously They Live
as Sheriff John Dill
(1941) The Wagons Roll at Night
as Doc
(1938) Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Tom McGuire
(1942) Butch Minds the Baby
as Police Captain (uncredited)
(1938) While New York Sleeps
as Insp. Cliff Collins
(1939) Slightly Honorable
as Captain Graves
(1941) The Sea Wolf
as ---
(1951) Warpath
as Bartender
(1949) Post Office Investigator
as Inspector Delany
(1948) Raw Deal
as Gates
(1949) Shockproof
as Mac, Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
(1950) The Cariboo Trail
as ---
(1952) Cripple Creek
as ---
(1949) Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Construction Materials Contractor (uncredited)
(1939) Miracles for Sale
as Inspector Marty Gavigan
(1939) Honolulu
as First Detective
(1940) Gangs of Chicago
as ---
(1951) Overland Telegraph
as Terence Muldoon
(1940) Cross-Country Romance
as G.G. Burke
(1943) Ladies' Day
as Dan Hannigan, Sox Manager
(1939) Inside Story
as Collins
(1941) Strange Alibi
as Capt. Reddick
(1942) A Yank on the Burma Road
as Police Lieutenant
(1938) The Patient in Room 18
as Inspector Foley
(1950) The Fuller Brush Girl
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1948) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Jones (uncredited)
(1938) Cocoanut Grove
as Auctioneer
(1950) Vigilante Hideout
as Howard Sanders
(1938) He Couldn't Say No
as Auctioneer
(1939) They Made Me a Criminal
as Manager
(1939) Within the Law
as McGuire
(1939) Calling Dr. Kildare
as Detective Flaherty (uncredited)
(1950) The Men
as Dr. Kameran
(1939) Young Mr. Lincoln
as Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)
(1939) Chicken Wagon Family
as Horse Auctioneer
(1938) The Daredevil Drivers
as Mr. McAullife
(1939) Judge Hardy and Son
as Dan O'Shea (uncredited)
(1939) Missing Evidence
as Allen Jennings
(1949) Home of the Brave
as Colonel Baker
(1939) Henry Goes Arizona
as Theatrical Agent V. B. Carmady (uncredited)
(1939) Dust Be My Destiny
as First Detective (uncredited)
(1939) Fast and Furious
as Sam Travers
(1938) Kentucky
as Melish
(1940) You're Not So Tough
as Sheriff Griswold
(1940) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Ryan
(1942) Who Is Hope Schuyler?
as Lieutenant Palmer
(1942) Blue, White, and Perfect
as Inspector Peterson
(1940) Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Lieutenant Wilson
(1940) Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Haupt
(1944) In the Meantime, Darling
as Corkery
(1939) Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Mike Kelly
(1943) Taxi, Mister
as Police Chief
(1940) Brother Rat and a Baby
as Police Captain
(1948) Trouble Makers
as Police Captain Madison
(1948) Fort Apache
as Stage Driver (uncredited)
(1942) Highways by Night
as Police Captain James
(1950) The Gunfighter
as Jerry Marlowe (uncredited)
(1952) High Noon
as Ed Weaver (uncredited)
(1941) Law of the Tropics
as Bartender
(1940) Brigham Young
as Dissenter
(1951) Saddle Legion
as Fred Warren
(1940) Wagon Train
as Matt Gardner
(1942) Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Fire Chief
(1948) Borrowed Trouble
as Dink Davis
(1948) Flat Feat
as Chief of Police
(1940) Flowing Gold
as Oil Well Shares Seller (uncredited)
(1947) It Had to Be You
as Fire Chief (uncredited)
(1940) Castle on the Hudson
as Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
(1940) A Dispatch from Reuters
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1940) Knute Rockne All American
as Danny - Post Office Paymaster (uncredited)
(1940) Florian
as Detective Joe
(1942) Madame Spy
as Inspector Varden
(1940) Maryland
as Sheriff
(1940) Women Without Names
as Pete
(1942) The Mummy's Tomb
as Sheriff C.L. Clark
(1940) Black Diamonds
as Archie Connor
(1948) Deep Waters
as ---
(1948) I, Jane Doe
as City Editor
(1950) Desperadoes of the West
as Colonel Arnold
(1951) Desert of Lost Men
as Carl Landers
(1942) USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)
(1943) Keep 'Em Slugging
as Macklin
(1942) Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Vic Kersey
(1942) Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Cliff Clark
(1941) Western Union
as Sheriff
(1941) Honky Tonk
as Dr. Otis
(1944) Barbary Coast Gent
as Jack Coda
(1941) Golden Hoofs
as Booth
(1940) Double Alibi
as Police Inspector Early
(1940) Honeymoon Deferred
as Police Insp. Mathews
(1942) Mokey
as Mr. Graham
(1943) Slightly Dangerous
as Detective (uncredited)
(1947) The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as City Editor Emmett Willard
(1938) Time Out for Murder
as Det. Capt. Collins
(1944) The Missing Juror
as Inspector Davis (Uncredited)
(1940) A Fugitive from Justice
as Police Captain (uncredited)
(1943) Something to Shout About
as Harrigan
(1943) Destroyer
as Commandant
(1950) The Secret Fury
as Police Captain Arnold (uncredited)
(1939) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Garage Owner
(1944) Bride by Mistake
as Navy Captain
(1949) Homicide
as Captain Mooney
(1947) Buck Privates Come Home
as Quentin (INS) (uncredited)
(1941) Babes on Broadway
as Inspector Moriarity
(1950) The Sound of Fury
as Sheriff Lem Demig
(1939) Invisible Stripes
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1949) Powder River Rustlers
as Lucius Statton
(1941) Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Lieutenant Buckley
(1942) Joe Smith, American
as Police Captain (uncredited)
(1951) Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
as Sheriff Malin
(1948) Albuquerque
as Armin's Clerk (uncredited)
(1937) Mountain Music
as Pretty Panther Medicine Show Proprietor
(1944) Maisie Goes to Reno
as Police Captain (Uncredited)
(1942) Secret Enemies
as Detective Capt. Jarrett
(1948) Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Judge Wilson
(1948) Hollow Triumph
as Motorist (uncredited)