David Clarke

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

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The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

6.1(0.0K)

Career criminals and a local youth carefully plan and rehearse the robbery of a Missouri bank.

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The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

Gino

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The New Protocol

6.0(0.1K)

A man investigating his son's death learns some horrific truths about the pharmaceutical industry.

The Narrow Margin

7.3(0.2K)

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

Adam's Rib

7.1(0.3K)

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.

Abandoned

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A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.

Hikers in Saint-Tropez

5.0(0.1K)

Ten years after their disastrous walking holiday in Corsica, four friends – Cora, Nadine, Mathieu and Louis – decide to spend the summer together on the Côte d’Azur. To their surprise, who should they meet in St-Tropez but Eric, the guide-from-Hell who transformed their last holiday into a nightmare and whom they swore never to see again...

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Hikers in Saint-Tropez

un touriste américain

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Edge of the City

7.2(0.1K)

A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive and morally decaying city they live in.

The House on Telegraph Hill

6.4(0.1K)

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

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The House on Telegraph Hill

Mechanic

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The Man from Colorado

6.9(0.0K)

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.

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The Man from Colorado

Mutton McGuire

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The Boy with Green Hair

6.2(0.1K)

Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunted for being an orphan, he gets demoralized. The next day Peter wakes up with green hair. Embarrassed and further ridiculed, Peter seeks solace in a nearby forest. To his surprise, he finds other orphans in the woods, who encourage him to spread news of the injustices of war.

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The Boy with Green Hair

Barber