Matt Clark (actor)

Matt Clark (born November 25, 1936) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Western films.

Matt Clark
Born	(1936-11-25) November 25, 1936 (age 87) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–2014
Spouses	Erica Lann ​ ​ (m. 1958; div. 1966)​ Carol Trieste ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1988)​ Sharon Mays ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	5
Relatives	Kimberly Beck (daughter-in-law)

Early life

Clark was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Theresa (née Castello), a teacher, and Frederick William Clark, a carpenter.^[1] After serving in the U.S. Army, he attended George Washington University, but later dropped out.

Career

After working at various jobs, he joined a local D.C. theatre group. He later became a member of New York's Living Theatre company and worked off-Broadway and in community theatre in the late 1950s.^{[citation needed]}

Clark directed the 1988 film Da, as well as one episode from the television series CBS Schoolbreak Special and two episodes from the television series Midnight Caller. He also wrote the story for the 1970 film Homer.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Black Like Me	Mugger in Alley
1967	In the Heat of the Night	Packy Harrison
1967	Will Penny	Romulus Quint
1969	The Bridge at Remagen	Corporal Jellicoe
1970	Macho Callahan	Jailer
1970	Monte Walsh	Rufus Brady
1971	The Beguiled	Scrogins
1971	The Grissom Gang	Joe Bailey
1972	The Cowboys	Smiley
1972	Pocket Money	American Prisoner
1972	The Culpepper Cattle Co.	Pete
1972	The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid	Bob Younger
1972	Jeremiah Johnson	Qualen
1972	The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	Nick the Grub
1973	Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid	J.W. Bell
1973	Emperor of the North Pole	Yardlet
1973	White Lightning	Dude Watson
1973	The Laughing Policeman	Coroner
1974	The Terminal Man	Gerhard
1975	Hearts of the West	Jackson
1976	The Outlaw Josey Wales	Kelly
1977	Vengeance	Grover
1977	Outlaw Blues	Billy Bob
1978	The Driver	Red Plainclothesman
1979	Dreamer	Spider
1980	Brubaker	Roy Purcell
1980	Ruckus	Cece
1981	The Legend of the Lone Ranger	Sheriff Wiatt
1981	An Eye for an Eye	Tom McCoy
1982	Some Kind of Hero	Mickey
1982	Honkytonk Man	Virgil
1983	Love Letters	Chuck
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	Secretary of Defense
1984	Country	Tom McMullen
1985	Tuff Turf	Stuart Hiller
1985	Return to Oz	Uncle Henry
1986	Let's Get Harry	Walt Clayton
1989	House III: The Horror Show	Dr. Tower
1990	Back to the Future Part III	Bartender
1990	Cadence	Bean Sr.
1991	Class Action	Judge Symes
1991	A Seduction in Travis County	Dobbs
1992	Frozen Assets	J. F. Hughes
1993	The Harvest	Hank
1995	Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh	Honore Thibideaux
1995	Mother	Ben Wilson
1997	Hacks	Bus Driver
1998	Homegrown	Sheriff Stanley Kroopf
1998	Claudine's Return	Pauline
1999	Five Aces	Phillip
1999	A Stranger in the Kingdom	Judge Forest Allen
2000	South of Heaven, West of Hell	Burl Dunfries
2004	Killer Diller	Barge Captain
2007	Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey	—	Documentary
2010	The Way	Father Frank
2013	42	Luther
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Old Prospector

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Ben Casey	Patient	Episode: "Where Did All the Roses Go?"
1966	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Paco Perez	Episode: "One Embezzlement and Two Margaritas"
1967	T.H.E. Cat	Killer	Episode: "The Blood-Red Night"
1967	Dundee and the Culhane	Smith	2 episodes
1967	The Rat Patrol	Corporal Meekin	Episode: "The Kingdom Come Raid"
1967	Death Valley Days	Montana Joe	Episode: "Lost Sheep in Trinidad"
1969	N.Y.P.D.	Eddie Anders	Episode: "Face on the Dart Board"
1969	Bonanza	Fantan	Episode: "The Witness"
1969, 1970	The Name of the Game	Harris / Frankie	2 episodes
1973	The Waltons	Mr. Hennessey	Episode: "The Fawn"
1973	Kung Fu	Niebo	Episode: "The Elixir"
1974	The Rookies	Joey Hughes	Episode: "The Late Mr. Brent"
1974	The Execution of Private Slovik	Dunn	Television film
1974	Melvin Purvis: G-Man	Charles Parlmetter
1974	The Great Ice Rip-Off	Georgie
1974	This Is the West That Was	Buffalo Bill Cody
1975	The Kansas City Massacre	Vernon Miller
1975–1979	Little House on the Prairie	Seth Berwick / Eric Boulton	3 episodes
1977	Dog and Cat	Lieutenant Arthur Kipling	6 episodes
1978	Lacy and the Mississippi Queen	Reynolds	Television film
1978	Lucan	Jake Jones	Episode: "Thunder God Gold"
1979	The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang	George Newcomb	Television film
1981	The Children Nobody Wanted	Bill Westbrook
1981, 1982	Dynasty	Frank Dean	2 episodes
1982	In the Custody of Strangers	Mike Raines	Television film
1983	Highway Honeys	Wolfe Crawley
1983	The Winds of War	Hansen	Episode: "Into the Maelstrom"
1983	ABC Afterschool Special	Phil Cranston	Episode: "Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy"
1985	Magnum, P.I.	Jack Damon	Episode: "A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken"
1985	Love, Mary	Fennie Groda	Television film
1985	Out of the Darkness	John Hubbard
1985	Hardcastle and McCormick	Sheriff Dale Cutler	Episode: "The Career Breaker"
1987	The Quick and the Dead	Doc Shabitt	Television film
1987	CBS Summer Playhouse	Matt	Episode: "Travelin' Man"
1987	The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues	Sergeant Grinder	Television film
1988	War and Remembrance	Chief Clark (Northampton)	Episode: "Part V"
1988	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Pawnshop Clerk	Episode: "Gambler"
1989	Terror on Highway 91	Jim Warren	Television film
1989	Midnight Caller	Pete Holden	Episode: "Bank Job"
1989	Blind Witness	Lieutenant Schapper	Television film
1993	Dead Before Dawn	John DeSilva
1993	Barbarians at the Gate	Edward A. Horrigan Jr.
1993–1995	Grace Under Fire	Emmet Kelly	4 episodes
1994	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Homeless Man	Episode: "All Shook Up"
1995	A Season of Hope	Wallace Porter	Television film
1995	Screen Two	Doug Kinross	Episode: "Crazy for a Kiss"
1995	She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal	Paula Coughlin	Television film
1995	Lonesome Dove: The Series	Reverend Bantry	Episode: "The Bride"
1995–1996	The Jeff Foxworthy Show	Walt Bacon	12 episodes
1996	Raven Hawk	Ed Hudson	Television film
1996	Trilogy of Terror II	Roger Ansford
1996, 2001	Walker, Texas Ranger	Cooper's Friend / Hank Cotton	3 episodes
1997	The Visitor	Monroe	Episode: "The Devil's Rainbow"
1997	Touched by an Angel	Markus Cavanaugh	Episode: "Venice"
1998	The Pretender	Lyle Bowman	Episode: "Crash"
1998	The Practice	Jesse Manning	Episode: "Body Count"
2000	Chicago Hope	Clarence Gates	Episode: "Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope"

References

1. "Matt Clark Biography (1936-)". Film Reference. Retrieved March 27, 2021.

External links

• Matt Clark at IMDb