Cliff Clark

Jun 09, 1889 - Feb 08, 1953 (63 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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

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The Stratton Story

Josh Higgins

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High Noon

Ed Weaver (uncredited)

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The Missing Juror

Police Inspector Davis (uncredited)

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Gangs of Chicago

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The Falcon Out West

Inspector Timothy Donovan

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Maisie Goes to Reno

Police Captain (Uncredited)

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Joe Palooka in Triple Cross

Sheriff Malin

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Fort Apache

Stage Driver (uncredited)

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Honolulu

First Detective

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Cross-Country Romance

G.G. Burke

Credits

Toughest Man in Arizona 1952

★ NR
Cripple Creek 1952

★ 5.7
High Noon 1952

Ed Weaver (uncredited)

★ 7.7
Overland Telegraph 1951

Terence Muldoon

★ 6.7
Silver City 1951

★ 6.3
Warpath 1951

Bartender

★ 5.8
Desert of Lost Men 1951

Carl Landers

★ NR
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross 1951

Sheriff Malin

★ NR
Cavalry Scout 1951

Col. Deering

★ 5.8
Saddle Legion 1951

Fred Warren

★ 6.3
The Sound of Fury 1950

Sheriff Lem Demig

★ 6.4
The Fuller Brush Girl 1950

Ship Captain (uncredited)

★ 6
The Men 1950

Dr. Kameran

★ 7
Vigilante Hideout 1950

Howard Sanders

★ NR
Desperadoes of the West 1950

Colonel Arnold

★ 3.8
The Cariboo Trail 1950

★ 6.3
The Second Woman 1950

Police Sergeant

★ 5.5
The Gunfighter 1950

Jerry Marlowe (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Blondie's Hero 1950

Police Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Secret Fury 1950

Police Captain Arnold (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Powder River Rustlers 1949

Lucius Statton

★ NR
Miss Grant Takes Richmond 1949

Construction Materials Contractor (uncredited)

★ 5
Post Office Investigator 1949

Inspector Delany

★ 6
Flaming Fury 1949

Fire Engineer Robby Rollins

★ NR
The Stratton Story 1949

Josh Higgins

★ 6.6
Home of the Brave 1949

Colonel Baker

★ 6.6
Homicide 1949

Captain Mooney

★ 5.3
Shockproof 1949

Mac, Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

★ 6.4
Jiggs and Maggie in Court 1948

Judge Wilson

★ NR
Trouble Makers 1948

Police Captain Madison

★ 5.7
Adventures of Gallant Bess 1948

Sheriff

★ 4.2
False Paradise 1948

Gerald Waite

★ 4.5
Hollow Triumph 1948

Motorist (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Borrowed Trouble 1948

Dink Davis

★ 5.9
Deep Waters 1948

★ 6
Flat Feat 1948

Chief of Police

★ NR
The Fuller Brush Man 1948

Cop in Park (uncredited)

★ 6
I, Jane Doe 1948

City Editor

★ 6.1
Raw Deal 1948

Gates

★ 6.7
Fort Apache 1948

Stage Driver (uncredited)

★ 7
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948

Jones (uncredited)

★ 7
Albuquerque 1948

Armin's Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.8
It Had to Be You 1947

Fire Chief (uncredited)

★ 7
Bury Me Dead 1947

Archer, Detective

★ 4.6
The Corpse Came C.O.D. 1947

City Editor Emmett Willard

★ 5.7
Philo Vance's Gamble 1947

Inspector Walsh

★ 5.7
Buck Privates Come Home 1947

Quentin (INS) (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Thirteenth Hour 1947

Police Captain Linfield

★ 5.8
The Missing Juror 1944

Police Inspector Davis (uncredited)

★ 6
In the Meantime, Darling 1944

Corkery

★ 5.7
Barbary Coast Gent 1944

Jack Coda

★ 4.6
Maisie Goes to Reno 1944

Police Captain (Uncredited)

★ 6.2
Bride by Mistake 1944

Navy Captain

★ 6.1
The Falcon Out West 1944

Inspector Timothy Donovan

★ 5.2
The Falcon and the Co-Eds 1943

Inspector Timothy Donovan

★ 6.6
Destroyer 1943

Commandant

★ 6.6
The Falcon in Danger 1943

Insp. Timothy Donovan

★ 5.6
Taxi, Mister 1943

Police Chief

★ 3.6
Ladies' Day 1943

Dan Hannigan, Sox Manager

★ 4.3
The Falcon Strikes Back 1943

Inspector Timothy Donovan

★ 5.5
Slightly Dangerous 1943

Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Keep 'Em Slugging 1943

Macklin

★ 5.5
Something to Shout About 1943

Harrigan

★ 5.8
Madame Spy 1942

Inspector Varden

★ 6
The Mummy's Tomb 1942

Sheriff C.L. Clark

★ 5.5
Street of Chance 1942

Ryan, (Policeman)

★ 5.3
The Falcon's Brother 1942

Timothy Donovan

★ 6.3
Highways by Night 1942

Police Captain James

★ 6
Secret Enemies 1942

Detective Capt. Jarrett

★ 5.2
Henry Aldrich, Editor 1942

Fire Chief

★ 6
Fingers at the Window 1942

Police Lieutenant Allison

★ 5.5
Kid Glove Killer 1942

Captain Lynch

★ 6.2
Who Is Hope Schuyler? 1942

Lieutenant Palmer

★ 4.5
Mokey 1942

Mr. Graham

★ 5
Butch Minds the Baby 1942

Police Captain (uncredited)

★ NR
Jail House Blues 1942

Warden Boswell

★ NR
Joe Smith, American 1942

Police Captain (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Wild Bill Hickok Rides 1942

Cliff Clark

★ 4.7
A Yank on the Burma Road 1942

Police Lieutenant

★ 4
Blue, White, and Perfect 1942

Inspector Peterson

★ 6.3
USS VD: Ship of Shame 1942

Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)

★ 4.2
Babes on Broadway 1941

Inspector Moriarity

★ 6.5
Dangerously They Live 1941

Sheriff John Dill

★ 5.9
Law of the Tropics 1941

Bartender

★ 6
Honky Tonk 1941

Dr. Otis (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Nine Lives Are Not Enough 1941

Lieutenant Buckley

★ 5
Manpower 1941

Cully

★ 6.7
The Wagons Roll at Night 1941

Doc

★ 6.4
Strange Alibi 1941

Capt. Reddick

★ 6.6
Washington Melodrama 1941

Simpson

★ 5
The Sea Wolf 1941

★ 7.2
Western Union 1941

Sheriff

★ 6
Golden Hoofs 1941

Booth

★ 7
A Dispatch from Reuters 1940

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Knute Rockne All American 1940

Danny - Post Office Paymaster (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Wagon Train 1940

Matt Gardner

★ 6
Brigham Young 1940

Dissenter

★ 4.4
Flowing Gold 1940

Oil Well Shares Seller (uncredited)

★ 7
Stranger on the Third Floor 1940

Martin

★ 6.4
You're Not So Tough 1940

Sheriff Griswold

★ 4.3
Maryland 1940

Sheriff

★ 6.2
Black Diamonds 1940

Archie Connor

★ NR
Cross-Country Romance 1940

G.G. Burke

★ 6.4
A Fugitive from Justice 1940

Police Captain (uncredited)

★ 3.5
Florian 1940

Detective Joe

★ 1
Gangs of Chicago 1940

★ 5.3
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise 1940

Lieutenant Wilson

★ 6.9
The Grapes of Wrath 1940

City Man

★ 7.8
Women Without Names 1940

Pete

★ 4.1
Double Alibi 1940

Police Inspector Early

★ 4
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 1940

Haupt

★ 6.5
Castle on the Hudson 1940

Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Honeymoon Deferred 1940

Police Insp. Mathews

★ 6
Brother Rat and a Baby 1940

Police Captain

★ 5.2
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk 1940

Ryan

★ 4
Invisible Stripes 1939

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Slightly Honorable 1939

Captain Graves

★ 4.7
Judge Hardy and Son 1939

Dan O'Shea (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Missing Evidence 1939

Allen Jennings

★ 5
Henry Goes Arizona 1939

Theatrical Agent V. B. Carmady (uncredited)

★ 6
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President 1939

Garage Owner

★ 2
Fast and Furious 1939

Sam Travers

★ 4.7
Dust Be My Destiny 1939

First Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite 1939

Mike Kelly

★ 6
Miracles for Sale 1939

Inspector Marty Gavigan

★ 6.4
Chicken Wagon Family 1939

Horse Auctioneer

★ NR
Young Mr. Lincoln 1939

Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)

★ 7.2
It's a Wonderful World 1939

Captain Haggerty

★ 6.4
Calling Dr. Kildare 1939

Detective Flaherty (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Within the Law 1939

McGuire

★ 6
Inside Story 1939

Collins

★ NR
Honolulu 1939

First Detective

★ 6.1
They Made Me a Criminal 1939

Manager

★ 6.1
Kentucky 1938

Melish

★ 5.8
While New York Sleeps 1938

Insp. Cliff Collins

★ NR
Time Out for Murder 1938

Det. Capt. Collins

★ 5.7
Cocoanut Grove 1938

Auctioneer

★ NR
Mr. Moto's Gamble 1938

Tom McGuire

★ 6.3
He Couldn't Say No 1938

Auctioneer

★ 5.5
The Daredevil Drivers 1938

Mr. McAullife

★ 5
The Patient in Room 18 1938

Inspector Foley

★ 4.5
Mountain Music 1937

Pretty Panther Medicine Show Proprietor

★ 5.3