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