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Cliff Clark

Born 1889-06-09

Died 1953-02-08

📍 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.

Filmography 145

Toughest Man in Arizona

as Ed Weaver (uncredited)

Overland Telegraph

as Terence Muldoon

Desert of Lost Men

as Carl Landers

as Sheriff Malin

as Col. Deering

The Sound of Fury

as Sheriff Lem Demig

The Fuller Brush Girl

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

as Captain Mack Connors

Vigilante Hideout

as Howard Sanders

Desperadoes of the West

as Colonel Arnold

The Cariboo Trail

The Second Woman

as Police Sergeant

as Jerry Marlowe (uncredited)

as Police Officer (uncredited)

The Secret Fury

as Police Captain Arnold (uncredited)

Powder River Rustlers

as Lucius Statton

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as Construction Materials Contractor (uncredited)

Post Office Investigator

as Inspector Delany

as Fire Engineer Robby Rollins

The Stratton Story

as Josh Higgins

Home of the Brave

as Colonel Baker

as Captain Mooney

as Mac, Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

Jiggs and Maggie in Court

as Judge Wilson

as Police Captain Madison

Adventures of Gallant Bess

as Gerald Waite

as Motorist (uncredited)

Borrowed Trouble

as Chief of Police

The Fuller Brush Man

as Cop in Park (uncredited)

as Stage Driver (uncredited)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

as Jones (uncredited)

as Armin's Clerk (uncredited)

It Had to Be You

as Fire Chief (uncredited)

as Archer, Detective

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

as City Editor Emmett Willard

Philo Vance's Gamble

as Inspector Walsh

Buck Privates Come Home

as Quentin (INS) (uncredited)

The Thirteenth Hour

as Police Captain Linfield

The Missing Juror

as Police Inspector Davis (uncredited)

In the Meantime, Darling

Barbary Coast Gent

Maisie Goes to Reno

as Police Captain (Uncredited)

Bride by Mistake

as Navy Captain

The Falcon Out West

as Inspector Timothy Donovan

There's Something About a Soldier

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

as Inspector Timothy Donovan

The Falcon in Danger

as Insp. Timothy Donovan

as Police Chief

as Dan Hannigan, Sox Manager

The Falcon Strikes Back

as Inspector Timothy Donovan

Slightly Dangerous

as Detective (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Slugging

Something to Shout About

as Inspector Varden

The Mummy's Tomb

as Sheriff C.L. Clark

Street of Chance

as Ryan, (Policeman)

The Falcon's Brother

as Timothy Donovan

Highways by Night

as Police Captain James

as Detective Capt. Jarrett

Henry Aldrich, Editor

Fingers at the Window

as Police Lieutenant Allison

Kid Glove Killer

as Captain Lynch

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

as Lieutenant Palmer

Butch Minds the Baby

as Police Captain (uncredited)

Jail House Blues

as Warden Boswell

Joe Smith, American

as Police Captain (uncredited)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

A Yank on the Burma Road

as Police Lieutenant

Blue, White and Perfect

as Inspector Peterson

USS VD: Ship of Shame

as Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)

Babes on Broadway

as Inspector Moriarity

Dangerously They Live

as Sheriff John Dill

Law of the Tropics

as Dr. Otis (uncredited)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as Lieutenant Buckley

The Wagons Roll at Night

as Capt. Reddick

Washington Melodrama

A Dispatch from Reuters

as Reporter (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American

as Danny - Post Office Paymaster (uncredited)

as Matt Gardner

as Oil Well Shares Seller (uncredited)

Stranger on the Third Floor

You're Not So Tough

as Sheriff Griswold

as Archie Connor

Cross-Country Romance

A Fugitive from Justice

as Police Captain (uncredited)

as Detective Joe

Gangs of Chicago

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

as Lieutenant Wilson

The Grapes of Wrath

Women Without Names

as Police Inspector Early

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Castle on the Hudson

as Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

Honeymoon Deferred

as Police Insp. Mathews

Brother Rat and a Baby

as Police Captain

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Invisible Stripes

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Slightly Honorable

as Captain Graves

Judge Hardy and Son

as Dan O'Shea (uncredited)

Missing Evidence

as Allen Jennings

Henry Goes Arizona

as Theatrical Agent V. B. Carmady (uncredited)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

as Garage Owner

Fast and Furious

Dust Be My Destiny

as First Detective (uncredited)

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Miracles for Sale

as Inspector Marty Gavigan

Chicken Wagon Family

as Horse Auctioneer

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World

as Captain Haggerty

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Detective Flaherty (uncredited)

as First Detective

They Made Me a Criminal

While New York Sleeps

as Insp. Cliff Collins

Time Out for Murder

as Det. Capt. Collins

Mr. Moto's Gamble

He Couldn't Say No

The Daredevil Drivers

as Mr. McAullife

The Patient in Room 18

as Inspector Foley

as Pretty Panther Medicine Show Proprietor