Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Matt Clark (born November 25, 1936) is an American actor and director with credits in both film and television. Clark has played diverse character roles in Westerns, comedies, and dramas. Clark was born in Washington D.C., the son of Theresa (née Castello), a teacher, and Frederick William Clark, a carpenter. Clark grew up in Conyers, Georgia. After serving in the military, he attended college at George Washington University, but later dropped out. After ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
as Old Prospector
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious ...

42
2013
as Luther
In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson...

The Way
2010
as Padre Frank
When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for in...
And I Lived
2005
as Kevin
In a school of separate worlds, boundaries have been set and lines have been drawn. Their love will break the rules.

Killer Diller
2004
as Barge Captain
A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Kil...

Five Aces
1999
as Phillip
Chris Martin has a problem: his impending marriage. Like any other man about to enter into the holy vows of matrimony, Chris has begun to second guess...

Homegrown
1998
as Sheriff Stanley Kroopf
Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know...

Sink Or Swim
1997
as Bus Driver
Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter betwe...

Trilogy of Terror II
1996
as Ansford
Three tales of terror: in "The Graveyard Rats" lovers murder the woman's older husband and encounter horror when they attempt to rob his grave; "Bobby...

Raven Hawk
1996
as Ed Hudson
A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
A dramatized account of a female US Naval officer's ordeal of being sexually harassed at a Naval convention and her legal retaliation.

Crazy for a Kiss
1995
as Doug Kinross
On a hot sunny day in Kansas, 1973, Mike Kinross's parents tell him he's going on holiday to his Uncle Dan's house. But instead they drop him off at t...

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995
as Honore Thibideaux
Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns ...

A Season of Hope
1995
as Wallace Porter
When trees in their only source of income, a lemon grove, start showing signs of disease, a burdened Californian family reaches their breaking point. ...

Mother
1995
as Ben Wilson
Weisser is a young college bound man whose future is threatened when his mother interferes with his love life and a pending scholarship. He also disco...

The Harvest
1993
as Hank
A screenwriter is sent to Mexico to develop a story that can be used to wrap up a movie presently in production. Given a very short time allotment, th...

Dead Before Dawn
1993
as John DeSilva
Based upon a true story. Wife with young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful, but violent and abusive, husband. After filing for...

A Seduction in Travis County
1991
as Dobbs
An acquitted killer (Lesley Ann Warren) lusts after her lawyer (Peter Coyote), who is a married man.

Class Action
1991
as Judge Symes
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie ag...

Cadence
1990
as Bean Sr.
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of fa...

Back to the Future Part III
1990
as Bartender
The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time mac...

Blind Witness
1989
as Lt. Schapper
Woman is trapped in her home with her husband's killers.

The Horror Show
1989
as Dr. Tower
Vowing revenge on the detective who apprehended him, serial killer "Meat Cleaver" Max Jenke returns from beyond the grave to launch a whole new reign ...

Terror on Highway 91
1989
A police deputy in a small town grows more and more disgusted with the rampant corruption and brutality practiced by the sheriff and his fellow office...

Da
1988
Director
A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father. While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories bot...

The Gambler: The Legend Continues
1987
as Sgt. Grinder
Brady Hawkes and Billy Montana join forces once again in this new adventure. This time around their goal is to help the Sioux fight the government and...

The Quick and the Dead
1987
as Doc Shabitt
In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallia...

Let's Get Harry
1986
as Walt Clayton
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters i...

Out of the Darkness
1985
as John Hubbard
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked Ne...

Love, Mary
1985
as Fannie Groda
A teen, who is always in trouble in school and has been sent to reform school, turns her life around when a counselor discovers she is dyslexic.

Return to Oz
1985
as Uncle Henry
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and...

Tuff Turf
1985
as Stuart Hiller
The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.

Country
1984
as Tom McMullen
Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, b...

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
as Secretary of Defense
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy
1983
as Phil Cranston
A teenage girl is traumatized after being assaulted by a stranger from whom she hitched a ride.

Love Letters
1983
as Chuck Winter
After discovering a box of old love letters sent to her mother by a mysterious stranger, Anna, a young radio deejay, begins a torrid affair with a mar...

Honkytonk Man
1982
as Virgil
During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand O...
Highway Honeys
1982
as Wolfe Crawley
Daytona Shepherd (Will Bledsoe) and his sister, Carole Lee (Mary Davis), operators of Good Shepherd Tow Service, are pitted against a band of dishone...

In the Custody of Strangers
1982
as Mike Raines
A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But even...

Some Kind of Hero
1982
as Mickey
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in ...

The Children Nobody Wanted
1981
as Bill Westbrook
True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the yo...

An Eye for an Eye
1981
as Tom McCoy
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He dec...

The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
as Sheriff Wiatt
When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued b...

Ruckus
1981
as Cecil 'Cece' Grant
Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of Madoc County are repelled by his appearance and want to ch...

Brubaker
1980
as Roy Purcell
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as George 'Bitter Creek' Newcomb
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a ...

Dreamer
1979
as Spider
The dream began 20 years ago, when a young pinsetter watched a star bowler win a championship. Now, Harold (Dreamer) Nuttingham has a chance to attain...

The Driver
1978
as Red Plainclothesman
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful...

Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
1978
as Reynolds
This lighthearted Western was an unsuccessful series pilot in which two sisters -- a gun-toting tomboy and a beauty with an engaging smile -- team up ...

Dog and Cat
1977
as Lt. Arthur Kipling
A veteran detective loses his partner in a shooting while they are investigating a gangster who is controlling the local porno rackets. He is stunned ...

Outlaw Blues
1977
as Billy Bob
An aspiring musician is released from prison to find that a song he had written while locked up has been stolen and made into a hit record by a countr...

Kid Vengeance
1976
as Grover
One of Cannon Films' two 1976 Italian-Israeli co-productions starring Lee Van Cleef and Leif Garrett (Gianfranco Parolini's Pistola di Dio was the oth...

The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976
as Kelly
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - ...

Hearts of the West
1975
as Jackson
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession ...

The Kansas City Massacre
1975
as Verne Miller
Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin...

Melvin Purvis G-Man
1975
as Charles 'Charlie' Parlmetter
Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.

This Is the West That Was
1974
as Buffalo Bill Cody
A lighthearted look at the saga of Wild Bill Hickok and his relationship with Calamity Jane as he is targeted for revenge by some tough gunfighters.

The Great Ice Rip-Off
1974
as Georgie
A retired cop goes up against a slick jewel thief and his gang, who have pulled a diamond heist and are trying to smuggle the diamonds cross-country.

The Terminal Man
1974
as Gerhard
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures...

The Execution of Private Slovik
1974
as Dunn
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.

The Laughing Policeman
1973
as Coronor
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to...

White Lightning
1973
as Dude Watson
An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as J.W. Bell
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Emperor of the North
1973
as Yardlet
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Nick the Grub
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving t...

Jeremiah Johnson
1972
as Qualen
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of th...

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Bob Younger
The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but things do not go as planned.

The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972
as Pete
Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his dream of being a cowboy and the harsh truth of the Old We...

Pocket Money
1972
as American Prisoner
Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy and his buddy get mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked cattle dealer.

The Cowboys
1972
as Smiley
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to ge...

Honky
1971
Sheila, an affluent black teenager, begins dating working class white teen Wayne, and asks him for help to sell a kilo of marijuana.

The Grissom Gang
1971
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnap...

Macho Callahan
1971
as Jailer
A man tricked into enlisting in the Confederate army is later thrown into a hellish stockade on desertion charges. He eventually breaks out of the pri...

The Beguiled
1971
as Scrogins
Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, ...

Monte Walsh
1970
as Rufus Brady
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Mo...

The Bridge at Remagen
1969
as Cpl. Jellicoe
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead acros...

Will Penny
1967
as Romulus Quint
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters....

In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Packy
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Spar...

Black Like Me
1964
as Mugger in alley
Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.