# Matt Clark

Matt Clark (nascut el 25 de novembre de 1936) és un actor, director i guionista estatunidenc. És conegut sobretot pels seus papers a pel·lícules western.

## Primers anys

Clark va néixer a Washington, D.C., fill de Theresa (de soltera Castello), professora, i de Frederick William Clark, fuster. Després de servir a l'Exèrcit dels Estats Units, va assistir a la Universitat George Washington, però més tard va abandonar.

## Carrera

Després de treballar en diverses feines, es va incorporar a un grup de teatre local de DC. Més tard es va convertir en membre de la companyia Living Theatre de Nova York i va treballar fora de Broadway i al teatre comunitari a finals de la dècada de 1950.
Clark va dirigir la pel·lícula de 1988 Da, així com un episodi de la sèrie de televisió CBS Schoolbreak Special i dos episodis de la sèrie de televisió Midnight Caller. També va escriure la història per a la pel·lícula de 1970 Homer.

## Filmografia
### Cinema

| Any | Tiítol | Paper | 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 | Cpl. 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 | Ull per ull (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 | N/D | Documental |
| 2010 | The Way | Father Frank | |
| 2013 | 42 | Luther | |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Old Prospector | |

### Televisió

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

## Referències

* ↑ «Matt Clark Biography (1936-)». [Consulta: 27 març 2021].
* ↑ La fintasía prevaleció sobre la aparatosidad de los efectos especiales, La Vanguardia, 16 d'octubre de 1988