# Clark Howat

John Clark Howat (January 22, 1918 – October 30, 2009) was an American film and television actor.

## Life and career

Howat was born in Calaveras County, California. He began his career in 1947, appearing in the Broadway play The Wanhope Building, playing the roles of the "Interviewer" and "Pilot".
Howat began his film career in July 1947, playing the role of the "Patron in Macy's Lunchroom" in the film Miracle on 34th Street. His early film career was mostly uncredited and co-starring roles.
His later credits include The Doctor and the Girl, Customs Agent, Airport, My Blue Heaven and California Passage, among others.
He began appearing on television in 1952, appearing in Beulah, playing the role of "Pete Bradley". In 1956, Howat played the main role of "Dr. Jack (John) Petrie" in the short-lived sitcom television series The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu. He also appeared in Dragnet, Leave It to Beaver, Highway Patrol, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Navy Log, Tales of Wells Fargo, Bat Masterson and The Millionaire. He also wrote the episode "Walk a Crooked Line" for the crime drama television series The Detectives, in 1962.
Howat also starred or co-starred in other films: Billy Jack, playing the role of "Sheriff Cole", The Hitch-Hiker, playing the role of the "Government Agent", The Giant Claw, playing the role of "Maj. Bergen" and The High Powered Rifle, playing the role of "George Merkle".
In 1985, Howat retired, last appearing in the television series T.J. Hooker.

## Death

Howat died in October 2009 in Arroyo Grande, California, at the age of 91.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street | Patron in Macy's Lunchroom | Uncredited |
| 1949 | The Doctor and the Girl | Shelby, Intern | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Chain Lightning | Captain | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Women from Headquarters | Stephens | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Customs Agent | Agent Roy Phillips | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Once a Thief | Police Detective | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Intern | Uncredited |
| 1950 | My Blue Heaven | Studio Man | Uncredited |
| 1950 | California Passage | Croupier | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Gambling House | Nick | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Missing Women | Prison Desk Officer | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Only the Valiant | Lieutenant Underwood | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Fighting Coast Guard | Coast Guard Academy Cadet Upper-Classman | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Lost Continent | Naval Captain | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Saturday's Hero | Reporter | Uncredited |
| 1951 | All That I Have | Dr. George Wagnell | |
| 1951 | F.B.I. Girl | Whitey | Uncredited |
| 1951 | The Valparaiso Story | | |
| 1952 | The Sniper | Police Photographer | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Steel Town | Al Lyon | Uncredited |
| 1952 | The Fabulous Senorita | Davis | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Paula | Intern Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Red Ball Express | Military Police Captain | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder | Disc Jockey | deleted scene (footage) |
| 1952 | It Grows on Trees | Man Examining Ledger | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion | Officer | Uncredited |
| 1953 | The Hitch-Hiker | Government Agent | |
| 1953 | Split Second | Lieutenant at Control Station | Uncredited |
| 1953 | The 49th Man | Sands | Uncredited |
| 1953 | City That Never Sleeps | Patrolman | Uncredited |
| 1953 | The Glass Web | Bob Warren | |
| 1954 | Security Risk | | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Suddenly | Haggerty | |
| 1955 | Battle Cry | Marine Colonel | Uncredited |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea | Thomas – Medical Officer | Uncredited |
| 1955 | Illegal | George Graves | |
| 1956 | The Houston Story | Police Detective Talbot | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Soldier | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Sergeant Nash | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Mister Cory | Card Player | Uncredited |
| 1957 | The Giant Claw | Major Bergen | |
| 1958 | No Time for Sergeants | Lieutenant | Uncredited |
| 1960 | The High Powered Rifle | George Merkle | |
| 1961 | A Fever in the Blood | Airline Official | Uncredited |
| 1963 | Twilight of Honor | Reporter | Uncredited |
| 1968 | Prescription: Murder | Doctor | Uncredited |
| 1970 | Airport | Bert Weatherby | |
| 1971 | Billy Jack | Sheriff Cole | |
| 1976 | Eat My Dust! | George Poole Sr. | |
| 1983 | Money to Burn | Henderson | |
| 1994 | Running Hot | Judge | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952 | Beulah | Pete Bradley | Episode: "The New Arrival" |
| 1952 | Space Patrol | Manson | Episode: "Emergency Flight to Mercury" |
| 1952 | Racket Squad | Van Hayton | Episode: "One More Dream" |
| 1952 | The Unexpected | Gregory | Episode: "The Doctor Prescribes" |
| 1952 | Boston Blackie | Lang / Hanlon | 2 episodes |
| 1953 | Chevron Theatre | | Episode: "Death of a Smart Aleck" |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | | Episode: "Wait for Me Downstairs" |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater | Episode: "Dreams Never Lie" |
| 1953 | Adventures of Superman | Professor Roberts' Assistant | Episode: "Panic in the Sky" |
| 1953–1954 | The Ford Television Theatre | Paul Andre | 2 episodes |
| 1953–1955 | Your Favorite Story | | 4 episodes |
| 1954 | Mr. and Mrs. North | David Ennis | Episode: " The Quick and the Deadly" |
| 1954 | Meet Mr. McNutley | Episode: "The Tree" |
| 1954 | Waterfront | Lloyd Allen | Episode: "Oil Island" |
| 1954–1955 | Public Defender | Gene Aiken / Prosecutor / Operator | 3 episodes |
| 1954–1955 | The Mickey Rooney Show | Commentator / Horton / Harvey Flanders | 3 episodes |
| 1954–1956 | The Lineup | Policeman / Goldsworthy – Hotel Manager | 2 episodes |
| 1955 | Science Fiction Theatre | Captain Boyce | Episode: "Y..O..R..D." |
| 1955 | Treasury Men in Action | Dalton / Lieutenant Campbell | 2 episodes |
| 1955 | The Man Behind the Badge | Hospital Doctor / Briefing Captain | 2 episodes |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol | Hank – Officer 1730 | Episode: "Desert Town" |
| 1955 | Death Valley Days | 'Murph' Murphy / Greg Lewis | 2 episodes |
| 1955–1956 | Cavalcade of America | Skinner / Mr. Cronin | 2 episodes |
| 1955–1956 | TV Reader's Digest | Hal Britton | 2 episodes |
| 1955–1956 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Farley / Herbert Shreve | 2 episodes |
| 1955–1957 | Navy Log | Doctor / Chaplain | 2 episodes |
| 1955–1959 | The Millionaire | Carl P. Grant / Mr. Clark | 2 episodes |
| 1955–1960 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Mayor Jim Hope / Perkins | 2 episodes, Uncredited |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | Commander Hall | Episode: "Boarders Away" |
| 1956 | Combat Sergeant | Ritchie | Episode: "Flight to Eternity" |
| 1956 | Lux Video Theatre | David | Episode: "Only Yesterday" |
| 1956 | Crossroads | Joe Logan | Episode: "Ringside Padre" |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu | Dr. John Petrie | 13 episodes |
| 1956–1958 | Studio 57 | Porter | 2 episodes |
| 1956–1961 | General Electric Theater | Orderly / Milkman / Lieutenant Harper / Detective | 6 episodes |
| 1957 | Cheyenne | Morgan | Episode: "War Party" |
| 1957 | West Point | Captain Dudley | 2 episodes |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jim, a Bar Patron | Season 2 Episode 31: "The Night the World Ended" |
| 1957 | Fury | Henderson | Episode: "Fire Prevention Week" |
| 1957 | Broken Arrow | Secretary Thrale | Episode: "Smoke Signal" |
| 1957–1958 | Suspicion | Police Lieutenant Benson / Vern Lister | 2 episodes |
| 1957–1958 | M Squad | Police Lab Officer Halligan / Plainclothesman in Courthouse | 2 episodes |
| 1957–1958 | Harbor Command | Police Dispatcher | 17 episodes |
| 1957–1959 | The Loretta Young Show | Mark Wilcox / Sam Price / Linden / Harry Correll / Conners | 5 episodes |
| 1957–1965 | Perry Mason | Police Sergeant Grant / Lieutenant Colonel Fremont / Tower Man / Team Doctor / Policeman | 6 episodes |
| 1958 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Mace Kimball | Episode: "Special Delivery" |
| 1958 | Panic! | Deputy Sheriff | Episode: "Stranded" |
| 1958 | Flight | | 2 episodes |
| 1958 | Tales of the Texas Rangers | Burt Wilson | Episode: "The Steel Trap" |
| 1958 | The Texan | Tom | Episode: "The Widow of Paradise" |
| 1958 | The Restless Gun | Arthur Stuart | Episode: "Multiply One Boy" |
| 1958 | Special Agent 7 | Agent Ralph Blaine | 2 episodes |
| 1959 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Jim Hennessey | Episode: "Emergency Only" |
| 1959 | Bat Masterson | Murdoch | Episode: "River Boat" |
| 1959 | The Thin Man | Dave Jessup | Episode: "Cold Cargo" |
| 1959 | Markham | Frank Evans | Episode: "Incident in Bel Air" |
| 1959 | Men into Space | Major Gordon Briggs | Episode: "Edge of Eternity" |
| 1959–1960 | 77 Sunset Strip | Sergeant Davis / Lieutenant Hirsch | 2 episodes |
| 1959–1960 | Sea Hunt | Clark / Claude / USCG Captain Sellers | 3 episodes |
| 1959–1960 | Bourbon Street Beat | Detective Lieutenant / Jeff Tolliver | 2 episodes |
| 1959–1961 | Bronco | Poker Player / Sheriff Penrose | 2 episodes |
| 1960 | The Untouchables | Policeman Mason | Episode: "Syndicate Sanctuary", Uncredited |
| 1960 | Johnny Midnight | Federal Agent No. 1 | Episode: "A Token of Love" |
| 1960 | Wagon Train | Aaron Oliver | Episode: "The Jose Morales Story" |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's | Dr. 'Mac' Merritt | Episode: "Vendetta on Bleecker Street" |
| 1960 | Lock Up | Dr. William Stanhope | Episode: "Society Doctor" |
| 1960 | The Jim Backus Show | Policeman | Episode: "Crime a la Carte" |
| 1960–1961 | Coronado 9 | Sergeant / Bundy | 2 episodes |
| 1960–1963 | Leave It to Beaver | Uncle Dave / Mr. Barnes | 2 episodes |
| 1961 | The Case of the Dangerous Robin | | Episode: "Brink of Disaster" |
| 1962 | Follow the Sun | Doctor | Episode: "Ghost Story", Uncredited |
| 1962 | 87th Precinct | The Operator | Episode: "The Pigeon" |
| 1962 | Dr. Kildare | Outspoken Reporter | Episode: "The Search", Uncredited |
| 1962 | The Detectives | Dick Young | Episode: "Walk a Crooked Line" |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour | John Elwood | Episode: "The Blues My Babe Gave to Me" |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Mr. Crane | Episode: "The Witnesses" |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Ambassador | Episode: "The Dove Affair" |
| 1964–1965 | The Rogues | P.R. Man / Peter Stewart | 2 episodes |
| 1966 | A Man Called Shenandoah | Doctor | Episode: "End of a Legend", Uncredited |
| 1966 | Run for Your Life | 2nd Homicide Man | Episode: "Night Train from Chicago" |
| 1966 | The Lucy Show | Army Lieutenant | Episode: "Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft" |
| 1967 | Lassie | Ed | Episode: "The Eighth Life of Henry IV" |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | Dr. Paul Kleefeld | Episode: "To Love and Stand Mute" |
| 1967–1969 | Dragnet | Lieutenant John Bigham / Captain Henry O. Mack / Lieutenant Roger Mairs / Lieutenant Bongard / Inspector Hagan / Captain Vern Hoy / Captain Al Trembly / Captain Nelson / Captain Frankel / Captain Brooks / Lieutenant Bob Helder / Captain Ron Frankle / Captain Mack / Captain Lambert / Captain Shannon | 21 episodes |
| 1968 | Green Acres | Man from CBS | Episode: "The Rutabaga Story" |
| 1969–1974 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Mr. Ross / Harold Riggs | 2 episodes |
| 1971 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | 2nd Reporter | Episode: "A Matter of Priorities" |
| 1971 | Vanished | Commander Fyfield | TV Mini Series |
| 1971 | Adam-12 | Harold Johnson | Episode: "Day Watch" |
| 1971–1972 | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Doug Miller / Dan 'Rusty' Gates | 2 episodes |
| 1973 | The F.B.I. | Mr. Silvestri | Episode: "The Rap Taker" |
| 1973 | The New Perry Mason | Private Investigator Coverly | Episode: "The Case of the Murdered Murderer" |
| 1974 | Hawkins | Accountant | Episode: "Murder in the Slave Trade" |
| 1974–1975 | Police Story | Man in Bar / Man / Judge Kinsolving | 3 episodes |
| 1975 | Mobile One | Captain Graves | Episode: "The Bank Job" |
| 1977 | Barnaby Jones | Minister | Episode: "Duet for Danger" |
| 1977 | Never Con a Killer | The Commissioner | TV movie |
| 1977 | The Rockford Files | Mr. Rankin | Episode: "The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls" |
| 1978 | Project U.F.O. | Administrator – Houston | Episode: "Sighting 4003: The Fremont Incident" |
| 1983 | Dynasty | Justice | Episode: "Tender Comrades" |
| 1985 | Hotel | Bailiff | Episode: "Obsessions" |
| 1985 | T.J. Hooker | Chief Condon | Episode: "The Assassin" |
| 1985 | 1st & Ten | Senator Bowman | Episode: "Not Quite Mr. Right", (final appearance) |