Ken Clark (actor)
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Kenneth Donovan "Ken" Clark (June 4, 1927 – June 1, 2009) was an American B-movie
actor
. He appeared in movies in America and Europe, including the Secret Agent 077
trilogy.
Clark's most prominent role in American film was Stewpot in South Pacific, in which Clark figures importantly in two musical sequences, "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" (for which he was dubbed by Thurl Ravenscroft
), and an amateur Thanksgiving show in which he presents a strongman act. According to fellow actor Robert Woods Mr. Clark died of a heart attack in Rome, Italy on June 1, 2009 shortly after a taping for the TV series Stracult.
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
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Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He appeared in movies in America and Europe, including the Secret Agent 077
Secret Agent 077
Secret Agent 077 was officially a trilogy of Eurospy films with Ken Clark as Dick Malloy . However "077" was used on posters or advertising of several other Eurospy films with little or no relationship to each other perhaps to exploit the audience's knowledge of 007 .-Official entries:The first...
trilogy.
Clark's most prominent role in American film was Stewpot in South Pacific, in which Clark figures importantly in two musical sequences, "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" (for which he was dubbed by Thurl Ravenscroft
Thurl Ravenscroft
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft was an American voice actor and singer best known as the deep voice behind Tony the Tiger's "They're grrreat!" in Frosted Flakes television commercials for more than five decades. Ravenscroft was also known, however uncredited, as the vocalist for the song "You're a Mean...
), and an amateur Thanksgiving show in which he presents a strongman act. According to fellow actor Robert Woods Mr. Clark died of a heart attack in Rome, Italy on June 1, 2009 shortly after a taping for the TV series Stracult.
Filmography
- Between Heaven and HellBetween Heaven and Hell (film)Between Heaven and Hell is a 1956 20th Century Fox Cinemascope colour war film based on the novel The Day the Century Ended by Francis Gwaltney that the film follows closely...
(1956) - Love Me TenderLove Me Tender (1956 film)Love Me Tender is a 1956 American black-and-white CinemaScope motion picture directed by Robert D. Webb, and released by 20th Century Fox on November 21, 1956. The film, named after the song, stars Richard Egan, Debra Paget, and Elvis Presley in his film debut. It is in the Western genre with...
(1956) - The Proud OnesThe Proud OnesThe Proud Ones is a 1956 western film directed by Robert D. Webb and starring Robert Ryan and Virginia Mayo.-Plot synopsis:Cass Silver , marshal of a small Kansas town, is expecting trouble with the arrival of the first Texas trail herds on the newly completed railroad...
(1956) - South Pacific (1958)
- Attack of the Giant LeechesAttack of the Giant LeechesAttack of the Giant Leeches is a low-budget 1959 science fiction film from American International Pictures. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, produced by Gene Corman, and the screenplay was written by Leo Gordon. The film is in black and white, and runs for 62 minutes...
(1959) - 12 to the Moon (1960)
- Coplan Agent Secret FX 18/FX 18 Secret Agent (1964)
- Agent 077 From the Orient with FuryAgent 077 From the Orient with FuryAgent 077 From the Orient With Fury or Agent 077 Fury in the Orient or Agente 077 dall'oriente con furore is a 1965 Italian action spy adventure film of the Secret Agent 077 film series directed by Sergio Grieco...
(1965) - Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary (1965)
- Operation Lady Chaplin (1966)
- Desert Commandos (1967)