Actor. Sometimes billed as Cliff Clarke. Born in New York City, he was a longtime performer in touring theatrical companies and first ventured into movies in 1931. He was nearly 50 when he settled on a Hollywood career but was kept extremely busy, appearing in some 210 films in 16 years. Squarely-built and balding, with a frown etched upon his craggy face, Clark was most often cast as a humorless flatfoot or detective. He had the regular role of Inspector Timothy Donovan in RKO’s “The Falcon” series of the early 1940s. Among his other films are “Young Mr. Lincoln” (1939), “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940), “The Sea Wolf” (1941), “Destination Tokyo” (1943), “Wilson” (1944), “Sorry, Wrong Number” (1948), “Force of Evil” (1948), “Raw Deal” (1948), “The Men” (1950), “The Gunfighter” (1950), “High Noon” (1952), and “The War of the Worlds” (1953). He died at 63 of a heart attack. (bio by: Bobb Edwards)