Clark Howat
John Clark Howat (January 22, 1918 – October 30, 2009) was an American film and television actor.
Clark Howat | |
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.jpg) Howat in Suddenly (1954) | |
| Born | John Clark Howat January 22, 1918 |
| Died | October 30, 2009 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse |
Muriel Mansell
(m. 1949) |
John Clark Howat (January 22, 1918 – October 30, 2009) was an American film and television actor.
Life and career
[edit]Howat was born in Calaveras County, California.[2] He began his career in 1947, appearing in the Broadway play The Wanhope Building,[3] playing the roles of the "Interviewer" and "Pilot".[2]
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.[4] His early film career was mostly uncredited and co-starring roles.
His later credits include The Doctor and the Girl, Customs Agent, Airport,[5] My Blue Heaven and California Passage, among others.[6][7][8][9]
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.[10][11] 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.[6][7] He also wrote the episode "Walk a Crooked Line" for the crime drama television series The Detectives,[9] in 1962.[12]
Howat also starred or co-starred in other films: Billy Jack,[5] playing the role of "Sheriff Cole",[13][14] The Hitch-Hiker, playing the role of the "Government Agent",[8][15] The Giant Claw, playing the role of "Maj. Bergen"[8][16] and The High Powered Rifle, playing the role of "George Merkle".[8]
In 1985, Howat retired, last appearing in the television series T.J. Hooker.
Death
[edit]Howat died in October 2009 in Arroyo Grande, California, at the age of 91.[17]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Muriel Howat Obituary (1925–2013)". Los Angeles Times. March 22, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "Clark Howat". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio – 17". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. February 14, 1947. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clark Howat". IMDb. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ^ a b "The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio – Page 22". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. April 28, 1971. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Clark Howat Filmography". Fandango. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b "Clark Howat". TV Guide. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Clark Howatt". AFI. Archived from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b "Clark Howatt". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ Cox, Jim (June 14, 2015). Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age. McFarland. p. 227. ISBN 9781476612270 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Honolulu Star-Bulletin from Honolulu, Hawaii - 85". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. November 9, 1957. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Allen, Lewis (February 23, 1962), Walk a Crooked Line, The Detectives, retrieved September 25, 2022
- ^ "El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas – Page 23". El Paso Herald-Post. El Paso, Texas. September 18, 1971. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Thompson, Howard (July 29, 1971). "A Misguided 'Billy Jack'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Daily News from New York, New York – 562". New York Daily News. New York City. April 30, 1953. p. 562 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts – 5". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. August 8, 1957. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clark Howat Obituary (1918–2009)". Los Angeles Times. February 19, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
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