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Matt Clark

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Matt Clark

Born November 25, 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, USADied March 15, 202681 films

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Matt Clark (November 25, 1936 — March 15, 2026) was an American actor and director with credits in both film and television. Clark has played diverse character roles in Westerns, comedies, and dramas.

Clark was born in Washington D.C., the son of Theresa (née Castello), a teacher, and Frederick William Clark, a carpenter. Clark grew up in Conyers, Georgia. After serving in the military, he attended college at George Washington University, but later dropped out. After working at various jobs, he joined a local D.C. theatre group. He later became a member of New York's Living Theatre company and worked off-Broadway and in community theatre in the late 1950s.

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In the Heat of the Night posterFirst watchIn the Heat of the Night19677.7as PackyAfrican-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.View film

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Filmography

81 films as actor
  1. 2014A Million Ways to Die in the WestOld Prospector
  2. 201342Luther
  3. 2010The WayPadre Frank
  4. 2005And I LivedKevin
  5. 2004Killer DillerBarge Captain
  6. 1999Five AcesPhillip
  7. 1998HomegrownSheriff Stanley Kroopf
  8. 1998Claudine's ReturnPelican
  9. 1997Sink Or SwimBus Driver
  10. 1996Trilogy of Terror IIAnsford
  11. 1996Raven HawkEd Hudson
  12. 1995She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
  13. 1995Crazy for a KissDoug Kinross
  14. 1995Candyman: Farewell to the FleshHonore Thibideaux
  15. 1995A Season of HopeWallace Porter
  16. 1995MotherBen Wilson
  17. 1993The HarvestHank
  18. 1993Barbarians at the GateEdward A. Horrigan Jr.
  19. 1993Dead Before DawnJohn DeSilva
  20. 1992Frozen AssetsJ.F. Hughes
  21. 1991A Seduction in Travis CountyDobbs
  22. 1991Class ActionJudge Symes
  23. 1990CadenceBean Sr.
  24. 1990Back to the Future Part IIIBartender
  25. 1989Blind WitnessLt. Schapper
  26. 1989The Horror ShowDr. Tower
  27. 1989Terror on Highway 91Jim Warren
  28. 1987The Gambler: The Legend ContinuesSgt. Grinder
  29. 1987The Quick and the DeadDoc Shabitt
  30. 1986Let's Get HarryWalt Clayton
  31. 1985Out of the DarknessJohn Hubbard
  32. 1985Love, MaryFannie Groda
  33. 1985Return to OzUncle Henry
  34. 1985Tuff TurfStuart Hiller
  35. 1984CountryTom McMullen
  36. 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionSecretary of Defense
  37. 1983Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking TragedyPhil Cranston
  38. 1983Love LettersChuck Winter
  39. 1982Honkytonk ManVirgil
  40. 1982Highway HoneysWolfe Crawley
  41. 1982In the Custody of StrangersMike Raines
  42. 1982Some Kind of HeroMickey
  43. 1981The Children Nobody WantedBill Westbrook
  44. 1981An Eye for an EyeTom McCoy
  45. 1981The Legend of the Lone RangerSheriff Wiatt
  46. 1980RuckusCecil 'Cece' Grant
  47. 1980BrubakerPurcell
  48. 1979The Last Ride of the Dalton GangGeorge 'Bitter Creek' Newcomb
  49. 1979DreamerSpider
  50. 1978The DriverRed Plainclothesman
  51. 1978Lacy and the Mississippi QueenReynolds
  52. 1977Dog and CatLt. Arthur Kipling
  53. 1977Outlaw BluesBilly Bob
  54. 1976Kid VengeanceGrover
  55. 1976The Outlaw Josey WalesKelly
  56. 1975Hearts of the WestJackson
  57. 1975The Kansas City MassacreVerne Miller
  58. 1975Melvin Purvis G-ManCharles 'Charlie' Parlmetter
  59. 1974This Is the West That WasBuffalo Bill Cody
  60. 1974The Great Ice Rip-OffGeorgie
  61. 1974The Terminal ManGerhard
  62. 1974The Execution of Private SlovikDunn
  63. 1973The Laughing PolicemanCoronor
  64. 1973White LightningDude Watson
  65. 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidJ.W. Bell
  66. 1973Emperor of the NorthYardlet
  67. 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanNick the Grub
  68. 1972Jeremiah JohnsonQualen
  69. 1972The Great Northfield Minnesota RaidBob Younger
  70. 1972The Culpepper Cattle Co.Pete
  71. 1972Pocket MoneyAmerican Prisoner
  72. 1972The CowboysSmiley
  73. 1971Honky
  74. 1971The Grissom GangJoe Bailey
  75. 1971Macho CallahanJailer
  76. 1971The BeguiledScrogins
  77. 1970Monte WalshRufus Brady
  78. 1969The Bridge at RemagenCpl. Jellicoe
  79. 1967Will PennyRomulus Quint
  80. 1967In the Heat of the NightPacky
  81. 1964Black Like MeMugger in alley