Eugene Clark (actor)
Eugene Clark | |
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 Clark at the Weekend Of Horrors 11 Convention Oberhausen, Germany, 2013 | |
| Born | Anthony Eugene Clark[1] December 3, 1951 Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Other names | Eugene A. Clark Eugene Clarke |
Football career | |
| Position: | Offensive guard |
| Career information | |
| College: | UCLA |
| NFL Draft: | 1975 / Round: 9th |
| Career history | |
| Toronto Argonauts (1977–1978) | |
Eugene Clark (born December 3, 1951) is an American-Canadian character actor and former football player.
Early life[]
Clark was born in Tampa, Florida. He attended Riverside Polytechnic High School.[2]
Career[]
Football[]
He was an actor four years before he began playing college football and he was an all-conference offensive guard at UCLA. Named to the first All-Star teams for both the Pacific-8 and the West Coast Athletic Conference, Clark also received All Star All American Honorable Mention Laurels, played in the Hula Bowl and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the ninth round of the 1975 NFL Draft. While he did not appear in a National Football League game, he did play in the Canadian Football League for 20 games for the Toronto Argonauts (in 1977 and 1978).[a][3]
Acting[]
Clark had a prominent co-starring role as Sid Gomez in the 1990s science fiction show William Shatner's Tek War.[1]
He also appeared on Night Heat, RoboCop: Prime Directives, The Twilight Zone, Side Effects, Tropical Heat, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, The L.A. Complex, and made a cameo in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie. He also starred in the VH1 film Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story, Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story',[1] and the thriller Legend of the Mountain Witch.[4]
Clark played the role of Mufasa in the Ontario Broadway production of The Lion King for two years.[citation needed]
Clark's best-known theatrical film role was in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead as the head zombie, "Big Daddy".[1]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Improper Channels | Security Guard #1 | |
| 1984 | Thrillkill | Grissom | |
| 1985 | Martin's Day | Hydro Repairman | |
| 1986 | Flying | Roy Teler | |
| 1987 | Three Men and a Baby | Man at Party #1 | |
| 1988 | The Good Mother | Arch | |
| 1989 | Millennium | Craig Ashby | |
| 1989 | Mindfield | Hugh McVeigh | |
| 1992 | The Swordsman | Police Captain | |
| 1995 | Gladiator Cop | Police Captain | |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta | Citizen 1 | |
| 1999 | One Heart Broken Into Song | Hud Jarvis | |
| 2000 | The Magic of Marciano | Del | |
| 2000 | Turn It Up | Marshall | |
| 2000 | Slow Burn | Attorney Marlowe King | |
| 2001 | Cause of Death | Det. Carmine De Luca | |
| 2005 | Land of the Dead | Big Daddy | |
| 2006 | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie | Cadillac | |
| 2007 | Still Small Voices | Sergeant Gillett | |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Washburn | |
| 2007 | Talk to Me | Bar Patron 2 | |
| 2009 | Walled In | Burnett | |
| 2009 | Dolan's Cadillac | Tink | |
| 2011 | High Chicago | Buzz | |
| 2012 | Home Again | Principle Raye | |
| 2012 | A Dark Truth | Clive Bell | |
| 2015 | Born to Be Blue | Henry Azuka | |
| 2015 | Look Again | Clarence | |
| 2017 | The Recall | Eddie Jackson |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Kung Fu | Comanchero | Episode: "The Spirit-Helper" |
| 1976 | Most Wanted | Cleveland Jones | Episode: "The Heisman Killer" |
| 1984 | The House of Dies Drear | River Ross Darrow | Television film |
| 1985 | Shellgame | Big Edward | |
| 1985–1989 | Night Heat | Det. Colby Burns | 95 episodes |
| 1986 | Seeing Things | Lonnie | Episode: "Optical Illusion" |
| 1986 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Rufe | Episode: "Pickup on Noon Street" |
| 1986 | Doing Life | Wiggins | Television film |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Roberts | |
| 1986 | Hot Shots | Det. Colby Burns | 2 episodes |
| 1987 | Echoes in the Darkness | Proctor Nowell | |
| 1987–1991 | Street Legal | Delroy Payne /
Judge Rawlings |
3 episodes |
| 1988 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Andy Wilson | Episode: "User Deadly" |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds | Sgt. Gordon Reynolds | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | The Twilight Zone | Capt. Henry Kincaid | Episode: "The Wall" |
| 1989–1991 | E.N.G. | John Elman / Garbageman | 18 episodes |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Rev. Marcus Calvin | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1990 | The Kissing Place | Bus Driver | Television film |
| 1990 | Johnny Ryan | Joe Johnson | |
| 1991 | In the Heat of the Night | L.A.P.D. Detective | Episode: "Just a Country Boy" |
| 1991 | Knight Rider 2000 | Officer Kurt Miller | Television film |
| 1991 | Plymouth | Larry | |
| 1991 | Counterstrike | Clayton | Episode: "Fire in the Streets" |
| 1991–1992 | Tropical Heat | Ollie Porte | 16 episodes |
| 1992 | Secret Service | Fats | Episode: "A Teller of Tales/Food for Thought" |
| 1992 | Great Scott! | Coach | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | From the Files of Joseph
Wambaugh: A Jury of One |
Det. Dick Price | Television film |
| 1992 | Split Images | Malik | |
| 1993 | Top Cops | Wisdom | Episode: "Craig Chew/Denny Joyce/
Norman Pressley" |
| 1993 | Trial & Error | Andrew Barnes /
Sandi Richards |
Television film |
| 1993 | Gross Misconduct: The Life of | Lenn Wright | |
| 1994 | TekWar | Sid Gomez | |
| 1994 | TekWar: TekLords | ||
| 1994 | TekWar: TekLab | ||
| 1994 | Catwalk | Burr | Episode: "Killing Time" |
| 1994 | TekWar: TekJustice | Sid Gomez | Television film |
| 1994 | Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story | Det. Cabrillo | |
| 1994–1995 | TekWar | Sid Gomez | 8 episodes |
| 1995 | Falling for You | Detective | Television film |
| 1995–1996 | Side Effects | Ray Whelan | 7 episodes |
| 1996 | Lonesome Dove: The Series | Foley | Episode: "Partners" |
| 1997 | Due South | Joe Mendelson | Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" |
| 1997 | Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way | Bob Watson | Television film |
| 1997 | Face Down | Captain McGuiness | |
| 1997 | Jack Higgins's the Windsor Protocol | Vice President Anson Powers | |
| 1998 | The Last Don II | Agent McKiff | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Free of Eden | 'Fast' Freddie | Television film |
| 1998 | Dead Husbands | Sheriff Moss | |
| 1999 | Little Men | Samuel Tyler | Episode: "The Living Years" |
| 1999 | In the Company of Spies | Edward Boyd | Television film |
| 1999 | Earth: Final Conflict | Mayor Carter Dubois | Episode: "Déjà Vu" |
| 1999 | The City | Russell Carter | Episode: "Joy Ride: Part II" |
| 2000 | On Hostile Ground | Mayor John Lafitte | Television film |
| 2000 | Who Killed Atlanta's Children? | Dave | |
| 2001 | RoboCop: Prime Directives | Carver RH | Episode: "Meltdown" |
| 2002 | Doc | Coach Thomas | Episode: "Love of the Game" |
| 2002–2004 | Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye | Ted Garrett | 16 episodes |
| 2003 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Preacher #1 | Episode: "Sounder" |
| 2003 | Jasper, Texas | Don Clark | Television film |
| 2003 | The District | Eugene Birch | Episode: "Blind Eye" |
| 2004 | Reversible Errors | Chief Harold Greer | Television film |
| 2004 | Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story | Bobby | |
| 2004 | Threat Matrix | Honorable Justice Lamb | Episode: "19 Seconds" |
| 2005 | Tilt | Dr. Marcellin | Episode: "Risk Tolerance" |
| 2005 | Murder at the Presidio | Captain Donovan | Television film |
| 2005 | Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story | Reginald Spivey | |
| 2005 | This Is Wonderland | Reverend Thomas | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Doomstown | Officer Connors | Television film |
| 2007 | Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming | Older Vet | |
| 2007–2010 | The Latest Buzz | Mr. Pierce | 5 episodes |
| 2009 | The Line | Currie | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Deadliest Sea | Moss | Television film |
| 2009 | Majority Rules! | Frank | Episode: "Go Girl!" |
| 2009 | Too Late to Say Goodbye | Richmond Chief | Television film |
| 2010–2012 | Wingin' It | Coach Heinrich | 8 episodes |
| 2011 | Breakout Kings | The Mayor | Episode: "Where in the World Is Carmen Vega" |
| 2011 | Dan for Mayor | Police Chief Paddy O'Malley | Episode: "Awkward Speedoo" |
| 2012 | The Firm | Judge Pruill | Episode: "Chapter Five" |
| 2012 | Lost Girl | Fletcher | Episode: "The Girl Who Fae'd with Fire" |
| 2012 | Stand by Your Booth | Nick | Television film |
| 2012 | The Listener | Abbassi Ayim | Episode: "The Taking" |
| 2012 | Aladdin and the Death Lamp | Khalil | Television film |
| 2012 | The L.A. Complex | Walter Dougan | 8 episodes |
| 2013 | Cracked | ETF Squad Leader | Episode: "Swans" |
| 2014 | Remedy | Curtis Decker | Episode: "The Little Things" |
| 2014 | An En Vogue Christmas | Nathan | Television film |
| 2014–2017 | Space Riders: Division Earth | Commander Stern | 8 episodes |
| 2015 | The Art of More | Edward Leigh Mason | 9 episodes |
| 2017 | Bruno & Boots | King Diaz | Television film |
| 2017 | Private Eyes | Judge | Episode: "The P.I. Code" |
| 2017 | Dark Matter | Sheriff Vargas | Episode: "Isn't That a Paradox?" |
| 2017 | Frankie Drake Mysteries | Jack Porter | Episode: "Mother of Pearl" |
| 2017 | Christmas Next Door | Nick / Agent | Television film |
| 2018 | In Contempt | Franklin | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Nostalgic Christmas | Martin DeLong | Television film |
| 2020 | Blue's Clues & You! | Potato | Episode: "Growing with Blue" |
| 2020 | The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel | Presiding Bishop | Television film |
| 2020 | Transplant | Marcus Curtis | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Marry Me This Christmas | 'Pops' Reed | Television film |
| 2021 | The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice | Herc Zinneman |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Eugene Clark". IMDb. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Eugene Clark football Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ "Canadian Football League". www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ "Trailer of the Mountain Witch". Dread Central. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 19 May 2021.[self-published source]
Notes[]
- ^ A scan of a 1978 Toronto Argonauts program shows Clark's football biography and correct birthdate.[self-published source?]
External links[]
- Eugene Clark at IMDb
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