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Height
  
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Name
  
Gary Clarke

Role
  

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Full Name
  
Clarke Frederic Lamoreaux

Born
  
August 16, 1933 (age 91) (
1933-08-16
)
Los Angeles, California, USA

Occupation
  
Spouse
  
Pat Woodell (m. 1964–1977)

Residence
  
Buda, Texas, United States

Children
  
Dennis Clarke, Jeff Clarke, David Clarke, Ava Clarke

Movies and TV shows
  
Similar People
  
Roberta Shore, James Drury, Randy Boone, Pat Woodell, Lee J Cobb

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Gary Clarke (born Clarke L'Amoreaux, August 16, 1933) is an American actor best known for his role as Steve Hill in the NBC western television series The Virginian with James Drury and Doug McClure.

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Early life

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Clarke was born in Los Angeles, California, of French and Mexican heritage, and grew up in the predominantly Chicano neighborhood of East Los Angeles. While in high school, he began pursuing the idea of an acting career, and after graduation won a role in a community theater play in San Gabriel, California. This led to work in a series of plays in Glendale. During this time, Clarke was working as a machinist in San Gabriel, as well as a newspaper deliveryman.

Film and television career

Clarke began his screen career with the 1958 film Dragstrip Riot, recalling that agent Byron Griffith, who had seen him perform in Glendale, arranged for an audition that eventually led to his filling the lead role. Clarke recalled:

I drove from San Gabriel to Hollywood and read for the part, and I got in as a member of the good gang. I went back to work the next day and my agent called me again and he said, 'Gary, they have just lost the lead in the movie. Can you get down here?' Yes! So I ... went home [from work] and changed and went down, and I read every day for five days. I didn't go back to work, I just kept calling in sick.

He went on to work in other films, including How to Make a Monster, and Missile to the Moon (both 1958), Date Bait (1960), and Passion Street, U.S.A. (1964). He has said he was a contract player at Universal Pictures.

In the 1960-1961 season, he appeared as Dick Hamilton in the single-season NBC television series Michael Shayne, based on the fictional private detective character created by Brett Halliday, opposite Richard Denning as the title character. Afterward, he appeared as Tad Kimball, a friend of the character Jess Harper, played by Robert Fuller, in the episode "The Fatal Step" of the NBC Western series Laramie.

Clarke played Steve Hill in the cast of the long-running TV Western series The Virginian, remaining on the show from 1962 to 1964. His last series as a cast-member was the 1967 ABC Western Hondo, playing Captain Richards.

Clarke said in an interview that his friend and co-star Steve Ihnat and he wrote the screenplay for director Ted V. Mikels' film Strike Me Deadly (1963), though the film's credits list only Ihnat and Mikels. Later that decade, Clarke under his birth name wrote several scripts for the NBC espionage sitcom Get Smart, which introduced the running character Hymie the Robot.

In the 1980s and 1990s, he wrote and produced television public-service announcements including "Youth at Risk", narrated nonfiction short films including "Promoting Healthy Behavior", and appeared in TV series including Dynasty and The Young Riders, in which he had a four-episode recurring role. His films in the 2010s include The Paperboy (2012) and Parkland (2013).

In 2014, the production company L’Amoreaux/Bartlett/Race/Thomas sought actors for an independent TV pilot, Bandits and Tadpoles, written by Bartlett and Thomas and directed by Clarke, about a young boy whose daydreams put him in the American Old West of the Owen Wister novel The Virginian. It filmed June 26–30, 2014, near Austin, Texas, under the title Billy and the Bandit, with a cast including James Drury and Roberta Shore, from Clarke's old series The Virginian; 11-year-old Jordan Elsass as Billy; Ava L'Amoreaux and Donny Boaz as his parents; and Buck Taylor as a ranch foreman.

Singing career

While a cast-member of Michael Shayne, Clarke released the single "Tomorrow May Never Come", backed with "One Way Ticket", for RCA Victor Records. While on The Virginian, he sang a cover of the theme song, backed with "One Summer in a Million", for Decca Records.

Personal life

In July 2003, Clarke and Drury, along with two other The Virginian co-stars, Roberta Shore and singer Randy Boone, were guests at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Clarke was a teenager when he married his first wife, Marilyn,and the couple had three boys within three years, Jeff, Dennis, and David. Clarke's second wife was Petticoat Junction actress Pat Woodell, but they later divorced. He married his third wife, Jerrene, in 1991. They have two daughters, Ava and Natalie.

As of 2011, Clarke resided in Austin, Texas.

The Virginian episodes

Clarke appeared in these 45 episodes from 1962 to 1964:

  • The Executioners (19 September 1962)
  • Woman from White Wing (26 September 1962)
  • Throw a Long Rope (3 October 1962)
  • The Big Deal (10 October 1962)
  • The Brazen Bell (17 October 1962)
  • Big Day, Great Day (24 October 1962)
  • Riff-Raff (7 November 1962)
  • Impasse (14 November 1962)
  • It Tolls for Thee (21 November 1962)
  • The Devil's Children (5 December 1962)
  • 50 Days to Moose Jaw (12 December 1962)
  • The Accomplice (19 December 1962)
  • The Man from the Sea (26 December 1962)
  • Duel at Shiloh (2 January 1963)
  • The Exiles (9 January 1963)
  • Say Goodbye to All That (23 January 1963)
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Die (30 January 1963)
  • The Small Parade (20 February 1963)
  • The Money Cage (6 March 1963)
  • A Distant Fury (20 March 1963)
  • Run Away Home (24 April 1963)
  • Ride a Dark Trail (18 September 1963)
  • A Killer in Town (9 October 1963)
  • The Evil That Men Do (16 October 1963)
  • It Takes a Big Man (23 October 1963)
  • Brother Thaddeus (30 October 1963)
  • A Portrait of Marie Valonne (6 November 1963)
  • Run Quiet (13 November 1963)
  • Stopover in a Western Town (27 November 1963)
  • The Fatal Journey (4 December 1963)
  • A Time Remembered (11 December 1963)
  • The Invaders (1 January 1964)
  • Roar from the Mountain (8 January 1964)
  • The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath (22 January 1964)
  • The Drifter (29 January 1964)
  • First to Thine Own Self (12 February 1964)
  • Smile of a Dragon (26 February 1964)
  • Another's Footsteps (11 March 1964)
  • Rope of Lies (25 March 1964)
  • A Bride for Lars (15 April 1964)
  • Dark Destiny (29 April 1964) l
  • A Man Called Kane (6 May 1964)
  • Felicity's Spring (14 October 1964)
  • Big Image... Little Man (28 October 1964)
  • The Girl from Yesterday (11 November 1964)
  • Filmography

    Actor
    -
    House of Abraham (pre-production) as
    Victor
    -
    Billy and the Bandit (TV Movie) (post-production) as
    Dr. Ben
    2022
    Rio Concho (TV Series)
    - The Saloonkeep
    2021
    IRA: Cashing In (Short) as
    Liam
    2020
    Why Me? as
    Attorney
    2017
    So You Wanna Make a Movie (Short)
    2013
    Parkland as
    Admiral George Burkley
    2012
    The Paperboy as
    Weldon Pine
    1996
    My Son Is Innocent (TV Movie) as
    Hearing Judge
    1996
    Hijacked: Flight 285 (TV Movie) as
    Hugh Easton
    1995
    Legend (TV Series) as
    Reporter #1
    - Clueless in San Francisco (1995) - Reporter #1
    1993
    Tombstone as
    Crawley Dake (as Gary Clark)
    1993
    A Mother's Revenge (TV Movie)
    1990
    The Young Riders (TV Series) as
    Col. Sawyer / P.J. Curtis / Reverend, Minister / ...
    - Between Rock Creek and a Hard Place (1991) - Col. Sawyer
    - Old Scores (1991) - P.J. Curtis
    - Blood Moon (1990) - Reverend, Minister
    - Decoy (1990) - Undersecretary Stanfield
    1991
    Lightning Field (TV Movie) as
    Dr. Daley
    1988
    The Highwayman (TV Series) as
    Sheriff
    - Summer of '45 (1988) - Sheriff
    1988
    Probe (TV Series) as
    Paul Watkins
    - Now You See It- (1988) - Paul Watkins
    1987
    1st & Ten (TV Series)
    - The Big One (1987) - (uncredited)
    1986
    Comedy Factory (TV Series) as
    Maitre d'
    - Hearts of Steel (1986) - Maitre d'
    1986
    The A-Team (TV Series) as
    Charlie Sherman
    - Waiting for Insane Wayne (1986) - Charlie Sherman
    1985
    Hollywood Beat (TV Series) as
    Cain's attorney
    - The Long Weekend (1985) - Cain's attorney
    1985
    Dynasty (TV Series) as
    Det. Sergeant / Police Sergeant
    - The Man (1985) - Police Sergeant
    - Royal Wedding (1985) - Det. Sergeant
    - Kidnapped (1985) - Det. Sergeant
    1985
    Hail to the Chief (TV Series) as
    General #1
    - Episode #1.6 (1985) - General #1
    1974
    The Rookies (TV Series) as
    Harvey Gleason
    - Blue Christmas (1974) - Harvey Gleason
    1974
    The F.B.I. (TV Series)
    - Survival (1974)
    1973
    Outrage (TV Movie) as
    Ron Werner's Attorney
    1973
    Chase (TV Series) as
    Sergeant Clemens
    - The Dealer-Wheelers (1973) - Sergeant Clemens
    1973
    Search (TV Series) as
    Julian Whitfield
    - A Honeymoon to Kill (1973) - Julian Whitfield
    1972
    Call Me by My Rightful Name as
    Elliot
    1972
    Cannon (TV Series) as
    Mel Warren
    - Nobody Beats the House (1972) - Mel Warren
    1972
    The Sixth Sense (TV Series) as
    Mr. Sandifur
    - Gallows in the Wind (1972) - Mr. Sandifur
    1972
    The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) as
    Operations Clerk
    - The Takers (1972) - Operations Clerk
    1972
    Lassie (TV Series) as
    Father Lavery
    - A Girl and a Boy (Part 2) (1972) - Father Lavery
    1972
    Emergency! (TV Series) as
    Mr. Peters
    - Kids (1972) - Mr. Peters
    1972
    Class of '74 as
    John
    1972
    The Eyes of Charles Sand (TV Movie) as
    Raymond / David
    1971
    The Smith Family (TV Series) as
    Doctor
    - Family Man (1971) - Doctor
    1971
    Revenge! (TV Movie) as
    Ed Linnis
    1970
    Then Came Bronson (TV Series) as
    Ranger
    - The Forest Primeval (1970) - Ranger
    1969
    Bright Promise (TV Series) as
    Dr. Crosley (1969)
    1969
    Childish Things as
    Dr. Brown
    1968
    My Three Sons (TV Series) as
    David Storffman
    - The New Room (1968) - David Storffman
    1967
    Hondo (TV Series) as
    Captain Richards / Capt. Richards
    - Hondo and the Rebel Hat (1967) - Capt. Richards
    - Hondo and the Apache Trail (1967) - Captain Richards (credit only)
    - Hondo and the Gladiators (1967) - Capt. Richards
    - Hondo and the Hanging Town (1967) - Capt. Richards
    - Hondo and the Death Drive (1967) - Capt. Richards (credit only)
    - Hondo and the Ghost of Ed Dow (1967) - Capt. Richards
    - Hondo and the Sudden Town (1967) - Captain Richards
    - Hondo and the Comancheros (1967) - Captain Richards
    - Hondo and the Judas (1967) - Captain Richards
    - Hondo and the Mad Dog (1967) - Captain Richards
    - Hondo and the War Hawks (1967) - Captain Richards
    - Hondo and the Apache Kid (1967) - Capt. Richards
    - Hondo and the Savage (1967) - Capt. Richards
    - Hondo and the Superstition Massacre (1967) - Captain Richards
    - Hondo and the Singing Wire (1967) - Capt. Richards
    - Hondo and the War Cry (1967) - Captain Richards
    - Hondo and the Eagle Claw (1967) - Captain Richards
    1967
    Police Story (TV Movie) as
    Questor (as Gary Clark)
    1966
    Wild Wild Winter as
    Ronnie Duke
    1964
    Passion Street, U.S.A. as
    Joseph Redding
    1962
    The Virginian (TV Series) as
    Steve Hill
    - The Girl from Yesterday (1964) - Steve Hill
    - Big Image- Little Man (1964) - Steve Hill
    - Felicity's Spring (1964) - Steve Hill
    - A Man Called Kane (1964) - Steve Hill
    - Dark Destiny (1964) - Steve Hill
    - A Bride for Lars (1964) - Steve Hill
    - The Long Quest (1964) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - The Secret of Brynmar Hall (1964) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - Rope of Lies (1964) - Steve Hill
    - Another's Footsteps (1964) - Steve Hill
    - The Intruders (1964) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - Smile of a Dragon (1964) - Steve Hill
    - A Matter of Destiny (1964) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - First to Thine Own Self (1964) - Steve Hill
    - The Drifter (1964) - Steve Hill
    - The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath (1964) - Steve Hill
    - The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones (1964) - Steve Hill
    - Roar from the Mountain (1964) - Steve Hill
    - The Invaders (1964) - Steve Hill
    - Man of Violence (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - Siege (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - A Time Remembered (1963) - Steve Hill
    - The Fatal Journey (1963) - Steve Hill
    - Stopover in a Western Town (1963) - Steve Hill
    - Run Quiet (1963) - Steve Hill
    - A Portrait of Marie Valonne (1963) - Steve Hill
    - Brother Thaddeus (1963) - Steve Hill
    - It Takes a Big Man (1963) - Steve Hill
    - The Evil That Men Do (1963) - Steve Hill
    - A Killer in Town (1963) - Steve Hill
    - No Tears for Savannah (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - To Make This Place Remember (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - Ride a Dark Trail (1963) - Steve Hill
    - The Final Hour (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - Run Away Home (1963) - Steve Hill
    - The Mountain of the Sun (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - Strangers at Sundown (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - Echo of Another Day (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - A Distant Fury (1963) - Steve Hill
    - The Golden Door (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - The Money Cage (1963) - Steve Hill
    - Vengeance Is the Spur (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - The Small Parade (1963) - Steve Hill
    - If You Have Tears (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - The Man Who Couldn't Die (1963) - Steve Hill
    - Say Goodbye to All That (1963) - Steve Hill
    - The Judgment (1963) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - The Exiles (1963) - Steve Hill
    - Duel at Shiloh (1963) - Steve Hill
    - The Man from the Sea (1962) - Steve Hill
    - The Accomplice (1962) - Steve Hill
    - 50 Days to Moose Jaw (1962) - Steve Hill
    - The Devil's Children (1962) - Steve Hill
    - West (1962) - Steve Hill (credit only)
    - It Tolls for Thee (1962) - Steve Hill
    - Impasse (1962) - Steve Hill
    - Riff-Raff (1962) - Steve Hill
    - Big Day, Great Day (1962) - Steve Hill
    - The Brazen Bell (1962) - Steve Hill
    - The Big Deal (1962) - Steve Hill
    - Throw a Long Rope (1962) - Steve Hill
    - Woman from White Wing (1962) - Steve Hill
    - The Executioners (1962) - Steve Hill
    1963
    Strike Me Deadly as
    Jimmy Grant
    1963
    General Hospital (TV Series) as
    Jerome Garvey
    1961
    Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) as
    Davie Sawyer / Davey Hewitt
    - Don't Wake a Tiger (1962) - Davie Sawyer
    - Death Raffle (1961) - Davey Hewitt
    1962
    Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
    Johnny
    - The Dealer (1962) - Johnny
    1962
    The Tall Man (TV Series) as
    Bob Kelso
    - Quarantine (1962) - Bob Kelso
    1962
    Bachelor Father (TV Series) as
    Bruce
    - Summer Romance (1962) - Bruce
    1962
    Wagon Train (TV Series) as
    Lonnie Fallon
    - The Lonnie Fallon Story (1962) - Lonnie Fallon
    1962
    General Electric Theater (TV Series) as
    Jed Boynton
    - The Little Hours (1962) - Jed Boynton
    1961
    Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) as
    Trisko
    - The End of a World (1961) - Trisko
    1961
    87th Precinct (TV Series) as
    Jerry Fisher
    - My Friend, My Enemy (1961) - Jerry Fisher
    1961
    Laramie (TV Series) as
    Tad Kimball
    - The Fatal Step (1961) - Tad Kimball
    1961
    Thriller (TV Series) as
    Arthur Smith
    - The Weird Tailor (1961) - Arthur Smith
    1961
    The Absent Minded Professor as
    Boy at Dance (uncredited)
    1960
    Michael Shayne (TV Series) as
    Dick Hamilton
    - Strike Out (1961) - Dick Hamilton
    - The Ancient Art of Murder (1961) - Dick Hamilton
    - Murder 'Round My Wrist (1961) - Dick Hamilton
    - Spotlight on a Corpse (1961) - Dick Hamilton
    - The Man with a Cane (1961) - Dick Hamilton
    - Murder in Wonderland (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - Death Selects the Winner (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - Murder and the Wanton Bride (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - Murder Plays Charades (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - Blood on Biscayne Bay (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - The Poison Pen Club (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - Shoot the Works (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - Call for Michael Shayne (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - Framed in Blood (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - Die Like a Dog (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - A Night with Nora (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    - Dolls Are Deadly (1960) - Dick Hamilton
    1960
    Date Bait as
    Danny Logan
    1958
    Missile to the Moon as
    Lon
    1958
    How to Make a Monster as
    Larry Drake--Teenage Werewolf
    1958
    Dragstrip Riot as
    Rick Martin
    1958
    Sky King (TV Series) as
    Stony Harrison
    - Rodeo Decathlon (1958) - Stony Harrison
    1958
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
    Bellboy
    - The Motive (1958) - Bellboy
    1957
    Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (TV Series) as
    Sharpie
    - A Reasonable Doubt (1957) - Sharpie
    Writer
    -
    Greenbriar (announced)
    -
    Billy and the Bandit (TV Movie) (screenplay) (post-production)
    1966
    Get Smart (TV Series) (written by - 6 episodes)
    - Run, Robot, Run (1968) - (written by - as C.F. L'Amoreaux)
    - When Good Fellows Get Together (1967) - (written by - as C.F. L'Amoreaux)
    - Appointment in Sahara (1967) - (written by - as C. F. L'Amoreaux)
    - It Takes One to Know One (1967) - (written by - as C. F. L'Amoreaux)
    - Anatomy of a Lover (1966) - (written by - as C.F. L'Amoreaux)
    - Back to the Old Drawing Board (1966) - (written by - as C.F. L'Amoreaux)
    Director
    -
    Greenbriar (announced)
    -
    Billy and the Bandit (TV Movie) (post-production)
    2017
    So You Wanna Make a Movie (Short)
    Casting Director
    -
    Greenbriar (announced)
    Producer
    -
    Greenbriar (executive producer) (announced)
    Thanks
    2019
    Retrocausality (Short) (special thanks)
    Self
    1963
    The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Presentation of the TV Guide Awards with guests Martha Raye & Dean Martin (1963) - Self
    1963
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Skitch Henderson/Ed McMahon/Richard Chamberlain (1963) - Self - Guest
    1962
    Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.34 (1962) - Self
    Archive Footage
    1974
    Bad Men of the West (TV Movie) as
    Steve Hall
    1972
    The Bull of the West (TV Movie) as
    Steve
    1969
    Backtrack! as
    Steve
    1967
    Hondo and the Apaches (TV Movie) as
    Capt. Richards
    1965
    The Final Hour
    1962
    The Devil's Children as
    Steve HIll
    1962
    The Brazen Bell

    References

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