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Oliver Clark is a Actor American born on 4 january 1939 at Buffalo (USA)
Oliver Clark (born January 4, 1939) is an American character actor.
Clark was born Richard Mardirosian in Buffalo, New York, the son of Afro (née Karahos) and Matthew Mardirosian. He is of Armenian heritage. His brother, Tom Mardirosian, is also an actor. Clark made numerous appearances in film and television, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s. Two of his best-known characters were John Doe #6 on the NBC drama St. Elsewhere, a likeable and humorous psychiatric patient, and Mr. Herd, a patient of psychologist Bob Hartley on the CBS situation comedy The Bob Newhart Show. He played Mr. Belding in the original pilot of the series Good Morning Miss Bliss but was subsequently replaced by Dennis Haskins.
Clark also played Roger Barton on an episode of The Golden Girls, and played Joe Carruthers, the man who later becomes Santa Claus, in the holiday comedy film Ernest Saves Christmas.
Clark also appeared on two episodes of M*A*S*H (TV series), Season 5 Episode 16 38 "Across "as Hawkeye's college buddy who's now a Navy Doctor on board a Carrier of the Korean coast, and a wiz at crossword puzzles, Hawkeye contacts him via telephone when he gets stuck on the final word to finish the puzzle, but a mistake in communicating the true nature of his call, leads the buddy to believe a medical emergency is going on at MASH, and leaves the ship in the company of a visiting high ranking Naval Medical officer, an Admiral, (Dick O'Neill) to make the long trip to MASH, only to find the real reason, and the mistake; and Season 6, Episode 20 "Mail Call Three" as a second Captain Benjamin Pierce (an Infantry Officer), where each Captain had been mistakenly receiving the other's mail.
Clark also played roles on Barney Miller, appearing in six episodes:
"The Layoff" (1975) ... Fur Thief
"Noninvolvement" (1976) ... Charles "Charlie" Yusick
"Hostage" (1978) ... Vern Bidell
"The Dentist" (1979) ... Dr. Gesslin
"The Doll" (1981) ... Eugene Corbin
"Landmark: Part 3" (1982) ... Carl Ebling
Clark was a regular on the 1975 situation comedy Karen. In 1977, he appeared in an episode of the ABC crime drama The Feather and Father Gang.
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Oliver Clark (born January 4, 1939) is an American character actor.
Clark was born Richard Mardirosian in Buffalo, New York, the son of Afro (née Karahos) and Matthew Mardirosian. He is of Armenian heritage. His brother, Tom Mardirosian, is also an actor. Clark made numerous appearances in film and television, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s. Two of his best-known characters were John Doe #6 on the NBC drama St. Elsewhere, a likeable and humorous psychiatric patient, and Mr. Herd, a patient of psychologist Bob Hartley on the CBS situation comedy The Bob Newhart Show. He played Mr. Belding in the original pilot of the series Good Morning Miss Bliss but was subsequently replaced by Dennis Haskins.
Clark also played Roger Barton on an episode of The Golden Girls, and played Joe Carruthers, the man who later becomes Santa Claus, in the holiday comedy film Ernest Saves Christmas.
Clark also appeared on two episodes of M*A*S*H (TV series), Season 5 Episode 16 38 "Across "as Hawkeye's college buddy who's now a Navy Doctor on board a Carrier of the Korean coast, and a wiz at crossword puzzles, Hawkeye contacts him via telephone when he gets stuck on the final word to finish the puzzle, but a mistake in communicating the true nature of his call, leads the buddy to believe a medical emergency is going on at MASH, and leaves the ship in the company of a visiting high ranking Naval Medical officer, an Admiral, (Dick O'Neill) to make the long trip to MASH, only to find the real reason, and the mistake; and Season 6, Episode 20 "Mail Call Three" as a second Captain Benjamin Pierce (an Infantry Officer), where each Captain had been mistakenly receiving the other's mail.
Clark also played roles on Barney Miller, appearing in six episodes:
"The Layoff" (1975) ... Fur Thief
"Noninvolvement" (1976) ... Charles "Charlie" Yusick
"Hostage" (1978) ... Vern Bidell
"The Dentist" (1979) ... Dr. Gesslin
"The Doll" (1981) ... Eugene Corbin
"Landmark: Part 3" (1982) ... Carl Ebling
Clark was a regular on the 1975 situation comedy Karen. In 1977, he appeared in an episode of the ABC crime drama The Feather and Father Gang.
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Crazy in Alabama (1999)
, 1h51Directed by Antonio Banderas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about racism
Actors Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf, Rod Steiger
Rating61%
In 1965, Peter Joseph "Peejoe" Bullis lives in a small town in Alabama during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. He becomes involved with a group of black students protesting the town's racially segregated municipal swimming pool, leading to a protest that explodes into deadly violence. A young black boy, Taylor Jackson, is killed by the town sheriff. Peejoe, the only witness, is pressured by the sheriff to keep it quiet. However, Peejoe has learned from the example of his free-spirited Aunt Lucille Vinson, who has killed her abusive husband and is headed for Hollywood, where she is convinced that television stardom awaits her.
Mystery Men (1999)
, 2hDirected by Kinka Usher
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films
Actors Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Stiller, Jenifer Lewis, Greg Kinnear
Roles Reverse Psychologist
Rating60%
In the metropolis of Champion City, the would-be superhero team of Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller), The Shoveler (William H. Macy), and The Blue Raja (Hank Azaria) attempt to make a name for themselves, but their suspect skills make them ineffective, and they find themselves upstaged by the city's most successful superhero, Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear). However, Amazing is finding that his effectiveness at fighting crime has practically made his job obsolete, and without any worthy adversaries remaining (some of them are either dead, in exile, or still in jail), his corporate sponsors are beginning to pull their funding. To create a need for himself, Amazing uses his alter ego, billionaire lawyer Lance Hunt, to argue for the release of insane supervillain Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush). The plan backfires; once reunited with Tony P (Eddie Izzard) and his Disco Boys, Casanova Frankenstein blows up the insane asylum, captures Amazing, and prepares to unleash a doomsday device: the "Psycho-frakulator", which lethally bends reality. Mr. Furious, while spying on Casanova Frankenstein's mansion, discovers Amazing's capture and informs the others.
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
, 1h35Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Buddy films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Billie Bird
Roles Joe Carruthers
Rating56%
A man who claims to be Santa Claus (Douglas Seale) arrives at the Orlando International Airport in Florida. Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) is working as a taxi driver. He takes a passenger to the airport, but speeds and the passenger falls out of the taxi. Ernest later picks up Santa Claus, who tells Ernest that he is on his way to inform a local celebrity named Joe Carruthers (Oliver Clark) that he has been chosen to be the new Santa Claus. Carruthers hosts a children's program named Uncle Joey's Treehouse in the Orlando area similar to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood with emphasis on manners and integrity with the catchphrase "They never get old. They always stay new. Those three little words, Please and Thank You.
Doctor Detroit (1983)
, 1h30Directed by Michael Pressman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Spy films
Actors Dan Aykroyd, Parley Baer, Howard Hesseman, Fran Drescher, Blackie Dammett, Donna Dixon
Roles Shaky Alcoholic Lawyer
Rating52%
A introverted geek, Clifford Skridlow (Dan Aykroyd), is a professor of comparative literature at the financially strapped (fictional) Monroe College in Chicago.
, 1h44Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Natalie Wood, George Segal, Richard Benjamin, Valerie Harper, Bob Dishy, Dom DeLuise
Roles Max Dryden
Rating53%
Hanging by a Thread (1979)
, 3h10Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Patty Duke, Joyce Bulifant, Oliver Clark, Bert Convy, Burr DeBenning, Donna Mills
Roles Eddie Minton
Rating56%
Un groupe d'amis est piégé dans un téléphérique en panne au dessus d'un ravin alors qu'un terrible orage se prépare. Le personnel et les autorités font leur possible pour sauver la vie des passagers.
Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
, 2h12Directed by Claude Lelouch
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Francis Huster, Susan Tyrrell, Richard Farnsworth, Christopher Lloyd
Roles Evans
Rating62%
France in 1870: Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia and left the country in poverty.
, 2h35Directed by Tom Laughlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Tom Laughlin, E. G. Marshall, Lucie Arnaz, Delores Taylor, Suzanne Somers, Sam Wanamaker
Rating44%
Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) is appointed a United States Senator to fill out the remaining term of another Senator. It is hoped that he will quietly vote the party line, but his term in the Senate runs into trouble when he proposes a bill to fund a national youth camp which happens to be on the property where a nuclear power plant is also being proposed. His fellow Senator Joseph Paine (E. G. Marshall) claims to oppose nuclear power but is secretly taking graft to influence his votes in favor, and moves to try to keep Billy Jack out of the way when the bill is being debated.
Fire Sale (1977)
, 1h28Directed by Alan Arkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Alan Arkin, Rob Reiner, Vincent Gardenia, Sid Caesar, Byron Stewart, Kay Medford
Roles Mr. Blossom
Rating54%
Benny Fikus decides to cash in on his business' fire insurance by committing arson. Benny plans to have Sherman, who is in a mental hospital believing that World War II is still being fought, escape and burn down Benny's failing clothing store which he has made Sherman believe is a Nazi military headquarters.
A Star Is Born (1976)
, 2h20Directed by Frank Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Barbra Streisand, Gary Busey, Paul Mazursky, Robert Englund, Joanne Linville
Roles Gary Danziger
Rating60%
Esther Hoffman, an aspiring singer/songwriter, meets John Norman Howard, a famous, successful and self-destructive singer/songwriter rock star, whom, after a series of coincidental meetings, she finally starts dating. Believing in her talent, John gives her a helping hand and her career begins to eclipse his.
, 1h30Directed by Michael Pressman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Claudia Jennings, Jocelyn Jones, Johnny Crawford, Oliver Clark, Tom Rosqui, Bart Braverman
Roles Officer Andy
Rating58%
Busting out of prison, sexy blonde Claudia Jennings (as Candy Morgan) gets out of her jumpsuit and robs a small Texas bank, with lighted sticks of dynamite. Ms. Jennings is assisted by sexy blonde bank teller Jocelyn Jones (as Ellie-Jo Turner), who has just been fired for "total lack of character." Lingering in bed with men causes Ms. Jones to be late for work. Later, Jennings picks up Jones hitchhiking. The two tightly outfitted women decide to team-up and become a modern-day "Bonnie and Clyde" (or "Bonnie and Bonnie"). They meet ex-"Riflemen" cowboy Johnny Crawford (as Slim) robbing a convenience store, and take him hostage. Knowing good gigs when he sees them, Mr. Crawford makes the dynamite duo a threesome.
Deadhead Miles (1972)
, 1h33Directed by Vernon Zimmerman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Alan Arkin, Bruce Bennett, Charles Durning, William Duell, Richard Kiel, Donna Anderson
Roles Durazno
Rating56%
They Might Be Giants (1971)
, 1h38Directed by Anthony Harvey
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Sherlock Holmes films, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Oliver Clark, Al Lewis, Rue McClanahan
Roles Mr. Small
Rating66%
Justin Playfair (Scott) is a millionaire who retreats into fantasy after his wife's death, imagining himself to be Sherlock Holmes, the legendary fictional detective. Complete with deerstalker hat, pipe and violin, he spends his days in a homemade criminal laboratory, constantly paranoid about plots hatched by his (Holmes's) archenemy, Professor Moriarty.
Hercules in New York (1970)
, 1h31Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, James Karen, Ernest Graves, Merwin Goldsmith, Rudy Bond
Rating33%
Hercules, at Olympus, berates his father Zeus for not allowing him to leave the gods' abode to adventure on earth. Eventually Zeus sends Hercules, on a beam, to the land of men.
The Landlord (1970)
, 1h52Directed by Hal Ashby
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr., Walter Brooke
Roles Mr. Farcus
Rating68%
Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges), a man who lives off his parents' wealth, buys himself an inner-city tenement, in the transitional neighborhood of 1970 Park Slope, Brooklyn, planning to evict all the occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. However, once he ventures into the tenement, he gradually grows fond of the low-income black residents who dwell there. Enders decides to remain as the landlord, and help fix the apartment building. He rebels against his WASP upbringing, and to his parents' dismay, he romances two black women.