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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 4, 1939
Place of Birth:
Buffalo, New York
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Oliver Clark
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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.[citation needed] 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 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mystery Men | Reverse Psychologist |
| 1996 | Christmas in Cartoontown | Santa Claus (voice) |
| 1988 | Ernest Saves Christmas | Joe Carruthers |
| 1983 | One Cooks, the Other Doesn't | Danny |
| 1983 | Happy Endings | Murray Cramer |
| 1983 | Doctor Detroit | Shaky Alcoholic Lawyer |
| 1983 | I Take These Men | Dr. Norman Krevoy |
| 1980 | The Last Married Couple in America | Max Dryden |
| 1979 | Hanging by a Thread | Eddie Minton |
| 1978 | Fame | Billy Dorfman |
| 1977 | Fire Sale | Mr. Blossom |
| 1977 | Another Man, Another Chance | Evans |
| 1976 | The Great Texas Dynamite Chase | Officer Andy |
| 1976 | A Star Is Born | Gary Danziger |
| 1975 | The Orphan and the Dude | Oliver 'The Orphan' Smith |
| 1972 | Deadhead Miles | Durazno |
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants | Mr. Small |
| 1970 | The Landlord | Mr. Farcus |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ed | Mr. Walsh |
| 1997 | George & Leo | |
| 1995 | Murder One | Judge Douglas Harrigan |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Dr. Lamarr |
| 1989 | Life Goes On | |
| 1988 | Dear John | Arthur Prescott |
| 1987 | Full House | |
| 1985 | Mr. Belvedere | |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Roger |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "Tooth and Consequences") |
| 1984 | Night Court | Nick Wilson |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | Jason Santo |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | |
| 1982 | It Takes Two | |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | John Doe #6 |
| 1981 | The Two of Us | Cubby Royce |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Carl Berman |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Dr. McGee |
| 1977 | We've Got Each Other | Stuart Hibbard |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons | |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Fur Thief |
| 1975 | Khan! | |
| 1975 | Doctors' Hospital | |
| 1975 | Karen | |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Vern Bidell |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Dr. Richard P. Gesslin DDS |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Carl Ebling |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Eugene Corbett |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | K. Julian Krubm |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show | |
| 1972 | Ghost Story | Marks |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Lt. Brooks |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Homer Breedlove (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show | Mr. Ed Herd |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Billy Dorfman |