Richard Clarke
Birth Name:
Richard Clarke
Birth Place:
Durham, England
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- His first Broadway credit was in a 1964 production of Jean Kerr's "Poor Richard," in which he was the understudy for the lead, Alan Bates
- Best known as a stage actor and for his role as the Butler in "Meet Joe Black․"
- He often worked with the Lincoln Center where he would get roles as a butler or detective, such as in the plays "Racing Demon" and "Six Degrees of Separation․"
- His Broadway appearances include "Saint Joan," "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Arcadia," and "Taking Sides," among others
- He played British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, whom he greatly resembled, in the 1990 miniseries "The Kennedys of Massachusetts․"
- He was part of the original Broadway cast of "The Elephant Man" in the role of Carr Gomm, whom he also played in the 1982 TV movie adaptation
- Made one of his final appearances on stage in "The Hiding Place" in January 2004, at which point he was nearly blind