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Ralph Clanton

Ralph Clanton

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Ralph Clanton (September 11, 1914 - December 29, 2002) was an American character actor. Although his name is not familiar to audiences, he did play a significant supporting role in a classic film which is revived regularly. His most often seen performance is as the Comte De Guiche in the 1950 film Cyrano de Bergerac, the first sound version in English of Edmond Rostand's classic play, and the film for which José Ferrer won his only Academy Award for Best Actor. Besides Ferrer as Cyrano, Clanton was the only holdover from the cast of the 1946 Broadway revival of the play, and would play the role of De Guiche opposite him once more, in a New York City Center production in 1953. In addition to playing De Guiche in "Cyrano", Clanton was featured in seven different episodes of Alfred Hitchcock's television show, as well as making several appearances on the Hallmark Hall of Fame. In 1976, he played the role of George Washington in a PBS television production of Sidney Kingsley's The Patriots, a drama that had itself been produced on the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1963, but without Clanton. He also played the role of Jasper Delaney on the TV soap operas, Another World and its spinoff, Somerset. He played the role of Mr. Ingram in the sci-fi thriller The 27th Day. He played guest star roles on numerous television series, including Perry Mason, in addition to appearing on Broadway in the role of Claude Nau in Robert Bolt's Vivat! Vivat Regina!, as well as in several Shakespeare productions. One of his last roles was a bit part in the hit Dan Aykroyd - Eddie Murphy film Trading Places, in 1983. In a playbill for the 1946 revival of Cyrano de Bergerac he is listed as a direct descendant of members of the infamous Clanton gang, which took part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Clanton,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1914-09-11

Movies and TV shows :

poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
poster

Behind Closed Doors

1958

0.0

TV
Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific

1949

5.3

Movie
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

1950

6.8

Movie
Death Be Not Proud

Death Be Not Proud

1975

6.0

Movie
poster

Great Performances

1971

5.2

TV
Hot Cars

Hot Cars

1956

5.7

Movie
Johnny Tremain

Johnny Tremain

1957

5.8

Movie
No Time to Be Young

No Time to Be Young

1957

6.1

Movie
Out of This World

Out of This World

1954

2.6

Movie
Panic in Year Zero!

Panic in Year Zero!

1962

6.2

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Pharaoh's Curse

Pharaoh's Curse

1957

4.3

Movie
San Antone

San Antone

1953

5.0

Movie
The 27th Day

The 27th Day

1957

6.2

Movie
The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961

6.4

Movie
The Patriots

The Patriots

1976

0.0

Movie
The Shady Hill Kidnapping

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

1982

0.0

Movie
The Vagabond King

The Vagabond King

1956

5.7

Movie
They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

1971

6.9

Movie
They Were Not Divided

They Were Not Divided

1950

5.9

Movie
Trading Places

Trading Places

1983

7.2

Movie
Undersea Girl

Undersea Girl

1957

3.7

Movie
Zorro, the Avenger

Zorro, the Avenger

1959

9.0

Movie