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Clinton Sundberg

Clinton Sundberg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clinton Charles Sundberg (December 7, 1903 – December 14, 1987) was an American character actor in film and stage. Sundberg left teaching English literature for acting, appearing in plays in stock theater in New England. He appeared in a number of Broadway plays, debuting in Nine Pine Street (1933). His most notable roles were Mr. Kraler in the original 1957 production of The Diary of Anne Frank and Mortimer Brewster (as a replacement) in the 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace. He became a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he appeared in numerous supporting roles in films of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He played Mike, the bartender who listens to Judy Garland's character's troubles in Easter Parade. One of Sundberg's most memorable roles was in the 1949 film In the Good Old Summertime (which also starred Garland and Van Johnson) as Rudy Hansen, a friendly co-worker and confidante of Johnson's character. He also played the hotel owner who hired Annie Oakley to enter the shooting contest against Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun. He later made several television appearances, including two episodes of Perry Mason: "The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito" in 1963 and "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal" in 1966. He also appeared in several television commercials. In 1962, Sundberg was cast in the lead guest-starring role of Luther Boardman, a naive but troublesome newspaper publisher who comes to Laramie, Wyoming, to capture the story of "real West" gunfighters in "The Man Behind the News", one of the last episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Lawman, which starred John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop. Hal Baylor appears in the episode as gunfighter Mort Peters, whom Boardman (Sundberg) goads into a shootout with Troop. Sundberg died of heart failure in Santa Monica, California, aged 84.

Personal information

Birthday

1903-12-07

Birth Place

Appleton, Minnesota, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Date with Judy

A Date with Judy

1948

6.0

Movie
A Snow White Christmas

A Snow White Christmas

1980

4.4

Movie
Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

6.8

Movie
As Young as You Feel

As Young as You Feel

1951

6.8

Movie
Bachelor in Paradise

Bachelor in Paradise

1961

6.5

Movie
Big Jack

Big Jack

1949

6.0

Movie
Come to Dinner

Come to Dinner

1934

2.0

Movie
Command Decision

Command Decision

1948

6.6

Movie
Duchess of Idaho

Duchess of Idaho

1950

5.0

Movie
Easter Parade

Easter Parade

1948

7.0

Movie
Father Is a Bachelor

Father Is a Bachelor

1950

7.4

Movie
Good News

Good News

1947

6.2

Movie
Good Sam

Good Sam

1948

6.0

Movie
Hotel

Hotel

1967

6.1

Movie
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962

7.0

Movie
poster

I Love Lucy

1951

8.0

TV
In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime

1949

6.5

Movie
Key to the City

Key to the City

1950

6.1

Movie
Living in a Big Way

Living in a Big Way

1947

5.0

Movie
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946

5.3

Movie
Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway

1953

6.5

Movie
poster

Mayberry R.F.D.

1968

5.7

TV
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

1948

6.4

Movie
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

1950

6.0

Movie
On the Riviera

On the Riviera

1951

6.0

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Shadow Over Elveron

Shadow Over Elveron

1968

8.3

Movie
Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947

6.8

Movie
Sweethearts on Parade

Sweethearts on Parade

1953

0.0

Movie
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

6.9

Movie
The Amazing Mr. Nordill

The Amazing Mr. Nordill

1947

5.5

Movie
poster

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

7.6

TV
poster

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960

6.2

TV
The Barkleys of Broadway

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

6.9

Movie
The Belle of New York

The Belle of New York

1952

5.6

Movie
The Birds and the Bees

The Birds and the Bees

1956

6.8

Movie
The Caddy

The Caddy

1953

6.5

Movie
The Fat Man

The Fat Man

1951

5.7

Movie
The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

1953

4.0

Movie
The Hucksters

The Hucksters

1947

6.9

Movie
The Kissing Bandit

The Kissing Bandit

1948

3.0

Movie
The Mighty McGurk

The Mighty McGurk

1947

6.4

Movie
The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

7.1

Movie
The Toast of New Orleans

The Toast of New Orleans

1950

5.2

Movie
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962

5.8

Movie
Two Weeks with Love

Two Weeks with Love

1950

5.9

Movie
Undercover Maisie

Undercover Maisie

1947

8.0

Movie
Undercurrent

Undercurrent

1946

5.8

Movie
Words and Music

Words and Music

1948

5.7

Movie