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person_profile-Ralph Clanton

Ralph Clanton Died at age: 88

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ralph Clanton

Date of Birth:

Sep 11, 1914

Country of birth:

Died:

Dec 29, 2002

Biography of

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

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Filmography of

Ralph Clanton

Found 19 Movies in total

Trading Places

Official #1 ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1982

The Patriots

George Washington ( Actor )

... 1976

Death Be Not Proud

Frank Boyden ( Actor )

... 1975

They Might Be Giants

Supermarket Manager ( Actor )

... 1971

Panic in Year Zero!

Radio Announcer ( Actor )

... 1962

The Absent-Minded Professor

O.J. Turnball (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Zorro, the Avenger

Senor George Brighton ( Actor )

... 1959

Undersea Girl

Sam Marvin ( Actor )

... 1957

No Time to Be Young

Mr. Parner ( Actor )

... 1957

Johnny Tremain

General Gage ( Actor )

... 1957

Pharaoh's Curse

Col. Cross ( Actor )

... 1957

The 27th Day

Mr Ingram ( Actor )

... 1957

Hot Cars

Arthur Markel ( Actor )

... 1956

The Vagabond King

Duke of Anjou ( Actor )

... 1956

San Antone

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1953

Cyrano de Bergerac

Antoine Comte de Guiche ( Actor )

... 1950

They Were Not Divided

David ( Actor )

... 1950

Canadian Pacific

Opening Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1949