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.
Known For
Credits
- 1983 · Trading Places as Official #1
- 1982 · The Shady Hill Kidnapping as Harper
- 1976 · The Patriots as George Washington
- 1975 · Death Be Not Proud as Frank Boyden
- 1971 · They Might Be Giants as Supermarket Manager
- 1971 · Great Performances as George Washington
- 1962 · Panic in Year Zero! as Radio Announcer (voice / uncredited)
- 1961 · The Absent-Minded Professor as O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
- 1959 · Zorro, the Avenger as Senor George Brighton
- 1958 · Behind Closed Doors as Ed Bailey
- 1957 · Undersea Girl as Sam Marvin
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Mervyn Aldritch
- 1957 · No Time to Be Young as Mr. Parner
- 1957 · Johnny Tremain as General Gage
- 1957 · Pharaoh's Curse as Col. Cross
- 1957 · The 27th Day as Mr Ingram
- 1956 · Hot Cars as Arthur Markel
- 1956 · The Vagabond King as Duke of Anjou
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Sir Stephen Hurstwood
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Randolph Burnside
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Perry Harrison
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ship's Purser
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mr. Saunders
- 1954 · Out of This World as Red
- 1953 · San Antone as Narrator (voice)
- 1950 · Cyrano de Bergerac as Antoine Comte de Guiche
- 1950 · They Were Not Divided as David
- 1949 · Canadian Pacific as Opening Narrator (voice)