Oliver Clark
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 4, 1939, Buffalo, New York
- Movies
- 20
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Oliver Clark (born January 4, 1939) is an American character actor.
Clark was born Richard Mardirosian in Buffalo, New York, the son of Afro (née Karahos) and Matthew Mardirosian. He is of Armenian heritage.[citation needed] His brother, Tom Mardirosian, is also an actor. Clark made numerous appearances in film and television, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s. Two of his best-known characters were John Doe#6 on the NBC drama St. Elsewhere,a likeable and humorous psychiatric patient, and Mr. Herd, a patient of psychologist Bob Hartley on CBS situation comedy The Bob Newhart Show. He played Mr. Belding in the original pilot of the series Good Morning Miss Bliss but was subsequently replaced by Dennis Haskins.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2000 | Lost Souls | Mr. Silberman |
| 1999 | Mystery Men | Reverse Psychologist |
| 1997 | Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer | Judge Douglas Harrigan |
| 1996 | Christmas in Cartoontown | Santa Claus (voice) |
| 1988 | Ernest Saves Christmas | Joe Carruthers |
| 1983 | Happy Endings | Murray Cramer |
| 1983 | One Cooks, the Other Doesn't | Danny |
| 1983 | Doctor Detroit | Shaky Alcoholic Lawyer |
| 1983 | I Take These Men | Dr. Norman Krevoy |
| 1980 | The Last Married Couple in America | Max Dryden |
| 1978 | Fame | Billy Dorfman |
| 1977 | Another Man, Another Chance | Evans |
| 1977 | Fire Sale | Mr. Blossom |
| 1976 | A Star Is Born | Gary Danziger |
| 1976 | The Great Texas Dynamite Chase | Officer Andy |
| 1975 | The Orphan and the Dude | Oliver 'The Orphan' Smith |
| 1972 | Deadhead Miles | Durazno |
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants | Mr. Small |
| 1970 | The Landlord | Mr. Farcus |
| 1970 | Hercules in New York |
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