Ralph Clanton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 11, 1914
- Died
- December 29, 2002
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.
Filmography
Trading Places 1983
as Official #1
The Shady Hill Kidnapping 1982
as Harper
The Patriots 1976
as George Washington
Death Be Not Proud 1975
as Frank Boyden
They Might Be Giants 1971
as Supermarket Manager
Panic in Year Zero! 1962
as Radio Announcer (voice / uncredited)
The Absent-Minded Professor 1961
as O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
Zorro, the Avenger 1959
as Senor George Brighton
Undersea Girl 1957
as Sam Marvin
No Time to Be Young 1957
as Mr. Parner
Johnny Tremain 1957
as General Gage
Pharaoh's Curse 1957
as Col. Cross
The 27th Day 1957
as Mr Ingram
Hot Cars 1956
as Arthur Markel
The Vagabond King 1956
as Duke of Anjou
- King Richard II
King Richard II 1954
as Bishop of Carlisle
Out of This World 1954
as Red
San Antone 1953
as Narrator (voice)
Cyrano de Bergerac 1950
as Antoine Comte de Guiche
They Were Not Divided 1950
as David
Canadian Pacific 1949
as Opening Narrator (voice)
Credits from TMDB.