Clinton Sundberg
- Recitazione
- 7 dicembre 1903 · Appleton, Minnesota, USA
- 14 dicembre 1987
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- That's Entertainment! III · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Il ladro e il ciabattino · Dying Soldier (Voce)
- Il Natale di Biancaneve · Thinker (Voce)
- Mayberry R.F.D. · Salesman
- Shadow Over Elveron · Gordon Yeager
- Intrighi al Grand Hotel · Lawrence Morgan
- La conquista del West · Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
- Avventura nella fantasia · The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)
- Uno scapolo in paradiso · Rodney Jones
- The Andy Griffith Show · Farley Upchurch
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show · Billy Devers
- Startime · Berry
- Perry Mason · Aaron Chambers
- Le tre notti di Eva · Purser
- MGM Parade
- Main Street to Broadway · Mr. Harry Craig
- Occhio alla palla · Charles the Butler
- Sweethearts on Parade · Dr. Harold Wayne
- The Girl Next Door · Samuels the butler
- La bella di New York · Gilford Spivak
- Lucy ed io · Director
- L'affascinante bugiardo · Frank Erickson
- Storia d'un detective · Bill Norton
- Divertiamoci stanotte · Antoine
- Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone · Donald
- Due settimane d'amore · Mr. Finlay
- Il pescatore della Louisiana · Oscar
- La Duchessa dell'Idaho · Matson
- Anna prendi il fucile · Foster Wilson
- L'uomo che era solo · Plato Cassin
- La chiave della città · Mark Mont Desk Clerk
- I fidanzati sconosciuti · Rudy Hansen
- I barkleys di Broadway · Bert Felsher
- Jack il bucaniere · C. Petronius Smith
- Parole e musica · Shoe Clerk
- Suprema decisione · Maj. Homer V. Prescott
- Il bacio del bandito · Colonel Gomez
- Il buon samaritano · Mr. Nelson
- Il signore e la sirena · Mike Fitzgerald
- Così sono le donne · Jameson
- Ti amavo senza saperlo · Mike
- La sposa ribelle · Dentist (uncredited)
- Good News · Professor Kennyon
- The Amazing Mr. Nordill · Operative 10
- Il canto dell'uomo ombra · Mr. Purdy (uncredited)
- I trafficanti · Michael Michaelson
- Vivere alla grande · Everett Hanover Smythe
- Undercover Maisie · Guy Canford
- The Mighty McGurk · Flexter
- Carambola d'amore · Haberdashery Clerk
- Tragico segreto · Mr. Warmsley
- Come to Dinner · Larry Revolt - Press Agent (uncredited)