{{Short description|American actor (1918–2009)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Clark Howat | image = Clark Howat-Willis Bouchey in Suddenly (cropped).jpg | caption = Howat in ''Suddenly'' (1954) | birth_name = John Clark Howat | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|01|22|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Calaveras County, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2009|10|30|1918|01|22}} | death_place = Arroyo Grande, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | spouse = {{marriage|Muriel Mansell<br>|1949}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/muriel-howat-obituary?pid=163725202|title=Muriel Howat Obituary (1925–2013)|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 22, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> }}
'''John Clark Howat''' (January 22, 1918 – October 30, 2009) was an American film and television actor.
== Life and career == Howat was born in Calaveras County, California.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/clark-howat-113650|title=Clark Howat|work=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref> He began his career in 1947, appearing in the Broadway play ''The Wanhope Building'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/100279823/|title=The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio – 17|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|date=February 14, 1947|page=17|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> playing the roles of the "Interviewer" and "Pilot".<ref name="a" />
Howat began his film career in July 1947, playing the role of the "Patron in Macy's Lunchroom" in the film ''Miracle on 34th Street''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clark Howat |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397739/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=IMDb}}</ref> His early film career was mostly uncredited and co-starring roles.
His later credits include ''The Doctor and the Girl'', ''Customs Agent'', ''Airport'',<ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/104663104/|title=The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio – Page 22|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|date=April 28, 1971|page=22|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''My Blue Heaven'' and ''California Passage'', among others.<ref name="c">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fandango.com/clarkhowat/filmography/p33541|title=Clark Howat Filmography|work=Fandango|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026102158/http://www.fandango.com/clarkhowat/filmography/p33541|archive-date=October 26, 2012|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref><ref name="d">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/clark-howat/credits/3000311750/|title=Clark Howat|work=TV Guide|access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name="e">{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/32550-Clark-Howatt|title=Clark Howatt|work=AFI|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627194211/https://catalog.afi.com/Person/32550-Clark-Howatt|archive-date=June 27, 2021|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref><ref name="f">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/89740%7C32550/Clark-Howatt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206202918/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/89740%7C32550/Clark-Howatt/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2013|title=Clark Howatt|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref>
He began appearing on television in 1952, appearing in ''Beulah'', playing the role of "Pete Bradley". In 1956, Howat played the main role of "Dr. Jack (John) Petrie" in the short-lived sitcom television series ''The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cox |first=Jim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gLzwCQAAQBAJ |title=Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age |date=June 14, 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476612270 |page=227 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 1957 |title=Honolulu Star-Bulletin from Honolulu, Hawaii - 85 |page=85 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/269713716/ |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He also appeared in ''Dragnet'', ''Leave It to Beaver'', ''Highway Patrol'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Navy Log'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', ''Bat Masterson'' and ''The Millionaire''.<ref name="c" /><ref name="d" /> He also wrote the episode "Walk a Crooked Line" for the crime drama television series ''The Detectives'',<ref name="f" /> in 1962.<ref>{{Citation |last=Allen |first=Lewis |title=Walk a Crooked Line |date=1962-02-23 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0558918/?ref_=ttep_ep19 |series=The Detectives |access-date=2022-09-25}}</ref>
Howat also starred or co-starred in other films: ''Billy Jack'',<ref name="b" /> playing the role of "Sheriff Cole",<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10998191/|title=El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas – Page 23|work=El Paso Herald-Post|location=El Paso, Texas|date=September 18, 1971|page=23|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/29/archives/a-misguided-billy-jack.html|title=A Misguided 'Billy Jack'|first=Howard|last=Thompson|work=The New York Times|date=July 29, 1971|access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref> ''The Hitch-Hiker'', playing the role of the "Government Agent",<ref name="e" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/453256692/|title=Daily News from New York, New York – 562|work=New York Daily News|location=New York City|date=April 30, 1953|page=562|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''The Giant Claw'', playing the role of "Maj. Bergen"<ref name="e" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/432970695/|title=The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts – 5|work=The Boston Globe|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=August 8, 1957|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and ''The High Powered Rifle'', playing the role of "George Merkle".<ref name="e" />
In 1985, Howat retired, last appearing in the television series ''T.J. Hooker''.
== Death == Howat died in October 2009 in Arroyo Grande, California, at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/clark-howat-obituary?n=clark-howat&pid=139735931|title=Clark Howat Obituary (1918–2009)|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 19, 2010|access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref> <!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|right|Clark Howat in Airport c.1970 -->
== Filmography == === Film === {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1947 || ''Miracle on 34th Street'' || Patron in Macy's Lunchroom || Uncredited |- | 1949 || ''The Doctor and the Girl'' || Shelby, Intern || Uncredited |- | 1950 || ''Chain Lightning'' || Captain || Uncredited |- | 1950 || ''Women from Headquarters'' || Stephens || Uncredited |- | 1950 || ''Customs Agent'' || Agent Roy Phillips || Uncredited |- | 1950 || ''Once a Thief'' || Police Detective || Uncredited |- | 1950 || ''Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye'' || Intern || Uncredited |- | 1950 || ''My Blue Heaven'' || Studio Man || Uncredited |- | 1950 || ''California Passage'' || Croupier || Uncredited |- | 1950 || ''Gambling House'' || Nick || Uncredited |- | 1951 || ''Missing Women'' || Prison Desk Officer || Uncredited |- | 1951 || ''Only the Valiant'' || Lieutenant Underwood || Uncredited |- | 1951 || ''Fighting Coast Guard'' || Coast Guard Academy Cadet Upper-Classman || Uncredited |- | 1951 || ''Lost Continent'' || Naval Captain || Uncredited |- | 1951 || ''Saturday's Hero'' || Reporter || Uncredited |- | 1951 || ''All That I Have'' || Dr. George Wagnell || |- | 1951 || ''F.B.I. Girl'' || Whitey || Uncredited |- | 1951 || ''The Valparaiso Story'' || || |- | 1952 || ''The Sniper'' || Police Photographer || Uncredited |- | 1952 || ''Steel Town'' || Al Lyon || Uncredited |- | 1952 || ''The Fabulous Senorita'' || Davis || Uncredited |- | 1952 || ''Paula'' || Intern Attendant || Uncredited |- | 1952 || ''Red Ball Express'' || Military Police Captain || Uncredited |- | 1952 || ''Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder'' || Disc Jockey || deleted scene (footage) |- | 1952 || ''It Grows on Trees'' || Man Examining Ledger || Uncredited |- | 1952 || ''Androcles and the Lion'' || Officer || Uncredited |- | 1953 || ''The Hitch-Hiker'' || Government Agent || |- | 1953 || ''Split Second'' || Lieutenant at Control Station || Uncredited |- | 1953 || ''The 49th Man'' || Sands || Uncredited |- | 1953 || ''City That Never Sleeps'' || Patrolman || Uncredited |- | 1953 || ''The Glass Web'' || Bob Warren || |- | 1954 || ''Security Risk'' || || Uncredited |- | 1954 || ''Suddenly'' || Haggerty || |- | 1955 || ''Battle Cry'' || Marine Colonel || Uncredited |- | 1955 || ''The Eternal Sea'' || Thomas – Medical Officer || Uncredited |- | 1955 || ''Illegal'' || George Graves || |- | 1956 || ''The Houston Story'' || Police Detective Talbot || Uncredited |- | 1956 || ''The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit'' || Soldier || Uncredited |- | 1956 || ''Earth vs. the Flying Saucers'' || Sergeant Nash || Uncredited |- | 1957 || ''Mister Cory'' || Card Player || Uncredited |- | 1957 || ''The Giant Claw'' || Major Bergen || |- | 1958 || ''No Time for Sergeants'' || Lieutenant || Uncredited |- | 1960 || ''The High Powered Rifle'' || George Merkle || |- | 1961 || ''A Fever in the Blood'' || Airline Official || Uncredited |- | 1963 || ''Twilight of Honor'' || Reporter || Uncredited |- | 1968 || ''Prescription: Murder'' || Doctor || Uncredited |- | 1970 || ''Airport'' || Bert Weatherby || |- | 1971 || ''Billy Jack'' || Sheriff Cole || |- | 1976 || ''Eat My Dust!'' || George Poole Sr. || |- | 1983 || ''Money to Burn'' || Henderson || |- | 1994 || ''Running Hot'' || Judge || |}
=== Television === {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1952 || ''Beulah'' || Pete Bradley || Episode: "The New Arrival" |- | 1952 || ''Space Patrol'' || Manson || Episode: "Emergency Flight to Mercury" |- | 1952 || ''Racket Squad'' || Van Hayton || Episode: "One More Dream" |- | 1952 || ''The Unexpected'' || Gregory || Episode: "The Doctor Prescribes" |- | 1952 || ''Boston Blackie'' || Lang / Hanlon || 2 episodes |- | 1953 || ''Chevron Theatre'' || || Episode: "Death of a Smart Aleck" |- | 1953 || ''The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse'' || || Episode: "Wait for Me Downstairs" |- | 1953 || ''The Revlon Mirror Theater'' || Episode: "Dreams Never Lie" |- | 1953 || ''Adventures of Superman'' || Professor Roberts' Assistant || Episode: "Panic in the Sky" |- | 1953–1954 || ''The Ford Television Theatre'' || Paul Andre || 2 episodes |- | 1953–1955 || ''Your Favorite Story'' || || 4 episodes |- | 1954 || ''Mr. and Mrs. North'' || David Ennis || Episode: " The Quick and the Deadly" |- | 1954 || ''Meet Mr. McNutley'' || Episode: "The Tree" |- | 1954 || ''Waterfront'' || Lloyd Allen || Episode: "Oil Island" |- | 1954–1955 || ''Public Defender'' || Gene Aiken / Prosecutor / Operator || 3 episodes |- | 1954–1955 || ''The Mickey Rooney Show'' || Commentator / Horton / Harvey Flanders || 3 episodes |- | 1954–1956 || ''The Lineup'' || Policeman / Goldsworthy – Hotel Manager || 2 episodes |- | 1955 || ''Science Fiction Theatre'' || Captain Boyce || Episode: "Y..O..R..D." |- | 1955 || ''Treasury Men in Action'' || Dalton / Lieutenant Campbell || 2 episodes |- | 1955 || ''The Man Behind the Badge'' || Hospital Doctor / Briefing Captain || 2 episodes |- | 1955 || ''Highway Patrol'' || Hank – Officer 1730 || Episode: "Desert Town" |- | 1955 || ''Death Valley Days'' || 'Murph' Murphy / Greg Lewis || 2 episodes |- | 1955–1956 || ''Cavalcade of America'' || Skinner / Mr. Cronin || 2 episodes |- | 1955–1956 || ''TV Reader's Digest'' || Hal Britton || 2 episodes |- | 1955–1956 || ''The 20th Century-Fox Hour'' || Farley / Herbert Shreve || 2 episodes |- | 1955–1957 || ''Navy Log'' || Doctor / Chaplain || 2 episodes |- | 1955–1959 || ''The Millionaire'' || Carl P. Grant / Mr. Clark || 2 episodes |- | 1955–1960 || ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' || Mayor Jim Hope / Perkins || 2 episodes, Uncredited |- | 1956 || ''Telephone Time'' || Commander Hall || Episode: "Boarders Away" |- | 1956 || ''Combat Sergeant'' || Ritchie || Episode: "Flight to Eternity" |- | 1956 || ''Lux Video Theatre'' || David || Episode: "Only Yesterday" |- | 1956 || ''Crossroads'' || Joe Logan || Episode: "Ringside Padre" |- | 1956 || ''The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu'' || Dr. John Petrie || 13 episodes |- | 1956–1958 || ''Studio 57'' || Porter || 2 episodes |- | 1956–1961 || ''General Electric Theater'' || Orderly / Milkman / Lieutenant Harper / Detective || 6 episodes |- | 1957 || ''Cheyenne'' || Morgan || Episode: "War Party" |- | 1957 || ''West Point'' || Captain Dudley || 2 episodes |- | 1957 || ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' || Jim, a Bar Patron || Season 2 Episode 31: "The Night the World Ended" |- | 1957 || ''Fury'' || Henderson || Episode: "Fire Prevention Week" |- | 1957 || ''Broken Arrow'' || Secretary Thrale || Episode: "Smoke Signal" |- | 1957–1958 || ''Suspicion'' || Police Lieutenant Benson / Vern Lister || 2 episodes |- | 1957–1958 || ''M Squad'' || Police Lab Officer Halligan / Plainclothesman in Courthouse || 2 episodes |- | 1957–1958 || ''Harbor Command'' || Police Dispatcher || 17 episodes |- | 1957–1959 || ''The Loretta Young Show'' || Mark Wilcox / Sam Price / Linden / Harry Correll / Conners || 5 episodes |- | 1957–1965 || ''Perry Mason'' || Police Sergeant Grant / Lieutenant Colonel Fremont / Tower Man / Team Doctor / Policeman || 6 episodes |- | 1958 || ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' || Mace Kimball || Episode: "Special Delivery" |- | 1958 || ''Panic!'' || Deputy Sheriff || Episode: "Stranded" |- | 1958 || ''Flight'' || || 2 episodes |- | 1958 || ''Tales of the Texas Rangers'' || Burt Wilson || Episode: "The Steel Trap" |- | 1958 || ''The Texan'' || Tom || Episode: "The Widow of Paradise" |- | 1958 || ''The Restless Gun'' || Arthur Stuart || Episode: "Multiply One Boy" |- | 1958 || ''Special Agent 7'' || Agent Ralph Blaine || 2 episodes |- | 1959 || ''Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'' || Jim Hennessey || Episode: "Emergency Only" |- | 1959 || ''Bat Masterson'' || Murdoch || Episode: "River Boat" |- | 1959 || ''The Thin Man'' || Dave Jessup || Episode: "Cold Cargo" |- | 1959 || ''Markham'' || Frank Evans || Episode: "Incident in Bel Air" |- | 1959 || ''Men into Space'' || Major Gordon Briggs || Episode: "Edge of Eternity" |- | 1959–1960 || ''77 Sunset Strip'' || Sergeant Davis / Lieutenant Hirsch || 2 episodes |- | 1959–1960 || ''Sea Hunt'' || Clark / Claude / USCG Captain Sellers || 3 episodes |- | 1959–1960 || ''Bourbon Street Beat'' || Detective Lieutenant / Jeff Tolliver || 2 episodes |- | 1959–1961 || ''Bronco'' || Poker Player / Sheriff Penrose || 2 episodes |- | 1960 || ''The Untouchables'' || Policeman Mason || Episode: "Syndicate Sanctuary", Uncredited |- | 1960 || ''Johnny Midnight'' || Federal Agent No. 1 || Episode: "A Token of Love" |- | 1960 || ''Wagon Train'' || Aaron Oliver || Episode: "The Jose Morales Story" |- | 1960 || ''The Roaring 20's'' || Dr. 'Mac' Merritt || Episode: "Vendetta on Bleecker Street" |- | 1960 || ''Lock Up'' || Dr. William Stanhope || Episode: "Society Doctor" |- | 1960 || ''The Jim Backus Show'' || Policeman || Episode: "Crime a la Carte" |- | 1960–1961 || ''Coronado 9'' || Sergeant / Bundy || 2 episodes |- | 1960–1963 || ''Leave It to Beaver'' || Uncle Dave / Mr. Barnes || 2 episodes |- | 1961 || ''The Case of the Dangerous Robin'' || || Episode: "Brink of Disaster" |- | 1962 || ''Follow the Sun'' || Doctor || Episode: "Ghost Story", Uncredited |- | 1962 || ''87th Precinct'' || The Operator || Episode: "The Pigeon" |- | 1962 || ''Dr. Kildare'' || Outspoken Reporter || Episode: "The Search", Uncredited |- | 1962 || ''The Detectives'' || Dick Young || Episode: "Walk a Crooked Line" |- | 1962 || ''The Eleventh Hour'' || John Elwood || Episode: "The Blues My Babe Gave to Me" |- | 1963 || ''Arrest and Trial'' || Mr. Crane || Episode: "The Witnesses" |- | 1964 || ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' || Ambassador || Episode: "The Dove Affair" |- | 1964–1965 || ''The Rogues'' || P.R. Man / Peter Stewart || 2 episodes |- | 1966 || ''A Man Called Shenandoah'' || Doctor || Episode: "End of a Legend", Uncredited |- | 1966 || ''Run for Your Life'' || 2nd Homicide Man || Episode: "Night Train from Chicago" |- | 1966 || ''The Lucy Show'' || Army Lieutenant || Episode: "Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft" |- | 1967 || ''Lassie'' || Ed || Episode: "The Eighth Life of Henry IV" |- | 1967 || ''Judd, for the Defense'' || Dr. Paul Kleefeld || Episode: "To Love and Stand Mute" |- | 1967–1969 || ''Dragnet'' || Lieutenant John Bigham / Captain Henry O. Mack / Lieutenant Roger Mairs / Lieutenant Bongard / Inspector Hagan / Captain Vern Hoy / Captain Al Trembly / Captain Nelson / Captain Frankel / Captain Brooks / Lieutenant Bob Helder / Captain Ron Frankle / Captain Mack / Captain Lambert / Captain Shannon || 21 episodes |- | 1968 || ''Green Acres'' || Man from CBS || Episode: "The Rutabaga Story" |- | 1969–1974 || ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' || Mr. Ross / Harold Riggs || 2 episodes |- | 1971 ||''The Bold Ones: The New Doctors'' || 2nd Reporter || Episode: "A Matter of Priorities" |- | 1971 || ''Vanished'' || Commander Fyfield || TV Mini Series |- | 1971 || ''Adam-12'' || Harold Johnson || Episode: "Day Watch" |- | 1971–1972 || ''O'Hara, U.S. Treasury'' || Doug Miller / Dan 'Rusty' Gates || 2 episodes |- | 1973 || ''The F.B.I.'' || Mr. Silvestri || Episode: "The Rap Taker" |- | 1973 || ''The New Perry Mason'' || Private Investigator Coverly || Episode: "The Case of the Murdered Murderer" |- | 1974 || ''Hawkins'' || Accountant || Episode: "Murder in the Slave Trade" |- | 1974–1975 || ''Police Story'' || Man in Bar / Man / Judge Kinsolving || 3 episodes |- | 1975 || ''Mobile One'' || Captain Graves || Episode: "The Bank Job" |- | 1977 || ''Barnaby Jones'' || Minister || Episode: "Duet for Danger" |- | 1977 || ''Never Con a Killer'' || The Commissioner || TV movie |- | 1977 || ''The Rockford Files'' || Mr. Rankin || Episode: "The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls" |- | 1978 || ''Project U.F.O.'' || Administrator – Houston || Episode: "Sighting 4003: The Fremont Incident" |- | 1983 || ''Dynasty'' || Justice || Episode: "Tender Comrades" |- | 1985 || ''Hotel'' || Bailiff || Episode: "Obsessions" |- | 1985 || ''T.J. Hooker'' || Chief Condon || Episode: "The Assassin" |- | 1985 || ''1st & Ten'' || Senator Bowman || Episode: "Not Quite Mr. Right", (final appearance) |}
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