
Ralph Clanton
Biography
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 Bes…
Known For
Trading Places
Official #1
The Absent-Minded Professor
O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
Cyrano de Bergerac
Antoine Comte de Guiche
Panic in Year Zero!
Radio Announcer (voice / uncredited)
They Might Be Giants
Supermarket Manager
The 27th Day
Mr Ingram
Johnny Tremain
General Gage
Zorro, the Avenger
Senor George Brighton
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Filmography
Acting (28)
Movies (20)
Trading Places
1983as Official #1
The Shady Hill Kidnapping
1982as Harper
The Patriots
1976as George Washington
Death Be Not Proud
1975as Frank Boyden
They Might Be Giants
1971as Supermarket Manager
Panic in Year Zero!
1962as Radio Announcer (voice / uncredited)
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961as O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
Zorro, the Avenger
1959as Senor George Brighton
Undersea Girl
1957as Sam Marvin
Pharaoh's Curse
1957as Col. Cross
Johnny Tremain
1957as General Gage
The 27th Day
1957as Mr Ingram
No Time to Be Young
1957as Mr. Parner
The Vagabond King
1956as Duke of Anjou
Hot Cars
1956as Arthur Markel
Out of This World
1954as Red
San Antone
1953as Narrator (voice)
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950as Antoine Comte de Guiche
They Were Not Divided
1950as David
Canadian Pacific
1949as Opening Narrator (voice)
Television (8)
American Playhouse
1982as Harper
Great Performances
1971as George Washington
Hazel
1961as Mr. Williams
The Man from Blackhawk
1959as Williamson
77 Sunset Strip
1958as Herbert Goelet
Behind Closed Doors
1958as Ed Bailey
Perry Mason
1957as Mervyn Aldritch
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Sir Stephen Hurstwood
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