Acting
Community Rating
5.8
TMDB estimate
Born
September 11, 1914
Died
December 29, 2002 (age 88)
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.

Trading Places
as Official #1
1983

The Shady Hill Kidnapping
as Harper
1982

American Playhouse
as Harper
1982

The Patriots
as George Washington
1976

Death Be Not Proud
as Frank Boyden
1975

They Might Be Giants
as Supermarket Manager
1971

Great Performances
as George Washington
1971

Panic in Year Zero!
as Radio Announcer (voice / uncredited)
1962

Hazel
as Mr. Williams
1961

The Absent-Minded Professor
as O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
1961
The Man from Blackhawk
as Williamson
1959

Zorro, the Avenger
as Senor George Brighton
1959

77 Sunset Strip
as Herbert Goelet
1958

Behind Closed Doors
as Ed Bailey
1958

Undersea Girl
as Sam Marvin
1957

Perry Mason
as Mervyn Aldritch
1957

No Time to Be Young
as Mr. Parner
1957

Johnny Tremain
as General Gage
1957

Pharaoh's Curse
as Col. Cross
1957

The 27th Day
as Mr Ingram
1957