Robert Clarke

Acting

Robert Clarke

Born 1920-06-01 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Robert Irby Clarke (June 1, 1920 – June 11, 2005) was an actor best known for his cult classic science fiction films of the 1950s.

Acting credits

The Body Snatcher poster
7.0

Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.

The Body Snatcher

1945

Back to Bataan poster
6.1

A U.S. Army colonel leads local fighters in a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.

Back to Bataan

1945

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome poster
5.5

A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947

The Enchanted Cottage poster
7.4

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.

The Enchanted Cottage

1945

Alienator poster
3.6

A space commander sends a female android to Earth to destroy an escaped convict.

Alienator

1990

Sword of Venus poster
6.0

An enemy of the Count of Monte Cristo frames his son for a murder in order to exact revenge and steal the family fortune.

Sword of Venus

1953

San Quentin poster
6.3

An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.

San Quentin

1946

The FBI Story poster
6.2

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

The FBI Story

1959

Bedlam poster
6.7

London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.

Bedlam

1946

Blades of the Musketeers poster
8.0

In 1625 France, D'Artagnan joins the king's musketeers, meets three new friends - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - among them and, together, the four quickly find themselves embroiled in court intrigue with Prime Minister Richelieu attempting to sabotage the congenial relationship existing between France and England. Originally produced as a 60-minute episode of THE MAGNAVOX THEATER on CBS as THE THREE MUSKETEERS. This has the distinction of being the first movie specifically made for TV. Later retitled and released theatrically.

Blades of the Musketeers

1950

Return of the Bad Men poster
6.3

US Marshall Vance is assigned to rid the Oklahoma Territory of outlaws.

Return of the Bad Men

1948

The Helen Morgan Story poster
5.3

Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.

The Helen Morgan Story

1957

My Man Godfrey poster
6.5

The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.

My Man Godfrey

1957

Criminal Court poster
5.4

A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer. Although he manages to cover up his involvement in the crime, his girlfriend discovers the body and is subsequently charged with the murder.

Criminal Court

1946

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film poster
7.5

Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure up the thrills, chills and magic of Monster Madness!

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014

Captive Women poster
5.0

In post-apocalyptic New York, three tribes of survivors (the Norms, the Mutates and the Upriver People) vie for the right to exist. When the treacherous Upriver People attack the Norms, kill their chief and take their people captive, two Norm refugee men must find a way to ally with the Mutates, who have previously kidnapped Norm women in an effort to reproduce healthy children, to rout the Uprivers, who also seek to kill off the Mutates.

Captive Women

1952

First Strike poster
6.0

A U.S. Navy submarine captain tries to prevent the Soviets from trying to launch World War III.

First Strike

1985

Cash McCall poster
6.3

Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them into shape and then selling them for a huge profit. When Cash comes across Austen Plastics, a small manufacturing corporation on its last legs, he realizes it might be a gamble to buy the company. But when Cash finds out that the company's owner is the father of his old flame, Lory, he buys the business just to get a second chance at romance.

Cash McCall

1960

Champagne for Caesar poster
7.3

When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.

Champagne for Caesar

1950

The Incredible Petrified World poster
3.5

Four adventurers descend to the bottom of the sea. When their surface tether snaps, they find themselves marooned in a network of underwater caverns.

The Incredible Petrified World

1959

Outrage poster
6.5

A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.

Outrage

1950

Tales of Robin Hood poster
5.8

The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de Clairmont and his henchman. Compiled from the few filmed episodes of an unsold TV series.

Tales of Robin Hood

1951

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas poster
3.4

With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

1953

The Brotherhood of the Bell poster
6.0

A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him.

The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970

Behind the camera