Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/11/1914
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 Best Actor. Besides Ferrer as Cyrano, Clanton was the only holdover from the cast of the 1946 Broadway ...
Known For
Trading Places
as Official #1
Johnny Tremain
as General Gage
Canadian Pacific
as Opening Narrator (voice)
The Patriots
as George Washington
Panic in Year Zero!
as Radio Announcer (voice / uncredited)
The Absent-Minded Professor
as O.J. Turnball (uncredited)
They Might Be Giants
as Supermarket Manager
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Antoine Comte de Guiche
The Vagabond King
as Duke of Anjou
No Time to Be Young
as Mr. Parner
San Antone
as Narrator (voice)
They Were Not Divided
as David
Undersea Girl
as Sam Marvin
Zorro, the Avenger
as Senor George Brighton
Pharaoh's Curse
as Col. Cross
The 27th Day
as Mr Ingram
Death Be Not Proud
as Frank Boyden
Hot Cars
as Arthur Markel
The Shady Hill Kidnapping
as Harper
Out of This World
as Red