Dick Clark

Dick Clark

Known for
Acting
Born
November 30, 1929
Died
April 18, 2012 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Biography

Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark was an American game-show host, radio andtelevision personality, and businessman. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Dick Clark Productions, which he sold part of in recent years. Clark is best known for hosting long-running television shows such as American Bandstand, five versions of the game show Pyramid, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. Clark was long known for his departing catchphrase, "For now, Dick Clark...so long," delivered with a military salute, and for his youthful appearance, earning the moniker "America's Oldest Teenager." Clark suffered a significant stroke in late 2004. With speech ability still impaired, Clark returned to his New Year's Rockin' Eve show on December 31, 2005/January 1, 2006. Subsequently, he appeared at the Emmy Awards on August 27, 2006, and every New Year's Rockin' Eve show through the 2011/2012 show. On April 18, 2012, Clark died of a heart attack at the age of 82.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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The Other Half

The Other Half

TV · 2 eps

2024
DEVO poster

DEVO

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
McEnroe poster

McEnroe

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021
This Is Pop poster

This Is Pop

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2020
Beastie Boys Story poster

Beastie Boys Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
My Darling Vivian poster

My Darling Vivian

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Lady, You Shot Me: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke poster

Lady, You Shot Me: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message poster

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

Movie · as Self

2011
Why Not? with Shania Twain poster

Why Not? with Shania Twain

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 6 eps

2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift poster

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Movie · as (archive footage)

2009
2009 Game Show Awards poster

2009 Game Show Awards

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2008
The Wrecking Crew poster

The Wrecking Crew

Movie · as Self

2008
Rainman Twins poster

Rainman Twins

Movie · as Self

2008
Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals poster

Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals

Movie · as Self

2006
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer poster

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

Movie · as Self

2004
Wildwood Days poster

Wildwood Days

Movie

2004
Michael Jackson: The One poster

Michael Jackson: The One

Movie · as Self

2003
Michael Jackson: Number Ones poster

Michael Jackson: Number Ones

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration poster

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · as Self

2002
Bowling for Columbine poster

Bowling for Columbine

Movie · as Self

2002
Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys poster

Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys

Movie · as Self

2002
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind poster

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Movie · as Self

2002
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years poster

The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years

Movie · as Self

2002
The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel poster

The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel

Movie · as Self

2002
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years poster

The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2002
Last Call with Carson Daly poster

Last Call with Carson Daly

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Baby Bob poster

Baby Bob

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

2001
Spy Kids poster

Spy Kids

Movie · as Financier

2001
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians poster

Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street poster

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

Movie · as Dick Clark

2001
Good Day Live poster

Good Day Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
The Beatles Revolution

The Beatles Revolution

Movie · as Self

2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration poster

Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · as Self

2000
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

TV · 1 ep

1999
The Suburbans poster

The Suburbans

Movie · as Self

1999
Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s poster

Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1999
Futurama poster

Futurama

TV · as Dick Clark's Head (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever poster

Motown 40: The Music Is Forever

Movie · as Self

1998
Sticks poster

Sticks

Movie · as Dick Clark

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

1997
The Weird Al Show poster

The Weird Al Show

TV · 1 ep

1997
Dharma & Greg poster

Dharma & Greg

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1997
Behind the Music poster

Behind the Music

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Jenny poster

Jenny

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Just Shoot Me! poster

Just Shoot Me!

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1995
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story poster

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1995
Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth poster

Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth

Movie · as Himself

1995
The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show

TV · as Dick Clark · 2 eps

1995
Pinky and the Brain poster

Pinky and the Brain

TV · as Dick Clark (voice) · 2 eps

1994
The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins poster

The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins

Movie · as Dick Clark (voice) (archive footage)

1994
Fantastic Four poster

Fantastic Four

TV · as Dick Clark (voice) · 2 eps

1993
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah poster

Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah

Movie · as Self

1993
Scattergories

Scattergories

TV · as Host · 1 ep

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper poster

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1990
Night of 100 Stars III poster

Night of 100 Stars III

Movie · as Self

1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV · as Dick Clark · 2 eps

1990
Blossom poster

Blossom

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Dick Clark (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues poster

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

Movie · as Self

1988
Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown

TV · 1 ep

1988
Live! Dick Clark Presents

Live! Dick Clark Presents

TV · 6 eps

1987
The Return of Bruno poster

The Return of Bruno

Movie · as Dick Clark

1987
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration poster

It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration

Movie · as Himself

1985
The Compleat Al poster

The Compleat Al

Movie · as Self

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
The $100,000 Pyramid poster

The $100,000 Pyramid

TV · 4 eps

1984
TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes

TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes

TV · as Self · 15 eps

1983
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever poster

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

Movie · as Self

1983
The ABC Saturday Preview Show

The ABC Saturday Preview Show

Movie

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
Twilight Theater II poster

Twilight Theater II

Movie · as Self- Guest

1982
Police Squad! poster

Police Squad!

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
A Love Letter to Jack Benny poster

A Love Letter to Jack Benny

Movie · as Himself

1981
Good Evening, Captain poster

Good Evening, Captain

Movie · as Self

1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's poster

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

Movie · as Self - Host

1980
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights poster

Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights

Movie · as Self

1978
Deadman's Curve poster

Deadman's Curve

Movie · as Self

1978
Sorority '62 poster

Sorority '62

Movie

1978
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II poster

Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II

Movie

1978
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1979 poster

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1979

Movie · as Self - Host

1978
Mickey's 50 poster

Mickey's 50

Movie · as Self

1977
Dick Clark's Good Old Days poster

Dick Clark's Good Old Days

Movie

1977
Telethon poster

Telethon

Movie · as Irv Berman

1977
The David Soul and Friends Special

The David Soul and Friends Special

Movie · as Self

1976
The Captain and Tennille poster

The Captain and Tennille

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1975
Mr. & Ms. and the Bandstand Mystery poster

Mr. & Ms. and the Bandstand Mystery

Movie · as Dick Clark

1975
PBS News Hour poster

PBS News Hour

TV · as Self - Senator, Democrat Iowa · 1 ep

1974
The Daytime Emmy Awards poster

The Daytime Emmy Awards

TV · 1 ep

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1972
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest poster

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest

TV · as Self - Host, Self (archive footage) · 38 eps

1970
The Phynx poster

The Phynx

Movie · as Dick Clark

1970
The Odd Couple poster

The Odd Couple

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1970
The Partridge Family poster

The Partridge Family

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1968
The Movie Orgy poster

The Movie Orgy

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1968
Killers Three poster

Killers Three

Movie · as Roger

1968
Wild in the Streets poster

Wild in the Streets

Movie · as TV Newscaster (uncredited)

1968
Jack Benny's Bag poster

Jack Benny's Bag

Movie · as Self

1968
Adam-12 poster

Adam-12

TV · as J. Benson · 1 ep

1966
Batman poster

Batman

TV · as Citizen · 1 ep

1965
Branded poster

Branded

TV · 1 ep

1965
Honey West poster

Honey West

TV · as PR Agent Payton · 1 ep

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Peter Barrows, Gil Knox · 1 ep

1963
Miss USA poster

Miss USA

TV · as Self - Host · 5 eps

1963
World in Action poster

World in Action

TV · 1 ep

1962
Stoney Burke poster

Stoney Burke

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Young Doctors poster

The Young Doctors

Movie · as Dr. Alexander

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1960
Because They're Young poster

Because They're Young

Movie · as Neil Hendry

1959
Gidget poster

Gidget

Movie · as Himself - Trailer Host (uncredited)

1958
The Dick Clark Show poster

The Dick Clark Show

TV · as Self - Host · 134 eps

1957
Jamboree! poster

Jamboree!

Movie · as Himself

1957
American Bandstand poster

American Bandstand

TV · as Self - Host · 305 eps

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Leif Early · 1 ep

1950
The Jack Benny Program poster

The Jack Benny Program

TV · as Dick Clark · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep