Clinton Sundberg
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 7, 1903
- Died
- December 14, 1987 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Appleton, Minnesota, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clinton Charles Sundberg (December 7, 1903 – December 14, 1987) was an American character actor in film and stage. Sundberg left teaching English literature for acting, appearing in plays in stock theater in New England. He appeared in a number of Broadway plays, debuting in Nine Pine Street (1933). His most notable roles were Mr. Kraler in the original 1957 production of The Diary of Anne Frank and Mortimer Brewster (as a replacement) in the 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace. He became a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he appeared in numerous supporting roles in films of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He played Mike, the bartender who listens to Judy Garland's character's troubles in Easter Parade. One of Sundberg's most memorable roles was in the 1949 film In the Good Old Summertime (which also starred Garland and Van Johnson) as Rudy Hansen, a friendly co-worker and confidante of Johnson's character. He also played the hotel owner who hired Annie Oakley to enter the shooting contest against Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun. He later made several television appearances, including two episodes of Perry Mason: "The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito" in 1963 and "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal" in 1966. He also appeared in several television commercials. In 1962, Sundberg was cast in the lead guest-starring role of Luther Boardman, a naive but troublesome newspaper publisher who comes to Laramie, Wyoming, to capture the story of "real West" gunfighters in "The Man Behind the News", one of the last episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Lawman, which starred John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop. Hal Baylor appears in the episode as gunfighter Mort Peters, whom Boardman (Sundberg) goads into a shootout with Troop. Sundberg died of heart failure in Santa Monica, California, aged 84.
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That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Thief and the Cobbler
Movie · as Dying Soldier (voice)
A Snow White Christmas
Movie · as Thinker (voice)
Shadow Over Elveron
Movie · as Gordon Yeager
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV · as Salesman · 1 ep
Hotel
Movie · as Lawrence Morgan
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Movie · as The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)
How the West Was Won
Movie · as Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Bachelor in Paradise
Movie · as Rodney Jones
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV · as Billy Devers · 1 ep
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Farley Upchurch · 1 ep
Startime
TV · as Berry · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Aaron Chambers · 1 ep
The Birds and the Bees
Movie · as Purser
MGM Parade
TV · 1 ep
The Caddy
Movie · as Charles the Butler
Sweethearts on Parade
Movie · as Dr. Harold Wayne
The Girl Next Door
Movie · as Samuels the butler
Main Street to Broadway
Movie · as Mr. Harry Craig
The Belle of New York
Movie · as Gilford Spivak
The Fat Man
Movie · as Bill Norton
As Young as You Feel
Movie · as Frank Erickson
On the Riviera
Movie · as Antoine
I Love Lucy
TV · as Director · 1 ep
The Toast of New Orleans
Movie · as Oscar
Duchess of Idaho
Movie · as Matson
Father Is a Bachelor
Movie · as Plato Cassin
Key to the City
Movie · as Mark Mont Desk Clerk
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Movie · as Donald
Two Weeks with Love
Movie · as Mr. Finlay
Annie Get Your Gun
Movie · as Foster Wilson
In the Good Old Summertime
Movie · as Rudy Hansen
The Barkleys of Broadway
Movie · as Bert Felsher
Big Jack
Movie · as C. Petronius Smith
Easter Parade
Movie · as Mike
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Movie · as Mike Fitzgerald
Good Sam
Movie · as Mr. Nelson
The Kissing Bandit
Movie · as Colonel Gomez
Command Decision
Movie · as Maj. Homer V. Prescott
Words and Music
Movie · as Shoe Clerk
A Date with Judy
Movie · as Jameson
The Bride Goes Wild
Movie · as Dentist (uncredited)
Good News
Movie · as Professor Kennyon
Undercover Maisie
Movie · as Guy Canford
The Amazing Mr. Nordill
Movie · as Operative 10
The Hucksters
Movie · as Michael Michaelson
Song of the Thin Man
Movie · as Mr. Purdy (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
Movie · as Everett Hanover Smythe
The Mighty McGurk
Movie · as Flexter
Undercurrent
Movie · as Mr. Warmsley
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Movie · as Haberdashery Clerk
Come to Dinner
Movie · as Larry Revolt - Press Agent (uncredited)