Clinton Sundberg
Known for Acting · 52 credits
- Born
- 1903-12-07
- Died
- 1987-12-14
- Place of birth
- Appleton, Minnesota, USA
- Also known as
- Clinton Sunberg · Clint Sundberg · Clinton Charles Sundberg
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.
Known For
TV Shows (7)
Movies (45)
How the West Was Won
1962
as Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Undercurrent
1946
as Mr. Warmsley
Command Decision
1948
as Maj. Homer V. Prescott
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
The Hucksters
1947
as Michael Michaelson
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Dying Soldier (voice)
Easter Parade
1948
as Mike
Song of the Thin Man
1947
as Mr. Purdy (uncredited)
Good Sam
1948
as Mr. Nelson
Hotel
1967
as Lawrence Morgan
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
as Foster Wilson
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
as Bert Felsher
Words and Music
1948
as Shoe Clerk
The Kissing Bandit
1948
as Colonel Gomez
Good News
1947
as Professor Kennyon
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)
Key to the City
1950
as Mark Mont Desk Clerk
Two Weeks with Love
1950
as Mr. Finlay
A Date with Judy
1948
as Jameson
As Young as You Feel
1951
as Frank Erickson
The Caddy
1953
as Charles the Butler
On the Riviera
1951
as Antoine
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Mr. Harry Craig
The Fat Man
1951
as Bill Norton
Undercover Maisie
1947
as Guy Canford
The Birds and the Bees
1956
as Purser
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Rudy Hansen
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948
as Mike Fitzgerald
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Oscar
The Girl Next Door
1953
as Samuels the butler
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
as Rodney Jones
The Belle of New York
1952
as Gilford Spivak
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
as Donald
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
as Plato Cassin
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
as Haberdashery Clerk
Shadow Over Elveron
1968
as Gordon Yeager
Big Jack
1949
as C. Petronius Smith
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Dentist (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Everett Hanover Smythe
A Snow White Christmas
1980
as Thinker (voice)
The Mighty McGurk
1947
as Flexter
Duchess of Idaho
1950
as Matson
The Amazing Mr. Nordill
1947
as Operative 10
Sweethearts on Parade
1953
as Dr. Harold Wayne
Come to Dinner
1934
as Larry Revolt - Press Agent (uncredited)
About Clinton Sundberg
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-… With 52 credits spanning from 1934 to 1994, Clinton Sundberg has appeared in 45 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Clinton Sundberg Movies
- How the West Was Won (1962) — as Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
- Undercurrent (1946) — as Mr. Warmsley
- Command Decision (1948) — as Maj. Homer V. Prescott
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
- The Hucksters (1947) — as Michael Michaelson
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