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Clarence Felder

Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1938-09-02
Place of Birth: St. Matthews, South Carolina
Popularity: 0.4

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clarence Felder (born September 2, 1938) is an American character actor who starred in films and on television and co-starred in ten Broadway productions. Clarence's first feature film was in the 1974 movie Man on a Swing, his other films include After Hours (1985), Ruthless People (1986), The Hidden (1987), The Last Boy Scout (1991), and The Ride (1997). He stars in the award-winning feature film, All for Liberty (2009) portraying his ancestor, Captain Henry Felder, an American Revolutionary War hero of the Backcountry of South Carolina, based on his play, Captain Felder's Cannon. His starring role on a television series was ABC's 1980s hit series Hooperman as Inspector Bobo Pritzger. Clarence has starred in many TV movies including Playing for Time, Mystery of the Morrow Castle and The Killing Floor. He has made many guest appearances on prime time TV series, including Kojak, Hill Street Blues, Alien Nation, Dream On, L.A. Law and NYPD Blue. On Broadway, he co-starred with Christopher Walken in Macbeth, with Glenn Close in Love for Love, Colleen Dewhurst in Queen & the Rebels and Meryl Streep in Memory of Two Mondays. He played Debbie Harry's [Blondie] father in Teaneck Tanzi. He is married to actress/writer/director, Chris Weatherhead and is the co-founder of Actors' Theatre of South Carolina and their film division, Moving Images Group. He has one daughter, Helen Huggins. He is also a playwright and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clarence Felder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For Filmography

Great Performances poster

Great Performances

1971
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

1981
Baywatch poster

Baywatch

1989
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

1986
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

1985
Jake and the Fatman poster

Jake and the Fatman

1987
Kojak poster

Kojak

1973
Dream On poster

Dream On

1990
Alien Nation poster

Alien Nation

1989
Brooklyn Bridge poster

Brooklyn Bridge

1991
Hooperman poster

Hooperman

1987
The Goodbye Girl poster

The Goodbye Girl

1977
The Last Boy Scout poster

The Last Boy Scout

1991
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

1989
After Hours poster

After Hours

1985
The Hidden poster

The Hidden

1987
Ruthless People poster

Ruthless People

1986
The Dain Curse poster

The Dain Curse

1978
The Scarlet Letter poster

The Scarlet Letter

1979
Playing for Time poster

Playing for Time

1980
The Seduction of Joe Tynan poster

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979
Marie: A True Story poster

Marie: A True Story

1985
Man on a Swing poster

Man on a Swing

1974
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number poster

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

1983
Reckless Kelly poster

Reckless Kelly

1993
The Killing Floor poster

The Killing Floor

1984
Copacabana poster

Copacabana

1985
The Ride poster

The Ride

1997
The Defection of Simas Kudirka poster

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978
Slayground poster

Slayground

1983
The Silent Natural poster

The Silent Natural

2019
Kojak: The Belarus File poster

Kojak: The Belarus File

1985
Concrete Beat poster

Concrete Beat

1984
Below the Belt poster

Below the Belt

1980
The Rules of the Game poster

The Rules of the Game

1975
Republic of Pete poster

Republic of Pete

2010
Echoes of Glory, Heroes from the American Revolution poster

Echoes of Glory, Heroes from the American Revolution

2024