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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

39

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-09-02 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Matthews, South Carolina

Also Known As

Clarence Felder

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

Acting

The Last Boy Scout

1991

The Last Boy Scout

as

McCoskey

The Hidden

1987

The Hidden

as

Lt. John Masterson

After Hours

1985

After Hours

as

Bouncer

The Ride

1997

The Ride

as

Mike Stillwell

Man on a Swing

1974

Man on a Swing

as

Coach

Ruthless People

1986

Ruthless People

as

Lt. Walters

Slayground

1983

Slayground

as

Orxel

Copacabana

1985

Copacabana

as

Nick Panotis

The Killing Floor

1984

The Killing Floor

as

Bremer

Playing for Time

1980

Playing for Time

as

Commandant Kramer

Republic of Pete

2010

Republic of Pete

as

Barlow

The Silent Natural

2019

The Silent Natural

as

Edgar P Sawyer

The Goodbye Girl

1977

The Goodbye Girl

as

Critic

Reckless Kelly

1993

Reckless Kelly

as

Hollywood Police Lietenant

Marie: A True Story

1985

Marie: A True Story

as

Jack Lowery

Concrete Beat

1984

Concrete Beat

as

Police Captain

Dream On

Dream On

as

Detective Tamborini

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

as

Sgt. McKlosky

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as

(segment "Kentucky Rye")

Kojak

Kojak

as

Medical Examiner

Hooperman

Hooperman

as

Inspector Bobo Pritzger

Baywatch

Baywatch

as

George Petroni

Kojak

Kojak

as

Dr. Bagley

The Dain Curse

The Dain Curse

as

Dick Foley

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

as

Mel Rechtschaefer

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

as

Town Beadle

Production

Crew

Directing