Biography.guide
Home › People › Actor › Wallis Clark
Portrait of Wallis Clark

Wallis Clark

1882 – 1961

British actor

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Wallis Clark

Lived 1882 – 1961 (aged 78). Wallis Clark was a British actor.

Wallis Hensman Clark (2 March 1882 – 14 February 1961) was an English stage and film actor.

Biography Clark was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of William Wallis Clark (1854 - 1930), an engineer. Prior to acting, Clark was an engineer. He began his stage career in Margate, Kent, in 1908. He moved to the United States and acted in numerous plays on the stage, including at the Little Theatre in Philadelphia, for years before moving on to the screen in 1932.

He appeared in supporting roles in 136 films between 1931 and 1954. Five of these films won Best Picture: It Happened One Night (1934), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), You Can't Take It with You (1938), and Gone with the Wind (1939). In four of these five films, Clark was uncredited. In Mutiny on the Bounty, he is credited in the role of Morrison.

Selected filmography

Elusive Isabel (1916) - Prince D'Abruzzi 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) - Pencroft Cy Whittaker's Ward (1917) - Bailey Hell's House (1932) - Judge Robinson The Final Edition (1932) - Police Commissioner Jim Conroy (uncredited) Alias the Doctor (1932) - Dr. Kleinschmidt (uncredited) Disorderly Conduct (1932) - Police Lieutenant (uncredited) Shopworn (1932) - Mr. Dean (uncredited) The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) - Lindsay Jamison (uncredited) Attorney for the Defense (1932) - Crowell My Pal, the King (1932) - Dr. Lorenz The Night Mayor (1932) - Crandall (uncredited) Okay, America! (1932) - Bit Role (uncredited) Big City Blues (1932) - Chief of Police (uncredited) The Night of June 13 (1932) - Defense Attorney (uncredited) Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) - Carl Tilden (uncredited) Hidden Gold (1932) - Jones I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Chicago Lawyer (uncredited) If I Had a Million (1932) - Mr. Monroe - Bank Executive (uncredited) Forbidden Trail (1932) - Cash Karger Call Her Savage (1932) - Detective (uncredited) No Man of Her Own (1932) - Thomas Laidlaw (uncredited) They Just Had to Get Married (1932) - Fairchilds Madame Butterfly (1932) - Comm. Anderson The Match King (1932) - Erickson's Associate (uncredited) Luxury Liner (1933) - Dr. Veith Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) - Autopsy Surgeon's Assistant (uncredited) 42nd Street (1933) - Dr. Chadwick (uncredited) Private Jones (1933) - Bit Part (uncredited) The World Gone Mad (1933) - Dist. Atty. Avery Henderson The Working Man (1933) - Mike - the Auditor (uncredited) The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) - Public Prosecutor Double Harness (1933) - Postmaster General Tugboat Annie (1933) - Second Banker (uncredited) Lady for a Day (1933) - Commissioner (uncredited) Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) - Mr. Paul I Loved a Woman (1933) - Banker (uncredited) Police Car 17 (1933) - Lt. Dan Regan Ever in My Heart (1933) - Enoch Sewell (uncredited) Female (1933) - Board Member (uncredited) The World Changes (1933) - Mr. Freddie McCord - Clerk King for a Night (1933) - Judge (uncredited) The Meanest Gal in Town (1934) - Mr. Bowen - Barbershop Customer (uncredited) Massacre (1934) - Cochran Beloved (1934) - Yates I've Got Your Number (1934) - Mr. Madison A Woman's Man (1934) - Ralph Mallon - Studio Chief It Happened One Night (1934) - Lovington (uncredited) The Crime Doctor (1934) - Judge Mallory Men in White (1934) - Mr. Smith (uncredited) The Line-Up (1934) - Hotel Manager (uncredited) Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) - Senator (uncredited) Fog Over Frisco (1934) - Accountant (uncredited) The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) - Mr. Preston I Give My Love (1934) - Attorney (uncredited) Name the Woman (1934) - Det. Jeffries She Had to Choose (1934) - District Attorney Marie Galante (1934) - Head of Bureau in Washington (uncredited) Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) - Ship's Captain (uncredited) Cheating Cheaters (1934) - Mr. Palmer I'll Fix It (1934) - Cohagen The Secret Bride (1934) - Defense Attorney (uncredited) Enter Madame (1935) - John H. Massey (uncredited) Bordertown (1935) - Friend of Dean on Podium (uncredited) The Casino Murder Case (1935) - Dr. Elton (uncredited) It Happened in New York (1935) - Joe Blake Baby Face Harrington (1935) - Mr. Stokes (uncredited) $10 Raise (1935) - President water company (uncredited) The Flame Within (1935) - Man at Hospital Benefit (uncredited) Chinatown Squad (1935) - Police Lieutenant Norris Champagne for Breakfast (1935) - Reach Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Morrison Whipsaw (1935) - Agent Claymore (uncredited) White Lies (1935) - Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) Three Live Ghosts (1936) - Detective Harris (uncredited) It Had to Happen (1936) - Immigration Officer (uncredited) The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936) - Johnson (uncredited) Sutter's Gold (1936) - Defense Attorney (uncredited) The Great Ziegfeld (1936) - Stock Broker (uncredited) The First Baby (1936) - Williams (uncredited) The Unguarded Hour (1936) - Grainger Parole! (1936) - Prison Warden Easy Money (1936) - Mr. Curtis Ticket to Paradise (1936) - Editor (uncredited) Postal Inspector (1936) - Inspector Gil Pottle Romeo and Juliet (1936) - Town Watch (uncredited) Missing Girls (1936) - Senator Benson Craig's Wife (1936) - Mr. Burton (uncredited) Adventure in Manhattan (1936) - City Editor (uncredited) Come Closer, Folks (1936) - Mr. Houston Great Guy (1936) - Joel Green We Who Are About to Die (1937) - Dr. Hedges (uncredited) Woman in Distress (1937) - Mervyn Seymour Criminal Lawyer (1937) - Judge - Nora James' Trial (uncredited) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) - George I Promise to Pay (1937) - B.G. Wilson The Jones Family in Big Business (1937) - Mr. Rodney Parnell (1937) - Doctor (uncredited) The Wildcatter (1937) - Torrance She Had to Eat (1937) - Ralph Wilkinson - G-Man The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937) - Resident Doctor (uncredited) Escape by Night (1937) - District Attorney Baldwin Trapped by G-Men (1937) - Federal Agent #1 Dangerously Yours (1937) - Insurance Agent (uncredited) Big Town Girl (1937) - Garvey (uncredited) Rosalie (1937) - Major Prentice (uncredited) The Higgins Family (1938) - George W. Bradshaw Hunted Men (1938) - Chief of Police (uncredited) You Can't Take It with You (1938) - Bill Hughes (uncredited) Personal Secretary (1938) - Fleming (uncredited) Star Reporter (1939) - District Attorney William Burnette Blondie Meets the Boss (1939) - Henry W. Philpot (uncredited) I Stole a Million (1939) - Jenkins - Mgr. of Cab Installment Sales (uncredited) Smuggled Cargo (1939) - Dr. Hamilton Main Street Lawyer (1939) - Reynolds Allegheny Uprising (1939) - McGlashan Gone with the Wind (1939) - Poker-Playing Captain (uncredited) The Big Guy (1939) - District Attorney Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) - Politician (uncredited) Vigil in the Night (1940) - Mr. Peterson - Board Member (uncredited) And One Was Beautiful (1940) - Judge (uncredited) Young Bill Hickok (1940) - Senator Tucker (uncredited) Penny Serenade (1941) - Judge Murder by Invitation (1941) - Judge Moore Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941) - Harmon (uncredited) Pacific Blackout (1941) - Pompous Doctor (uncredited) The Remarkable Andrew (1942) - City Treasurer R.R. McCall Hello, Annapolis (1942) - Mr. Nolan (uncredited) Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - President Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited) Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (1942) - Ed Schieffelin Gentleman Jim (1942) - Judge Geary (uncredited) Random Harvest (1942) - Jones (uncredited) The Human Comedy (1943) - School Principal (uncredited) Mission to Moscow (1943) - Well-wisher with Bill (uncredited) Crime Doctor (1943) - Judge (uncredited) Bomber's Moon (1943) - Col. Sir Charles Sanford The Man from Down Under (1943) - The Major (uncredited) You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943) - Travers (uncredited) Northern Pursuit (1943) - Judge (uncredited) Jack London (1943) - Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited) The Desert Song (1943) - Pajot (uncredited) Uncertain Glory (1944) - Razeau (uncredited) The Lady and the Monster (1944) - Warden (uncredited) Follow the Boys (1944) - HVC Committee Man (uncredited) Mr. Skeffington (1944) - Clubman (uncredited) Since You Went Away (1944) - Man at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited) Mrs. Parkington (1944) - Capt. McTavish (uncredited) National Velvet (1944) - Clerk of Scales (uncredited) The Captain from Köpenick (completed in 1941, released in 1945) - Friedrich Hoprecht Without Love (1945) - Prof. Thompson (uncredited) Conflict (1945) - Prof. Berens (uncredited) First Yank Into Tokyo (1945) - Dr. Langley (uncredited) Mildred Pierce (1945) - Wally's lawyer (uncredited) San Antonio (1945) - Tip Brice (uncredited) Devotion (1946) - Mr. George Smith (uncredited) That Forsyte Woman (1949) - Cabby (uncredited) Free for All (1949) - Mr. Van Alstyne The Toast of New Orleans''' (1950) - Mr. O'Neill (uncredited) Kim (1950) - British General at Creighton's (uncredited) Criminal Lawyer (1951) - Melville Webber (uncredited) The Las Vegas Story (1952) - Allan Witwer (uncredited) She Couldn't Say No (1952) - Reverend Weaver (uncredited) Rogue's March'' (1953) - Brooks - Bill Collector (uncredited)

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Also known as
Wallis Hensman Clark

People in Wallis Clark's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Wallis Clark's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Wallis Clark?

British actor (1882-1961)

When was Wallis Clark born?

Wallis Clark was born on 2 March 1882 in Essex.

When did Wallis Clark die?

Wallis Clark died on 14 February 1961 in North Hollywood.

What was Wallis Clark's occupation?

Wallis Clark was an actor.

What nationality was Wallis Clark?

Wallis Clark was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wallis Clark

· Wikidata: Q7963129

· DBpedia: Wallis Clark

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Wallis Clark. https://biography.guide/wallis-clark/

MLA: "Wallis Clark." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/wallis-clark/.

Chicago: "Wallis Clark." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/wallis-clark/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-22 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:10 UTC