Clinton Sundberg | |
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Born | Clinton Charles Sundberg December 7, 1903
Appleton, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | December 14, 1981
Santa Monica, California, U.S. | (aged 78)
Alma mater | Hamline University |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1934–1980 |
Clinton Charles Sundberg (December 7, 1903 [some sources say 1906] – December 14, 1981) [1] [2] [3] [4] was an American character actor in film and on stage.
Sundberg was born in Appleton, Minnesota. [5] He graduated from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was active in drama, president of his fraternity, and captain of the tennis team. [6]
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).
[5] 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.
[3]
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. In the 1949 film
In the Good Old Summertime, which also starred Garland and
Van Johnson, he played a friendly co-worker and confidant of Johnson's character. In
Annie Get Your Gun, he played the hotel owner who hires
Annie Oakley to enter the shooting contest against
Frank Butler.
Sundberg appeared in "The Englishman," a 1957 episode of
Have Gun - Will Travel. In 1962, he played the lead guest-starring role of Luther Boardman, a naive but troublesome newspaper publisher who comes to
Laramie,
Wyoming in "The Man Behind the News", one of the last episodes of the
western series
Lawman. Other TV appearances include two episodes of
Perry Mason: "The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito" in 1963
and "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal" in 1966. He also apperared in several TV commercials.
[3]
Clinton Sundberg | |
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Born | Clinton Charles Sundberg December 7, 1903
Appleton, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | December 14, 1981
Santa Monica, California, U.S. | (aged 78)
Alma mater | Hamline University |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1934–1980 |
Clinton Charles Sundberg (December 7, 1903 [some sources say 1906] – December 14, 1981) [1] [2] [3] [4] was an American character actor in film and on stage.
Sundberg was born in Appleton, Minnesota. [5] He graduated from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was active in drama, president of his fraternity, and captain of the tennis team. [6]
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).
[5] 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.
[3]
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. In the 1949 film
In the Good Old Summertime, which also starred Garland and
Van Johnson, he played a friendly co-worker and confidant of Johnson's character. In
Annie Get Your Gun, he played the hotel owner who hires
Annie Oakley to enter the shooting contest against
Frank Butler.
Sundberg appeared in "The Englishman," a 1957 episode of
Have Gun - Will Travel. In 1962, he played the lead guest-starring role of Luther Boardman, a naive but troublesome newspaper publisher who comes to
Laramie,
Wyoming in "The Man Behind the News", one of the last episodes of the
western series
Lawman. Other TV appearances include two episodes of
Perry Mason: "The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito" in 1963
and "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal" in 1966. He also apperared in several TV commercials.
[3]