Portrait of Clarence Felder

Clarence Felder

Acting

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.

Born: September 2, 1938

Place of Birth: St. Matthews, South Carolina

Filmography

2019
The Silent Natural

as Edgar P Sawyer

2010
1997
The Ride

as Mike Stillwell

1993
Reckless Kelly

as Hollywood Police Lietenant

1991
1990
Dream On

as Detective Tamborini

1989
Baywatch

as George Petroni

1987
The Hidden

as Lt. John Masterson

1987
Hooperman

as Inspector Bobo Pritzger

1986
L.A. Law

as Sgt. McKlosky

1986
L.A. Law

as Mel Rechtschaefer

1986
Ruthless People

as Lt. Walters

1985
Copacabana

as Nick Panotis

1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Kentucky Rye")

1985
Marie: A True Story

as Jack Lowery

1985
After Hours

as Bouncer

1984
Concrete Beat

as Police Captain

1984
1983
Slayground

as Orxel

1980
Playing for Time

as Commandant Kramer

1979
The Scarlet Letter

as Town Beadle

1978
The Dain Curse

as Dick Foley

1977
1974
1973
Kojak

as Medical Examiner

1973
Kojak

as Dr. Bagley