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- Birth nameKenneth Donovan Clark
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Ken Clark was born on June 4, 1927 in Neffs, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), 12 to the Moon (1960) and None But the Lonely Spy (1964). He was married to Bette Lola Eileen Kruger. He died on June 1, 2009 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- SpouseBette Lola Eileen Kruger(1948 - 1980) (divorced, 1 child)
- Muscular, well-built, hairy-chested American actor. A former model, he appeared in 'tough' western roles under contract to 20th Century Fox and then had a solid run as the second lead of several low-budget, cult science-fiction films in the 1950's. He moved to Italy during the 60's to star in spaghetti westerns and sword and sandal epics.
- He graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse School for Performing Arts in Pasadena, California.
- When he was a teenager, he went by his middle name of Donovan.
- According to fellow actor Robert Woods, Clark died of a heart attack in Rome, Italy on June 1, 2009, three days before his 82nd birthday, shortly after a taping for a program on the mid 1960s Eurospy genre on the TV series Starcult.
- Clark's most prominent role in American film came in 1958, when he was cast as Stewpot in South Pacific (1958), an adaptation of the Broadway musical. His vocals were dubbed by Thurl Ravenscroft. Following the film's premiere, the New York Times described Clark's character as a "raffish gob.".
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