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John Clarke is a Actor and Scriptwriter Australien born on 14 april 1932 at Palmerston North (Nouvelle zelande)

John Clarke

John Clarke
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Birth name John Morrison Clarke
Nationality Australie
Birth 14 april 1932 (91 years) at Palmerston North (Nouvelle zelande)

John Morrison Clarke (born 29 July 1948) is a New Zealander Australian comedian, writer, and satirist. He was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, and has lived in Australia since the late 1970s. He is a regular actor and writer on Australian TV.

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Paul Cox
Paul Cox
(2 films)
Geoff Murphy
Geoff Murphy
(1 films)
Norman Kaye
Norman Kaye
(2 films)
Carey Loftin
Carey Loftin
(2 films)
Mick Molloy
Mick Molloy
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Clarke (15 films)

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Actor

Crackerjack, 1h32
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Bill Hunter, Mick Molloy, Frank Wilson, Monica Maughan, John Clarke, Samuel Johnson
Roles Bernie Fowler
Rating66% 3.3485653.3485653.3485653.3485653.348565
Jack Simpson is a wise-cracking, directionless layabout who works at an inner-city telemarketing firm. For years, he has been a member at the Cityside Lawn Bowls Club (in fact he has three memberships). But he has never played a single game, having only joined to get the free parking spaces from which he makes extra cash by renting them to his work-mates. But Cityside is in dire financial trouble and a greedy developer, Bernie Fowler, wants to turn it into a soul-less pokies venue. The Club President, Len, decides that all existing members must now play and Jack reluctantly has to turn up on Saturdays to take part in the bowling matches. Jack proves to be a natural player but he soon annoys and upsets the older club members with his brashness and lack of tact. Veteran player Stan, sensing that Jack only needs some guidance, both in the game and in life, takes him under his wing, trying to teach him to think of other people apart from himself.
Death in Brunswick, 1h49
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Sam Neill, Zoe Carides, John Clarke, Yvonne Lawley, Nicholas Papademetriou
Roles Dave
Rating64% 3.246463.246463.246463.246463.24646
Set and filmed in Brunswick, a Melbourne suburb, it deals with a humble chef, Carl (Neill) who gets a job at a sleazy nightclub owned by Yanni Voulgaris (Nicholas Papademetriou). He begins a relationship with the Greek-Australian barmaid, Sophie (Carides), which soon brings him into trouble with his employers and her strict father. His drug dealing co-worker, Mustafa (Nick Lathouris), is beaten up by the Greek-Australian owners. Thinking Carl told them, Mustafa attacks Carl. Carl accidentally stabs and kills him.
Never Say Die, 1h30
Directed by Geoff Murphy
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Temuera Morrison, Lisa Eilbacher, Tony Barry, George Wendt, John Clarke, Geoff Murphy
Rating52% 2.6216352.6216352.6216352.6216352.621635
Both Alf and his wife Melissa have returned home to New Zealand after being homesick. After a delay in customs that irritates Alf, the two return to their old home which has just had the utilities switched back on. As they arrive the house is destroyed in a gas explosion. Paranoid Alf goes to report his suspicions that the explosion was deliberate to his nemesis on the New Zealand Police, Inspector Evans. Evans thinks Alf is upset and imagining things. Alf later survives a car crash where his brakes were cut, however an examination of Alf's car lead Evans to believe that shrapnel from the house explosion cut the brake line.
A Matter of Convenience
Directed by Ben Lewin
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jean-Pierre Cassel, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Clarke
Roles Joe
Rating68% 3.4045753.4045753.4045753.4045753.404575
Valm wants a baby with her partner Joe but he has trouble sustaining himself financially. She agrees to help Alphonse and get married to an immigrant.
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale, 1h11
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Clarke, Rawiri Paratene, Peter Rowley, Billy T James, Marshall Napier
Roles Wal (voice)
Rating69% 3.489763.489763.489763.489763.48976
Wal Footrot (John Clarke) and Cooch Windgrass (Peter Hayden) are shearing sheep on Wal's farm. Cheeky Hobson (Fiona Samuel), Wal's girlfriend, is driving on the highway when she is driven off the road by the Murphy brothers, Spit (Brian Sergent) and Hunk (Marshall Napier), flying in a helicopter. The Murphys then terrorise Wal's property, leaving Dog (Peter Rowley) to drown in a sheep pit. As he is in the water, he has a flashback of when he was a little pup: how he was united with Wal for the first time, a gift from Aunt Dolly (Dorothy McKegg), and how he met Jess, who was nearly drowned by Spit and Hunk. Soon, Wal wakes Dog and Cooch and the dogs manage to foil the Murphys, who were in the process of capturing Cooch's deer.
The Satan Bug, 1h54
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Spy, Horror, Crime
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, Edward Asnere, Richard Bull
Roles Guard Lt. Raskin
Rating61% 3.0505053.0505053.0505053.0505053.050505
Lee Barrett, a private investigator and former intelligence agent discharged for his outspoken views, is approached by a man with a tempting offer to join a political organization opposing bioweapons. His refusal proves the correct response, as the man is an impersonator sent by his former boss Eric Cavanaugh to test his loyalty. Barrett is asked by Cavanaugh to investigate the murder of the security chief of Station Three — a top-secret bioweapons laboratory station in the desert of Southern California — and the disappearance of its director and head scientist, Dr. Baxter. After they arrive at the station and wait for a time lock on the sealed lab to open, they are advised by another scientist, Dr. Gregor Hoffman, to seal the lab using concrete. Hoffman informs them that there are two lethal bioweapons in the lab, a strain of botulinus that oxidizes eight hours after its release, and a recently developed virus that he calls the "Satan Bug", which could kill all life on Earth in a matter of months. Determined to discover what happened in the room and taking extreme cautions, Barrett enters to find Dr. Baxter dead, with the vials containing the "Satan Bug" and 1200 grams of botulinus missing.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 2h34
Directed by Stanley Kramer, Carey Loftin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Provine, Moe Howard
Roles Helicoper Pilot (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.74683.74683.74683.74683.7468
"Smiler" Grogan (Jimmy Durante), wanted by police in a tuna factory robbery fifteen years ago and on the run from the police, careens his 1957 Ford Victoria off twisting, mountainous State Highway 74 near Palm Springs in Southern California and crashes. Five motorists stop to help him - Melville Crump (Sid Caesar), a dentist, Lennie Pike (Jonathan Winters), a furniture mover, Dingy Bell (Mickey Rooney) and Benjy Benjamin (Buddy Hackett), two friends on their way to Las Vegas, and J. Russell Finch (Milton Berle), who owns Pacific Edible Seaweed Company in Fresno. Just before he dies, Grogan tells the five about $350,000 buried in Santa Rosita State Park near the Mexican border under a mysterious "big W".
Gun Street
Gun Street (1961)
, 1h7
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors James Brown, Jean Willes, James Brown, John Clarke, Warren J. Kemmerling, Peggy Stewart
Roles Deputy Sheriff Sam Freed
Rating50% 2.545232.545232.545232.545232.54523
Dans ce film filmé et sorti en 1961 (et non une production de 1962), un condamné évadé retourne en ville et commence un règne de terreur. Le Dr Dean Knudtson, son épouse Janice, autrefois mariée à l'assassin, et Jeff Baxley, dont le témoignage a été envoyé à l'origine en prison, sont marqués pour la mort. Le shérif Charles Morton et son adjoint Sam Freed dirigent un détachement qui traque le tueur dans le désert. L'homme est retrouvé mort des blessures infligées par un gardien de prison essayant d'empêcher sa fuite. Le shérif renonce à son travail et se dirige vers l'ouest avec Joan.

Scriptwriter

The Man Who Sued God, 1h42
Directed by Mark Joffe
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Judy Davis, Billy Connolly, Emily Browning, Colin Friels, Wendy Hughes, Bille Brown
Rating64% 3.200123.200123.200123.200123.20012
Advocate Steve Myers (Billy Connolly) is a disillusioned lawyer who becomes fed-up with the perceived corruption within the judicial system. He quits the law business and buys a small fishing boat and takes up fishing for a living. His fishing boat is struck by lightning and explodes into pieces, burns and sinks. He informs his insurance company, which reviews and then subsequently declines his claim on the grounds that it is not liable as his fishing boat was destroyed due to an "Act of God".
Lonely Hearts, 1h35
Directed by Paul Cox
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson, Chris Haywood, Julia Blake, Jonathan Hardy
Rating67% 3.3834353.3834353.3834353.3834353.383435
A middle-aged man, Peter, goes to a dating agency in search of a companion. He is introduced to a shy bank clerk Patricia.