---
name: "Dick Clark"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dick-clark"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1929"
died: "18 April 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
updated: "2026-09-17T05:10:25.824927+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dick Clark

Actor. Born 30 November 1929 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA. Died 18 April 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1929, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- **Died:** 18 April 2012
- **Active:** 1999–2002
- **Also known as:** Richard Wagstaff Clark
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46433

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Bowling for Columbine*](https://film.one/film/bowling-for-columbine.md) (72)

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## Biography

Dick Clark, also credited as Richard Wagstaff Clark, was an American television host, radio personality and producer. He was born on 30 November 1929 in Mount Vernon, New York, and died on 18 April 2012.

Clark hosted long-running programmes including *American Bandstand* and multiple versions of the game show *Pyramid*, as well as *Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve*. He founded Dick Clark Productions. He appeared as himself in films such as *Spy Kids* (2001) and *Bowling for Columbine* (2002), and provided voice work for animated series including *The Simpsons* (1989) and *Futurama* (1999).

*Sources: wikiwand.com, columbian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bowling for Columbine* (2002), Fi1m 72, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/bowling-for-columbine.md)
- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, as Dick Clark's Head (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)

## Also known for

- *Spy Kids* (2001), Financier
- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), Dick Clark
- *Confessions of a Dangerous Mind* (2002), Self
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), Dick Clark
- *Pinky and the Brain* (1995), Dick Clark (voice)
- *Batman* (1966), Citizen
- *Police Squad!* (1982), Dick Clark
- *Dharma & Greg* (1997), Self

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