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name: "Gary Howard Klar"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 March 1947"
died: "31 December 2020"
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average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:49.679830+00:00"
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# Gary Howard Klar

Actor. Born 24 March 1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Died 31 December 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 March 1947, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 31 December 2020
- **Active:** 1980–1988
- **Also known as:** Gary Klar, Gary H. Klar, G. Howard Klar

## Biography

Gary Howard Klar was an American actor. He was born on 24 March 1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and died on 31 December 2020.

Klar appeared in numerous films and television series between 1980 and 1995. His credits include the role of Irish Cop in *Gloria* (1980), Longshoreman in *Trading Places* (1983), Steel in *Day of the Dead* (1985), Detective in *3 Men and a Baby* (1987), Ticket Taker in *Big* (1988), Al 'The Worm' in *Married to the Mob* (1988), Detective Walters in *Cadillac Man* (1990), Mr. Simpson in *Hackers* (1995), and Lieutenant Joey Poole in an episode of *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Big* (1988), Fi1m 81, as Ticket Taker — [page](https://film.one/film/big.md)
- *Gloria* (1980), Fi1m 78, as Irish Cop — [page](https://film.one/film/gloria-1980.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Lieutenant Joey Poole
- *Hackers* (1995), Mr. Simpson
- *Day of the Dead* (1985), Steel
- *3 Men and a Baby* (1987), Detective
- *Law & Order* (1990), Rocky Mountain
- *Quick Change* (1990), Mario
- *Married to the Mob* (1988), Al 'The Worm'
- *Cadillac Man* (1990), Detective Walters

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