His first appearance in a major film was the British production
Whisky Galore! (1949), playing Constable Macrae, a role he would reprise in the sequel,
Rockets Galore! (1957) His early roles were all to a Scottish
typecast, and he made 13 films, including
The Maggie (1954) and
X the Unknown (1956) in which he portrayed Scottish characters, before he was given the part of an English
tugboat captain in
The Key (1958). He appeared as McDougal in
Ralph Thomas's re-make of
John Buchan's
The 39 Steps (1959), which also starred
Kenneth More as
Richard Hannay. The last of his four films released in 1959 was
Charles Crichton's
The Battle of the Sexes, playing Andrew Darling, with
Peter Sellers and
Robert Morley heading the cast. After playing Sir Alan in the film
Tunes of Glory (1960), he portrayed the Constable in
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961), a film based on the novel by
Eleanor Atkinson, which recounts the tale of the
Skye Terrier who would not leave his master's grave. Clark briefly appeared on television, playing Jamie Lang in an episode of the British police series
No Hiding Place ("Whistle and I'll Come", 1961). After playing George Lockwood in the film
A Pair of Briefs (1962), Clark returned to TV as a Foreman in an episode of the
Suspense anthology series ("Diversion to Danger", 1963). He would remain on the small screen for the next six years, in such series as
The Troubleshooters and ''
Dr. Finlay's Casebook, also re-surfacing in No Hiding Place
, this time as Harry Armstrong in the episode "All Dead and Buried" (1963). From then until his retirement in 1980, he concentrated once more on contributions to television projects, amongst which were Sutherland's Law, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Play for Today and Enemy of the People''. Clark also appeared as Campbell McNair, an important Member of the Community, in an Episode of Dr Finlay's Casebook Episode 3 Season 2 broadcast 19th September 1963. Clark died on 4 January 1984 aged 76. ==Filmography==