Clinton Sundberg

Born: 1903-12-07

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clinton Charles Sundberg (December 7, 1903 – December 14, 1987) was an American character actor in film and stage. Sundberg left teaching English literature for acting, appearing in plays in stock theater in New England. He appeared in a number of Broadway plays, debuting in Nine Pine Street (1933). His most notable roles were Mr. Kraler in the original 1957 production of The Diary of Anne Frank and Mortimer Brewster (as a replacement) in the 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace. He became a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he appeared in numerous supporting roles in films of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He played Mike, the bartender who listens to Judy Garland's character's troubles in Easter Parade. One of Sundberg's most memorable roles was in the 1949 film In the Good Old Summertime (which also starred Garland and Van Johnson) as Rudy Hansen, a friendly co-worker and confidante of Johnson's character. He also played the hotel owner who hired Annie Oakley to enter the shooting contest against Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun. He later made several television appearances, including two episodes of Perry Mason: "The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito" in 1963 and "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal" in 1966. He also appeared in several television commercials. In 1962, Sundberg was cast in the lead guest-starring role of Luther Boardman, a naive but troublesome newspaper publisher who comes to Laramie, Wyoming, to capture the story of "real West" gunfighters in "The Man Behind the News", one of the last episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Lawman, which starred John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop. Hal Baylor appears in the episode as gunfighter Mort Peters, whom Boardman (Sundberg) goads into a shootout with Troop. Sundberg died of heart failure in Santa Monica, California, aged 84.


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Easter Parade

as Mike
Released: 1948-07-08

On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of...

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How the West Was Won

as Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Released: 1962-11-02

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to...

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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)
Released: 1962-08-07

The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century,...

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The Barkleys of Broadway

as Bert Felsher
Released: 1949-05-04

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but...

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Bachelor in Paradise

as Rodney Jones
Released: 1961-11-01

A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an...

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Undercurrent

as Mr. Warmsley
Released: 1946-11-11

After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of...

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Good Sam

as Mr. Nelson
Released: 1948-09-01

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help...

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The Hucksters

as Michael Michaelson
Released: 1947-07-17

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult...

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In the Good Old Summertime

as Rudy Hansen
Released: 1949-07-29

Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry...

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Song of the Thin Man

as Mr. Purdy (uncredited)
Released: 1947-08-28

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.

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Annie Get Your Gun

as Foster Wilson
Released: 1950-05-17

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo...

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The Caddy

as Charles the Butler
Released: 1953-08-10

Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller...

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That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)
Released: 1994-07-01

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of...

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Hotel

as Lawrence Morgan
Released: 1967-01-19

This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The...

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As Young as You Feel

as Frank Erickson
Released: 1951-06-15

Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the...

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The Belle of New York

as Gilford Spivak
Released: 1952-02-22

In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love...

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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

as Haberdashery Clerk
Released: 1946-12-25

Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to...

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A Date with Judy

as Jameson
Released: 1948-07-29

Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school...

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Good News

as Professor Kennyon
Released: 1947-12-04

At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls...

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Big Jack

as C. Petronius Smith
Released: 1949-04-12

Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.

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Words and Music

as Shoe Clerk
Released: 1948-12-31

Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner,...

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Command Decision

as Maj. Homer V. Prescott
Released: 1948-12-23

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories...

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The Fat Man

as Bill Norton
Released: 1951-05-19

A innocent dentist is murdered and the only apparent motive seems to be to steal a set of dental...

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The Mighty McGurk

as Flexter
Released: 1947-01-02

A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan recently arrived in the...

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Main Street to Broadway

as Mr. Harry Craig
Released: 1953-10-12

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying...

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Key to the City

as Mark Mont Desk Clerk
Released: 1950-02-02

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from...

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Father Is a Bachelor

as Plato Cassin
Released: 1950-02-22

Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids:...

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Duchess of Idaho

as Matson
Released: 1950-07-14

Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything...

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Undercover Maisie

as Guy Canford
Released: 1947-03-01

Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department...

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A Snow White Christmas

as Thinker (voice)
Released: 1980-12-19

The wicked queen creates an ice storm meant to get rid of the younger Snow White, but instead...

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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

as Donald
Released: 1950-12-08

Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.

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The Kissing Bandit

as Colonel Gomez
Released: 1948-11-14

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But...

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Two Weeks with Love

as Mr. Finlay
Released: 1950-11-10

The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills....

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Living in a Big Way

as Everett Hanover Smythe
Released: 1947-06-10

A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her...

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On the Riviera

as Antoine
Released: 1951-04-20

In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye...

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Sweethearts on Parade

as Dr. Harold Wayne
Released: 1953-07-15

Cam Ellerby brings his traveling medicine show to town and it spells glamour and excitement to...

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The Toast of New Orleans

as Oscar
Released: 1950-08-24

Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this...

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Shadow Over Elveron

as Gordon Yeager
Released: 1968-03-05

A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go...

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The Birds and the Bees

as Purser
Released: 1956-05-11

On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take...

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The Girl Next Door

as Samuels the butler
Released: 1953-05-13

Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to...

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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

as Mike Fitzgerald
Released: 1948-08-11

As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the...

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Come to Dinner

as Larry Revolt - Press Agent (uncredited)
Released: 1934-02-24

MGM's all-star feature Dinner at Eight is parodied in this comic short, in which a cast of...

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Perry Mason

as Aaron Chambers
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The Andy Griffith Show

as Farley Upchurch
First aired: 1960-10-03

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and...

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I Love Lucy

as Director
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Billy Devers
First aired: 1960-09-19

The Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series which ran on NBC from...

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Mayberry R.F.D.

as Salesman
First aired: 1968-09-23

Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation...

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