Oliver Clark (born Richard Mardirosian; January 4, 1939) is an American character actor.

Early life Clark was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Afro (née Karahos) and Matthew Mardirosian. He is of Armenian heritage. His brother, Tom Mardirosian, is also an actor.

Career Clark made numerous appearances in film and television, particularly in the 1970s (notably as Mr. Farcus in the 1970 movie The Landlord, as Mr. Small in the 1971 film They Might Be Giants, and in the 1976 remake of A Star Is Born). Two of his best-known TV characters were John Doe #6 on the NBC drama St. Elsewhere, a likeable and humorous psychiatric patient, and Mr. Herd, a patient of psychologist Bob Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show, a long running CBS situation comedy. He played Mr. Belding in the original pilot of the series Good Morning, Miss Bliss but was subsequently replaced by Dennis Haskins.

Clark also played Roger Barton on an episode of The Golden Girls, and played Joe Carruthers, the man who later becomes Santa Claus, in the holiday comedy film Ernest Saves Christmas. He portrayed his Santa role again in the 1996 animated Christmas in Cartoontown.

Clark also appeared on two episodes of M*A*S*H, once as Hawkeye's college buddy, a Navy doctor on board an aircraft carrier off the Korean coast. Later Clark played another Benjamin Pierce who came to the 4077th to retrieve mail that Hawkeye had received in an Army mixup.

Clark also played roles on Barney Miller, appearing in six episodes. He was a regular on the 1975 situation comedy Karen. In 1977, he appeared in an episode of the ABC crime drama The Feather and Father Gang.

In 1995, he had a guest appearance on the sitcom Full House as DJ Tanner's (Candace Cameron-Bure) high school principal, Mr. Robolard, in the eighth-season episode "Up on the Roof".

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1970End of the RoadDog Man1970The LandlordMr. Farcus1971They Might Be GiantsMr. Small1972Deadhead MilesDurazno1976The Great Texas Dynamite ChaseOfficer Andy1976A Star Is BornGary Danziger1977Billy Jack Goes to WashingtonMan with Students1977Fire SaleMr. Blossom1977Another Man, Another ChanceEvans1980The Last Married Couple in AmericaMax Dryden1983Doctor DetroitShaky Alcoholic Lawyer1988Ernest Saves ChristmasJoe Carruthers1996Christmas in CartoontownSanta ClausVoice1999Mystery MenReverse Psychologist1999Crazy in AlabamaEndora's Stand-in2000Lost SoulsMr. Silberman

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1968N.Y.P.D.NovikEpisode: "Naked in the Streets"1972Emergency!Homer BreedloveEpisode: "Musical Mania"1973The Delphi BureauRoly PolyEpisode: "The Face That Never Was Project"1973Ghost StoryMarksEpisode: "Earth, Air, Fire and Water"1973TenaflySamEpisode: "Joyride to Nowhere"1973Love, American StyleJosefEpisode: "Love and the Generation Gasp"1974–1977The Bob Newhart ShowMr. Ed Herd9 episodes1975The Court Martial of Lieutenant William CalleyMr. StoverTelevision film1975The ABC Afternoon PlaybreakJudd MooreEpisode: "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose"1975Khan!LincolnEpisode: "A Game of Terror"1975The Rockford FilesK. Julian KrubmEpisode: "Just by Accident"1975Tony Orlando and DawnMate-O-Matic Date #1Episode: "Ted Knight/Georgia Engel/Henry Aaron"1975KarenJerry Siegel2 episodes1975The Orphan and the DudeOliver 'The Orphan' SmithTelevision film1975CannonVarious roles2 episodes1975–1982Barney MillerVarious roles6 episodes1976The Blue KnightCharlieEpisode: "The Creeper"1976FamilyT-Shirt SalesmanEpisode: "Monday Is Forever"1976Arthur Hailey's the MoneychangersSalesmanEpisode: "Part IV"1976–1977Mary Hartman, Mary HartmanDr. Fermin30 episodes1977–1978We've Got Each OtherStuart Hibbard13 episodes1977, 1978M*A*S*HBen Pierce / Tippy Brooks2 episodes1978Operating RoomDr Charles WebnerTelevision film1978FameBilly Dorfman1979Hanging by a ThreadEddie Minton1981–1982The Two of UsCubby Royce20 episodes1982Hart to HartDr. Oliver JacksonEpisode: "Harts on Campus"1982, 1989Knots LandingDr. McGee / Carl Berman2 episodes1983I Take These MenDr. Norman KrevoyTelevision film1983Voyagers!Sam WinthropEpisode: "Destiny's Choice"1983It Takes TwoEthanEpisode: "Instinct"1983Small & FryeOliverEpisode: "The Case of the Concerned Husband"1983One Cooks, the Other Doesn'tDannyTelevision film1983Happy EndingsMurray Cramer1983Sawyer and FinnRailroad man1983, 1984Trapper John, M.D.Various roles2 episodes1984LegmenLouis DantleyEpisode: "Still Alive at Five"1984The MasterKendalEpisode: "The Good, the Bad, and the Priceless"1985Night CourtNick WilsonEpisode: "The Birthday Visitor"1985The JeffersonsWhitney EmmettEpisode: "The Truth Hurts"1985RockhopperCarl SeldonTelevision film1985Growing PainsMr. EllisEpisode: "Standardized Test"1985–1987St. ElsewhereJohn Doe #68 episodes1986Shadow ChasersOliver Wendell HolmesEpisode: "Let's Make a Deal"1986The Twilight ZoneDr. Walter PinkhamEpisode: "Tooth and Consequences"1986The Fall GuyEpisode: "Beach Blanket Bounty"1987Good Morning, Miss BlissMr. Gerald BeldingEpisode: "Pilot"1987, 1988Mr. BelvedereLloyd / Burt Bilinski2 episodes1988–1989Santa BarbaraMario Tagliatti7 episodes1989NightlifeBillTelevision film1989Dear JohnArthur PrescottEpisode: "The Secret of Success"1989The Golden GirlsRogerEpisode: "Comedy of Errors"1989–1990Life Goes OnMr. Leighton3 episodes1993Civil WarsGerald SnyderEpisode: "A Liver Runs Through It"1995Full HousePrincipal RobolardEpisode: "Up on the Roof"1995Land's EndMr. GreenEpisode: "The Curse of Willis"1995–1997Murder OneJudge Douglas Harrigan3 episodes1997George and LeoOliverEpisode: "The Cameo Episode"1997Murder One: Diary of a Serial KillerJudge Douglas Harrigan6 episodes2000Walker, Texas RangerDr. LamarrEpisode: "Thunderhawk"2003EdMr. WalshEpisode: "Business as Usual"

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